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Home Ready Steady Baby!
Your guide to pregnancy, labour and birth and early parenthood up to 8 weeks
Including common ailments and conditions that occur before and during pregnancy
Including how to eat well, keep active and prevent illness in pregnancy
Including benefits, housing support and your rights at work during and after pregnancy
Including looking after your mental wellbeing and bonding with baby during pregnancy
Including tests, scans and checks and who'll be looking after you and your baby
Including the first signs of pregnancy and how your baby develops week to week
Including newborn tests and examination and help for babies born sick or premature
Including assisted birth by forceps or ventouse delivery, or caesarean section
Including making a birth plan and deciding where to give birth
Including what happens during the birth at full term and if your labour's premature
Including signs that labour has started and options for pain relief during labour and birth
Including having skin-to-skin contact with your baby and the first feeds
Including how to bathe your baby, change their nappies and soothe them when they cry
Including how to bond with your baby and talk, sing and read to them
Including keeping your baby safe at home and how to help them sleep safely
When to see your GP or pharmacist, or phone 999 if your baby's unwell
Your baby will develop many new skills in its first year
Including how and when to introduce your baby to friends and family
Including looking after your mental health and helping your body recover after the birth
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