Antenatal Care
Now that you are pregnant it is important to look after your own and baby's health. Here are some top tips:
Apps
There are lots of apps available to support you during your pregnancy and view baby's development
Baby Buddy app | Best Beginnings
Attachment
Talking and singing to your bump are great ways of bonding with baby and starting to build their language development
Pregnancy tips and advice - BBC Tiny Happy People
Diet and exercise in pregnancy
Keeping active and eating healthy during pregnancy are important for you and your baby.
https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/exercise
Healthy eating | Pregnancy | Start for Life (www.nhs.uk)
Emotional well being
Being pregnant can be an emotional time, but there is always support available, please speak to your midwife or health visitor for more information.
Therapy For You we will help you feel better
Free Online CBT Courses Treatments - Therapy For You Essex
The Specialist Health Visitors for Perinatal Mental Health work with your Health Visitor and other community practitioners to support parents with adjusting emotionally to becoming parents from the antenatal period to around one year of your babys life
For more information or to access the service, contact Ros: 07866609752, Jo: 07816965420, or Kerry 07977177237
Mindful Mums and Babies Southend Facebook page
Feeding
Its never too early to think about how you will feed baby.
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It is always a good idea to plan and think about ways to support baby and yourself
Stopping smoking
If you need support to stop smoking contact your local stop smoking team
https://www.southend.gov.uk/StopSmoking
https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/smoking/
Vitamins
We advise you to take 400 micrograms of folic acid once a day during the first 12 weeks of your pregnancy and 10 micrograms of Vitamin D once a day throughout your pregnancy.
You may be eligible for free vitamins
Healthy Start Vitamins - Healthy Start - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)