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Info Centre - Pregnancy: 3rd trimester
- Antenatal depression
- This page provides some general information about depression in pregnancy.
- 'Best' baby positions for birth
- The way in which your baby lies in your pelvis can affect how smoothly your labour progresses. This page looks at ways that will encourage your baby into the best position, prior to birth.
- Breastfeeding - an introduction
- This page provides an introduction to breastfeeding your baby.
- Caesarean birth
- This page provides information about caesarean birth.
- Changes in your relationships
- The arrival of a baby changes your life in many, many ways – and this page looks at how a new baby can affect your relationships with your partner, family and friends.
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- This NCT Information Sheet is about chickenpox and its effects on pregnant women and their babies.
- Choosing an independent midwife
- This page explains the role and status of independent midwives.
- Exercise in pregnancy
- This page looks at the benefits of exercise in pregnancy.
- Going past your due date
- Only a small percentage of babies – about five per cent – are born on their ‘due’ date. This page looks at the options if you go past your due date.
- Guide to labour
- The text on this page is taken from the NCT's booklet 'Guide to labour: a step-by-step guide for first-time parents'. This guide aims to help you through the last day of pregnancy and into the first day as a new family.
- Health in pregnancy grant
- From April 2009, you may be able to get a one-off, tax-free payment if you're a mum-to-be. The payment is called 'Health in Pregnancy Grant' and you can make a claim for it from 1 January 2009 if your expected delivery date is on or after 6 April 2009.
- Health problems and pregnancy
- This page looks at the more serious health and medical problems which are associated with, or have an impact on, pregnancy.
- Home Birth
- This NCT Information Sheet looks at questions and answers to help you decide if home birth is for you.
- Home birth: all you need to know
- The text on this page is taken from the NCT's booklet 'Home birth: all you need to know'; this information aims to help you decide whether giving birth at home may be right for you, and includes practical suggestions for organising a home birth.
- Induction and acceleration (augmentation)
- This page provides information on starting labour artificially (induction) and accelerating labour (augmentation).
- Keeping healthy in pregnancy
- This page looks at how you can keep healthy in pregnancy so that you can give you baby the best start in life.
- Looking after your pelvic floor
- Tips on how to look after your pelvic floor muscles before and after birth.
- Low-lying placenta
- This NCT Information Sheet explains what a low-lying placenta is and why it may be a problem if it persists till the end of pregnancy (when it is known as placenta praevia).
- Making a decision
- Making a decision
- Maternity leave and returning to work
- This is a page taken from the Returning to Work Guide published by the NCT and working families. Sponsored by DHL, Russell Jones and Walker and Pregnacare.
- Miscarriage
- This NCT Information Sheet contains questions and answers for parents about miscarriage.
- Pregnancy niggles and discomforts
- This page provides information about, and ways to help yourself cope with, the so-called 'minor ailments' which can make you uncomfortable when you are pregnant.
- Radiation and pregnancy
- This page provides information about the use of radiation in medical diagnosis (x-rays, CT scans and nuclear medicine) in relation to pregnancy.
- Screening and testing
- This page provides information about the tests which may be offered to you during and after pregnancy.
- Sex during pregnancy
- The information on this page is taken from 'Get Closer', an NCT booklet guide to the effect pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenthood may have on your sex-life.
- Straightforward birth
- This information sheet aims to give you some suggestions about how you can help yourself have a straightforward birth.
- Swine flu - your questions answered
- This document provides pregnant women, their partners, and parents of babies and young children with information about how pandemic swine flu might affect their pregnancy, the health of their baby, or their own health.
- The role of a midwife
- This page provides information on the role of a midwife, how they work, and what you can expect from them.
- Using water in labour and birth
- This NCT Information Sheet looks at helping you decide whether to use a birthing pool during labour.
- Vaginal birth after a caesarean
- This NCT Information Sheet looks at questions and answers for women who have had a caesarean and are pregnant again.
- Vitamin K
- The NCT Information Sheet looks at the evidence around giving your baby Vitamin K after birth.
- Where will my baby be born?
- Where you have your baby is important not only for the kind of birth you have but also for how you manage during the first weeks of being a mother. To help you in this decision-making process, this page looks at what the various options each has to offer.
- Working with pain in labour
- Labour is complex, but your body is in control. You just need to let it do what comes naturally. This page tells you how.
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