1. Pre-birth
Preparing for your baby’s arrival
- Learn more about your Pregnancy - NHS website
- Top Health Visitor Tips for pregnancy birth and beyond - ihv.org.uk website
- Try the Baby Buddy App
- Stop Smoking for You and Your Baby - NHS website
- Vitamins & Healthy eating in pregnancy - NHS website
- Free Healthy Start Pre-paid card - NHS website
- Antenatal Education - my birth my choice website
Healthy Start vitamins can be collected from Oldham’s Family Hubs / Children's Centres using your prepaid card.
Also available to buy if you are not eligible for Healthy Start
- Vitamins tablets for women (for expectant and nursing mothers) - £1
- Children’s vitamin drops - £2
- Oldham Right Start Children's Centres
Feeding your baby
- Breastfeeding - NHS website
- Breast Feeding Network - Breastfeeding network website
- UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative - Unicef website
- How to make a formula feed. - NHS website
- First infant formula - firststepsnutrition.co.uk
- Expressing and Bottle Feeding - NHS website
Keeping your baby safe and well
Safe Sleeping (reducing the risk of cot death/sudden infant death) and Accident Prevention for babies and young children.
- Safe Sleep - Lullaby Trust website
- Never shake a baby - NHS website
- Babies cry – you can cope – with help from ICON - iconcope website
- Handle with care - NSPCC website
- Keeping Kids Safe - ROSPA website
- Safety around Dogs - RSPCA website
Immunisations
- NHS vaccinations and when to have them - NHS website
Your Emotional Health
- Mental health in pregnancy - Royal Colledge of Psychiatrists website
Dental Health
- Find a local NHS dentist – NHS website