Pregnancy & Birth

Your complete resource for the latest information, hints and advice on what to expect from the early stages of pregnancy to birth and motherhood.
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Find out what to expect - from the first warning signs, scans and tests to the day your new addition finally arrives with this useful guide from the BBC.
Choose from the feature links below for everything youll need for the happy days ahead, learn how to budget for your new family, find the best in pregnancy chic and keep up yours and your babys health and fitness.
Pregnancy
- Signs of pregnancy
- Scans and tests
- Antenatal care
- Antenatal classes
- Coping with advice
- Pregnancy sickness
- Skin and hair
- Sleep
- Diet & health
- Exercise and fitness
- Pregnancy clothes
- Dads: pregnancy
- Pregnancy at Work
- Get Ready for Baby
- What to Take to Hospital
- Start of Labour
- Twin Pregnancy
- Miscarriage
- Cord care advice from midwifery expert, Nikki Khan
Birth
- Birth Options
- Assisted Birth
- Caesarian Section
- Stages of Labour
- Your Care and Support During Labour
- Pain Relief
- Dads and Birth
- Twin Births
- Babies Needing Special Care
- Coping after the Birth
- Postnatal Depression
- Early Days and What to Expect
- Dads: When Baby Comes Home
- Sex After Birth
- What Your New Baby Can Do


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