Pregnancy health centre

Read the questions you might want to ask your doctor or midwife.

Some symptoms require prompt medical attention. Learn more.

Get your pregnancy questions answered online.

With a straightforward pregnancy before the end of the third trimester, it's perfectly safe for you and your baby to fly but there are a number of things you'll need to consider.

Diabetes requires special management during pregnancy.

Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a common parasite present in cat litter and some unwashed vegetables.

Read more about pregnancy with twins or multiples.

Find out more about common complications during pregnancy.

There are support and resources for teens who are pregnant. Learn more.

While some medications are considered safe to take during pregnancy, others may harm your unborn baby's health.

Read more about flu jabs and other concerns about the flu during pregnancy.

Is it safe to get vaccinations in pregnancy?

How does fibromyalgia affect pregnancy?

Pregnant women with genital herpes should be careful about passing the virus on to the baby.

Here's what women need to know about HPV and pregnancy.

Proper antenatal care might help prevent cerebral palsy and other conditions. Learn more.

Is my unborn baby at risk?

Is it safe?

Should I have a smear test if I'm pregnant?

In rhesus disease, antibodies from a pregnant woman's blood attack her growing baby's blood cells.

Sometimes there is too much amniotic fluid in the womb. This is referred to as polyhydramnios.

Women at risk of developing pre-eclampsia may be advised by their doctor to take 75mg of aspirin daily.

Any vaginal bleeding during early pregnancy may be considered a threatened miscarriage.

Learn more about false pregnancy (also known as pseudocyesis or phantom pregnancy).

A blighted ovum or anembryonic pregnancy is a type of early miscarriage.

A miscarriage is the loss of a baby before the 24th week of pregnancy.

An ectopic pregnancy is when an embryo implants itself outside the womb.

Stillbirth is the delivery, after the 24th week of pregnancy, of a baby who has died.

A chemical pregnancy is a real pregnancy that ends in a very early miscarriage.

If you are pregnant, should you avoid eating prawns? 

Deciding to continue or stop using antidepressants during pregnancy.

What causes depression during pregnancy?

Postnatal depression is a complex mix of physical, emotional and behavioural changes that affect a woman after giving birth.