Maternity patient leaflets

 

This page lists leaflets produced or used by our department. Each leaflet is reviewed at least every three years to make sure it is kept up to date.

Antenatal Day Unit at St Thomas' Hospital

Description:
Information for pregnant women about the services offered at the Antenatal Day Unit at St Thomas' Hospital, and when to attend the unit.

Antenatal hand expressing from 37 weeks

Description:
This information leaflet is for women who have been advised to hand express colustrum (the first breast milk you produce) when pregnant.

Antenatal hypertension (high blood pressure)

Description:
This leaflet is for women with hypertension (high blood pressure) in pregnancy.

Birth options after previous caesarean section

Description:
This information is for you if you have had one caesarean section and want to know more about your birth options when having another baby.

Elective caesarean section

Description:
This leaflet is about what to expect from your elective caesarean section.

Fetal renal pelvic dilatation ultrasound detection

Description:
The aim of this leaflet is to answer your questions if you have had an ultrasound scan at 20 weeks and have been informed that your developing baby has renal pelvic dilatation.

Gestational diabetes

Description:
This information leaflet is for women who have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). It gives background information on GDM and what it means for their pregnancy.

Giving birth - Induction of labour

Description:
This leaflet provides useful information about what induction of labour is, the methods used and what to expect when you are induced.

Home birth - Why not?

Description:
The aim of this information leaflet is to provide the advantages and disadvantages of home birth to women who are thinking of having one.

Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

Description:
This information sheet has been given to you to help answer some of the questions you may have about nausea and vomiting during your pregnancy.
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Children's patient information leaflets on the Evelina London Children's Healthcare website

Information about caesarean section

About requests for caesarean sections (PDF 67Kb)

Leaflets by the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Mental health in pregnancy

Postnatal depression

Postpartum psychosis

Our research

Research we support

iFIND: intelligent Fetal Imaging and Diagnosis - finding new technologies that allow scanning to be carried out with multiple ultrasound probes and improved fetal ultrasound imaging through automated image processing.

Developing Human Connectome Project(dHCP) - aiming to make major scientific progress by creating the first 4-dimensional connectome of early life.