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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
Charlotte Goodwin: Sharing your WaterbirthI woke Craig to say “I think my water’s have broken”. He hadn’t packed our bags for hospital after all, both of us still wanting so much to have the home birth we had planned so carefully. At 13 days overdue, time was ticking...
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Pregnancy Help and Support Organisations
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The Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services was created in 1960 by Sally Wilmington. This volunteer organisation actively campaigns to make sure that maternity services in the UK are always improving. Their online website is a wealth of information, always backed by hard facts and scientific evidence. If you are having difficulties with your health professionals not supporting your choice of birth, you will find help and advice on how to proceed and what your rights are. AIMS has been campaigning for a long time to ensure that mothers-to-be are given the option to birth at home or in water .
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The Birth Choice UK website was created by Miranda Dodwell, Ruth Armes and Rod Gibson to support women in their choice of where and how to give birth to their child.
A survey published in 2000 stated that "more than half the women surveyed suggested that they would have liked additional information of some type during their initial antenatal appointment. The most common thing women wanted to know about was what to expect from pregnancy care services and what options were available". This website has been created to give pregnant women and their partners that additional information. For women throughout the United Kingdom there are several options for birth. This may mean choosing a particular place to give birth, such as at home, in a small maternity unit or in one of a number of hospitals, or it could involve choice of the type of maternity care, eg shared between a GP and midwife, or by a team of community midwives attached to a hospital, or by an independent midwife.
The website provides invaluable statistical information on maternity units as well as their contact details and the services that each offer. This will help you choose the best unit near you based on your expectations and the birth that you want.
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The Teenage Pregnancy Unit is a cross-Government Unit located within the Department for Education and Skills which was set up to implement the Social Exclusion Unit's report on Teenage Pregnancy. This website contains information about the Government's Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, including guidance issued by the Teenage Pregnancy Unit as well as relevant publications from other Government Departments. There is also information about local implementation of the strategy and details about the Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy. The site also contains a list of other sites where you can find information and support. |
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The Women's Health Information website is owned by Hearthstone Communications and strives to improve the availability of accurate health information for women and focusses specifically on reproductive issues, visitors to this site will find articles on pregnancy, infertility, miscarriage, PCOS, endometriosis, pregnancy complications and other issues important to a woman's well-being. Women’s Health was originally created by Dr. Danny Tucker in 1997, a consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in Taranaki, New Zealand. |
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ParentsCentre is an official Department for Education and Skills (DfES) website for parents and carers. It aims to act as a reference book about the education system and a provider of information about the myriad issues relevant to you and your child. It also aims to direct parents and carers to other sources of information and advice.
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DirectGov brings together the widest range of public service information and services online. The site is produced by the Central Office of Information and provides information from UK Government departments on topics ranging from travel safety and parental leave to special education needs and local NHS services. You should find their Health in Pregnancy pages interesting. |
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