Welcome to the Countess of Chester Parent Education and Information Padlet by COCH Education and Information

Support in the postnatal period

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Click the link below to access all our resources about support in the postnatal period

Caring for your baby

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Click the link below to access all our resources about caring for your baby.

Giving birth and meeting your baby/babies

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Click the link below the picture to access all our resources about labour and birth.

In this section
-Preparing for labour and birth
-Choosing where to give birth
-Ideas for birth plans and preferences
-Your birth environment and what to pack for labour
-Birth partners
-Labour & birth
-Induction of labour (IOL)
-Supporting yourself in labour
-Comfort measures and pain management
-Vaginal birth after Caesarean (VBAC)
-Assisted vaginal birth (ventouse or forceps)
-Caesarean birth
-Meeting your baby
-Giving feedback about your care

Resources for parents of twins and multiples

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Click the link below the picture to access all our resources for parents expecting more than one baby.

In this section
-Preparing to meet more than one baby
-Giving birth and meeting your babies
-Feeding your babies
-Support
-Sleep

Infant feeding resources

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Click the link below the picture to access all our resources about feeding your baby.

In this section

-The Countess of Chester infant feeding team

-Antenatal colostrum harvesting

-skin to skin contact

-Responsive feeding

-Breastfeeding

- Expressing breast milk and pump hire

- Breastfeeding support

- Breastfeeding challenges

-Bottle & formula feeding

-Resources for partners

-Multilingual resources

Multilingual Maternity Resources

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Click the link below the picture then scroll right to access maternity resources in different languages

Your Experience Matters

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Click the link below the picture for resources about who to contact regarding comments, compliments, concerns and complaints

Resources to help you and your baby through pregnancy

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Click the link above to access all our pregnancy resources

In this section

-Finding out you are pregnant

-Your pregnancy care

-Antenatal Classes

-Preparing for Labour & Birth

-Screening tests and scans offered

-Vaccinations in Pregnancy

-Mental well being

-Support to stop smoking and drinking alcohol

-Keeping fit and active during pregnancy

-Having more than one baby

-Pregnancy complications

-Benefits available

-Useful Apps

-Support services and organisations

-Giving feedback about your care

Videos to support you through your maternity journey

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Click the link below the picture to access our video resources about pregnancy, birth, the postnatal period and feeding your baby.

In this section
-Pregnancy
-Labour & birth
-After your baby is born
-Feeding your baby

Your babys movements

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Columns are titled for ease of search
- click on the website link (if present) or photograph to open the link/webpage/document /video
- scroll right to see all topics
- scroll down each column to find additional links/information

Resources for fathers and non gestational parents

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Click the link for resources to support birth partners, fathers and non gestational parents.

Best Beginnings Baby Buddy App

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Best Beginnings worked with parents and healthcare professionals to create and develop Baby Buddy, a multi-award-winning parenting and pregnancy app.

Smokefree App

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Use the NHS Quit Smoking app this 2025 to help you quit smoking and start breathing more easily.

BASIS - Baby sleep info source app

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The Infant Sleep Info App provides key information from the Basis website in a handy format for mobile devices. Covering normal sleep development, sleep location and sleep safety.

Lullaby Trust - Baby check app

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The Baby Check app is designed for babies up to six months of age and features 17 simple checks that parents can do if their baby is showing signs of illness.

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The Padlet is a work in progress designed with local families to help make local maternity care the best it can possibly be.
If you have suggestions for resources that can be added or spot any errors or broken links, please let us know by emailing chestermaternityvoices@gmail.com

Thank you

Perinatal Mental health

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Click the link below the picture for resources about mental health and well being

In this section

-Countess of Chester Hospital Perinatal Mental Health Services.

-Cheshire & Merseyside Specialist Perinatal Service.

-Organisations that provide information and support

-Local Support Groups

-Helpful Apps

-Perinatal support for partners.

CATCH

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A free NHS health app for parents and carers of children from pregnancy to age 5.

