Maternity & Parenting

If you would like to make an appointment with a Health Visitor to weigh your baby, please call.

If you would like to have your maternity care at Whittington Health you can refer yourself directly to our midwifery team by completing an online self referral form.

Women can refer themselves to this service by completing a self-referral form, via their website.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has full maternity services at The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead and at Barnet General Hospital in Barnet. We also provide antenatal care at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield. We have a stand-alone birth centre in Edgware Hospital in Edgware. We would happily facilitate a home birth for you. We also provide care from GP surgeries and other satellite units.

Trust your instincts It can be difficult to tell when a baby or toddler is seriously ill, but the main thing is to trust your instincts.You know better than anyone else what your child is usually like, so you'll know when something is seriously wrong.

Use this visual guide to help you identify common conditions and illnesses that may affect your child. Includes conditions such as measles, slapped cheek syndrome, chicken pox and warts.

The Breastfeeding Network (BfN) aims to be an independent source of support and information for breastfeeding women and others.

Our mission is to support parents through the first 1,000 days, to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

Working to give every child the best start in life We work to inform and empower parents who want to maximise their children's long-term development and well-being.

The Healthier Together programme relies upon patients and healthcare professionals working together to improve how local healthcare is delivered. The website provide advice for parents, young people and pregnant women, and clinical resources to support healthcare professionals – which means that your child is likely to receive consistently high-quality care, irrespective of which healthcare professional they see.

Our vision is that every baby born premature or sick in the UK has the best chance of survival and quality of life.

If you've decided you're ready to start a family, find out how to get pregnant and some of the lifestyle changes that might help you.

The calculator on this page can help you work out when you might expect your baby to arrive.

Am I pregnant? What should I be eating? Is it normal to be this tired? How can I help my partner during labour?Whatever you want to know about getting pregnant, being pregnant or caring for your new baby, you should find it here.

You can improve your chances of getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy by following the steps and advice provided by NHS UK.

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Having regular antenatal appointments is really important in pregnancy. Some of the tests and measurements have to be done at specific times, and your midwife will give you information as your pregnancy progresses. The midwife’s priority is for you and your baby to get the care and attention you need. Your appointments are also a chance to talk about how you feel physically and emotionally and to ask anything, however small, about your pregnancy.

Baby crying is normal, you can cope. Please follow the ICON guidance for coping with crying.

The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers emotional support for bereaved families.

Their mission is to support parents through the first 1,000 days, to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

Tamba is a UK based charity helping people around the world. They were set up by parents of multiples and interested professionals in 1978.

BabyCentre® reaches more than 45 million mums globally each month in nine different languages, including eight in 10 new and expecting mums online in the UK.

Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.