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Preparing for parenthood

There's lots of support available to you as you plan for parenthood. You can get help with benefits and managing your money, finding housing for your new family and buying equipment for your baby.

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Baby Box

What's in Scotland's Baby Box and how to get one

Benefits and financial support for you and your baby

What benefits you can claim to support you and your new baby

Equipment for your baby

What equipment you'll need for your new baby - including bottles, clothes and sheets

Housing rights and benefits for new parents

​Who to speak to about housing and benefits you might be entitled to

How your body prepares to feed your baby

Benefits of mum's milk and how your body gets ready to produce it

Managing your money

How to make your money go further during pregnancy and the help available

Parental leave

How much parental leave mums, dads and partners can claim in the first year

Parental responsibilities and rights

Responsibilities and rights you have as new parents, and how to register a birth

What to take with you for labour and birth

What to pack for your hospital stay

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Ready Steady Baby
  • Pregnancy
    • Health problems in pregnancy
    • Looking after yourself and your baby
    • Preparing for parenthood
    • Relationships and wellbeing in pregnancy
    • Your antenatal care
    • Your baby’s development
  • Labour and birth
    • After the birth
    • Assisted birth
    • Getting ready for the birth
    • Giving birth
    • Labour
    • Meeting your new baby
  • Early parenthood
    • Caring for your new baby
    • Getting to know your baby
    • Going home
    • If your baby's ill
    • Your growing family
    • Your wellbeing after the birth
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