Wonder Weeks app

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In our research that led to the 10 mental leaps of a baby, we discovered that all babies are more prone to cry, cling or to be cranky at certain times. A leap may be stressful at times, but it is positive: it gives your baby the opportunity to learn something new. Learn all about the 10 developmental leaps in The Wonder Weeks app.

Baby and child first aid app

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The British Red Cross free baby and child first aid app helps you keep your little ones safe. The app provides child and baby first aid advice and is designed to support parents, grandparents, and caregivers to learn 17 first aid skills to help in a first aid emergency.

Squeezy

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Squeezy empowers you to take control of your pelvic health. Designed by chartered physiotherapists you can be confident that your pelvic floor is in safe hands.

Support services and organisations

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Click the link below the picture to access more links to helpful support services and organisations

LGBTQ parents

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Please click the link below the picture to access resources for LGBTQ parents

Complications in pregnancy

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Click the link below the picture to access all our resources about complications in pregnancy

In this section
-When to call your midwife or maternity unit
-Hyperemesis and pregnancy sickness
-Pre-eclampsia and high blood pressure
-Reduced movements
-Back and pelvic pain
-Breech baby at the end of pregnancy
-Diabetes
-Cholestasis and itching in pregnancy
-Bleeding in pregnancy and low lying placenta
-Having a small baby
-Group B streptococcus (GBS)
-Being overweight during pregnancy
-Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and blood clots
-Epilepsy
-Acute kindeney injury (AKI)
-Sexually transmitted infections (STI's)
-Cancer
-Baby loss and bereavement support

Baby loss and bereavement support

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Please click below the picture to access all our resources about baby loss and bereavement support.

Kicks Count

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Your baby's movements

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Projects supporting Black, Asian, and Ethnic Minority Families

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Please click the link below the picture to access links to projects supporting Black, Asian, and Ethnic Minority families

Screening tests for you and your baby

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Please click on the picture of the white crown below to access all our information about screening tests for you and your baby. These resources are available in;

Neonatal care and premature birth

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Please click the link below the picture to access all our resources about our neonatal unit and premature birth care

In this section
-Support organisations & information
-Family integrated care (FiCare)
-Labour & birth
-Screening tests for your baby
-Feeding your baby
-For dads
-First aid
-Sleep
-Crying
-Mental & emotional well being
-Useful Apps
-Car seat safety
-NNU questionnaire

Cestrian Ward

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This link takes you to information on Cestrian ward, going home after birth, maternity postpartum health, and caring for your baby.

Scroll right to access the following columns

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-Pregnancy

-Screening tests for you and your baby

-Labour & birth

-After your baby is born

-Feeding your baby

-Caring for your baby

-Mental health

-Complications in pregnancy

-Expecting more than one baby

-Neonatal care

-Baby loss and bereavement support

-Fathers

-Multilingual maternity resources

-Projects support Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority families

-LGBTQ parents

-Sharing your feedback

-Support resources and services

-Video resources

-Useful Apps

-Countess of Chester leaflets

NHS App

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Download the NHS App or open the NHS website up and login to access a range of NHS services online.

Starting Well 0-19 services

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Please click the link below the picture to access all the Starting Well resources

Babys movements in pregnancy

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Multilingual Baby's Movements Information

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Pregnancy: how to protect your baby leaflet

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Pregnancy - how to help protect you and your baby

Please click on the link below to access leaflets in other languages:

Pregnancy: how to help protect you and your baby - GOV.UK

Health visiting - North Wales

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Kicks Count App

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The Kicks Count app is designed to help you get to know your baby’s regular pattern of movement.

Unlike many other available kick counting apps, ours doesn't stop counting at 10. Remember, there is no set number of movements you need to feel in a day, the important thing is to get to know YOUR baby’s regular pattern.

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside App

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A new App has been launched to help women access clear and helpful advice on women's, maternity and baby's health.

Vaccinations in Pregnancy

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Some vaccines, such as the inactivated seasonal flu vaccine and the whooping cough vaccine, are recommended during pregnancy to protect the health of you and your baby.