Maternity Help & Support Groups

Your maternity notes (yellow book) contains some helpful support and information.

1 Big Database - family information at your fingertips www.1bigdatabase.org.uk

AIMS - Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services www.aims.org.uk

Anxiety UK www.anxietyuk.org.uk

ARC - Antenatal Results and Choices www.arc-uk.org

Association of breastfeeding mothers www.abm.me.uk

Baby Bounce and Rhyme and Storytime Sessions www.bristol.gov.uk

Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) www.babyfriendly.org.uk

Birth to Five www.publichealth.hscni.net

Bliss for baby’s born premature or sick www.bliss.org.uk

Bluebell www.bluebellcare.org

Childline www.childline.org.uk

Citizens Advice Bureau telephone www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk

Depression Alliance www.depressionalliance.org

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-abuse-andneglect/female-genital-mutilation-fgm

La Leche League (Breastfeeding) www.laleche.org.uk

Miscarriage Association www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk

Money Advice Service www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk

Mothers for Mothers Postnatal depression support group for Bristol, North Somerset, S.Glos. www.mothersformothers.co.uk

National Breastfeeding Helpline www.nationalbreastfeeding
helpline.org.uk

National Childbirth Trust www.nct.org.uk

National Institute for Clinical Excellence www.nice.org.uk

NHS www.nhs.uk

NHS Pregnancy Planner www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/pregnancy-and-baby-care

NHS Pregnancy & Smoking www.nhs.uk/smokefree/why-quit/smoking-in-pregnancy

North Bristol NHS Trust Advice and Complaints Team www.nbt.nhs.uk/act

Pelvic Obstetric Gynaecological Physiotherapy www.popg.csp.org.uk

Pelvic Partnership www.pelvicpartnership.org.uk

Positive About Down Syndrome www.positiveaboutdownsyndrome.co.uk

SANDS - Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society www.uk-sands.org

TAMBA (Twins and Multiple Birth Association) www.tamba.org.uk

The Association for Post Natal Illness (APNI) www.apni.org

The Association for Postnatal Illness www.apni.org

The Multiple Births Foundation www.multiplebirths.org.uk

The Perinatal Institute www.preg.info

Population Screening Programmes www.gov.uk/topic/population-screening-programmes

Women's Aid (domestic violence) www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk