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Maternity & Parenting
Local Support
Royal Devon University Healthcare - Community Maternity Services
Accessing maternity services at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital is now simpler. You can begin your maternity care by completing an online self-referral form on the Royal Devon website. This means you no longer need to contact a midwife directly to book your first appointment, making it easier to access antenatal care across Exeter and East Devon, in line with services in North Devon.
HANDi Paediatric App
The HANDi Paediatric app gives up-to-date advice about common childhood illnesses and how to treat them.
Developed by NHS organisations in Devon, the HANDi Paediatric app is available to download for free onto any Apple or Android smartphone or tablet.
The app has been designed to help reduce the number of children and young people who visit A&E, but need no treatment.
Marie Stopes Services
Considering abortion?
If you have had an unexpected positive pregnancy test and have mixed feelings about what to do, you are not alone. Marie Stopes UK is one of the leading abortion care services in the UK. We help thousands of people with unplanned pregnancies each year.
National Support
The National Childbirth Trust
Their mission is to support parents through the first 1,000 days, to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
ICON
Baby crying is normal, you can cope. Please follow the ICON guidance for coping with crying.
The Lullaby Trust
The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers emotional support for bereaved families.
TAMBA (Twins and Multiple Births Association)
Tamba is a UK based charity helping people around the world. They were set up by parents of multiples and interested professionals in 1978.
Baby Centre
BabyCentre® reaches more than 45 million mums globally each month in nine different languages, including eight in 10 new and expecting mums online in the UK.