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Relationships and wellbeing in pregnancy

Looking after your wellbeing and having an early relationship with your baby's really important. This is as true before they’re born as when they arrive.

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Attachment and bonding during pregnancy

How to bond with your baby during your pregnancy

Sex and sexual health in pregnancy

Ways to be intimate and avoid sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy

Violence and abuse in pregnancy

How to recognise abusive behaviours and get help if it happens while you're pregnant

Working while pregnant

What rights you have and how much maternity pay or leave you can claim

Your mental health and wellbeing in pregnancy

How to look after your mental wellbeing during pregnancy and when to get help

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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
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    • 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
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    • Getting to know your baby
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    • If your baby's ill
    • Your growing family
    • Your wellbeing after the birth
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