Maternity
Maternity Classes and Support
Various classes and information available at your local hospitals to help you with your pregnancy, labour, becoming new parents and introducing a baby into the family.
Russells Hall Hospital:
Telephone: 01384 244358
Website: https://www.dgft.nhs.uk/services-and-wards/maternity/classes-and-support/
New Cross Hospital:
Telephone: 01902 307999
NCT
NCT are here to make sure parents-to-be and new parents feel connected and supported.
Facebook: @nationalchildbirthtrust
Twitter: @NCTcharity
Telephone: 0300 330 0700
Website: www.nct.org.uk
Email: enquiries@nct.org.uk
Marie Stopes
Marie Stopes UK is a charity that has been helping women and men across the UK to choose if and when they have children. They provide abortion and contraception support and advice.
Facebook: @MarieStopesUK
Twitter: @MarieStopes
Telephone: 0345 300 8090
Website: www.mariestopes.org.uk
Email: services@mariestopes.org.uk
Best Beginnings
They work to help parents build knowledge and confidence to support their own well-being and their children’s long-term physical, mental and emotional development and they are the creator of Baby Buddy which is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.
Facebook: @bestbeginningscharity
Twitter: @bestbeginnings
Telephone: 020 7443 7895
Website: www.bestbeginnings.org.uk
Email: info@bestbeginnings.org.uk
NHS The Dudley Group Maternity
Their website contains lots of information about the hospital and community maternity services offered by The Dudley Group.
Facebook: @DudleyGroupNHS
Twitter: @DudleyGroupNHS
Website: www.dgft.nhs.uk/maternity
Maternity Action
Maternity Action is the UK’s leading charity committed to ending inequality and improving the health and well-being of pregnant women, partners and young children.
Facebook: @MaternityAction
Twitter: @MaternityAction
Telephone: 0808 800 0041
Website: www.maternityaction.org.uk
Email: info@maternityaction.org.uk
Association for Post-Natal Illness
A registered charity that was established in 1979 to provide support to mothers suffering from post-natal illness, increase public awareness of the illness and encourage research into its cause/nature.
Facebook: @associationforpostnatalillness
Twitter: @APNI_PND
Telephone: 020 7386 0868
Website: www.apni.org
Email: info@apni.org
Baby Buddy App
Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.
Download from: Google Play: Baby Buddy
Download from: iTunes: Baby Buddy