The Birth Blog

When your baby is born, you will be offered a vitamin K injection for your newborn. This is designed to help your baby’s blood to clot.

Breastfeeding can take time to get used to and the first few days can be challenging as you and your baby get to grips with regular feeds.

As your pregnancy progresses, it can get more and more challenging to find a comfortable position and get a good night’s sleep.

Folic acid is a vitamin which plays an important role in the development of growth and cells.

Giving birth can be painful and it is a good idea to know what your options are to help you cope during labour.

At your first appointment with your midwife, you will provide samples of your blood for testing. From this, you will find out what your blood group is and whether you are rhesus positive or negative.