ANTE NATAL CONTACT

As well as your appointments with your midwife a health visitor will contact you in your pregnancy between 28-38 weeks and will usually visit you at home. Your health visitor will discuss some of the following information with you:

• Introduce health visiting service
• Bonding with your baby
• Your babies brain development
• Mental health and your feelings/emotions
• Feeding your baby
• Preparing for the arrival of your baby
• ‘Healthy Start Programme’ and your eligibility
• Your physical health
• Parental relationships
• Promotion of immunisation programme
• Preparing for parenthood

 

The following leaflets may be useful to you

Healthy start

Healthy start vitamins

Start 4 life