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Below are some birth information leaflets and links from our Maternity Team which you may find helpful.

Useful links

  • Giving birth | Tommy's
  • Labourpains website (pain relief choices available during labour)
  • Birth options - Information for healthy, low-risk women having their first baby
  • Birth options - Information for healthy, low-risk women who have had a baby before
  • Considering a caesarean birth patient information leaflet | RCOG

Leaflets

  • Coping with early labour
  • Signs of premature labour
  • Assisted vaginal birth (ventouse or forceps) | RCOG
  • Perineal tears and episiotomies in childbirth | RCOG 
  • Birth after a previous caesarean: making a decision - Kingston Hospital
  • Birth options after previous caesarean section (RCOG)

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