Birth and baby

Some of the following are links to the Directgov site that offers you key facts for people who are thinking about having a baby, have just had one, or are expecting and gives health advice and support. You can find out more about registering a birth.

Also, download the Tower Hamlets published leaflets on birth and baby.

Pregnancy

• Health in pregnancy
• Complications
• Teenage pregnancy
• What to expect from your first antenatal appointment

Birth and labour

• Where you can give birth
• Childbirth

Postnatal care

• Special needs
• Support services
• Registering a birth.
• Sleeping safely
• Feeding
• Child care links across the UK
• Post-natal depression
• Free health care entitlements
• Contraception after birth

Money, work, benefits

• Benefit entitlement document (pdf)
• Statutory maternity pay (SMP)
• Maternity allowance
• Sure Start maternity grant
• Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)
• Incapacity benefit
• Child support
• Child Benefit and other social security benefits
• Tax credits
• Parental leave

Other useful links

• Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS)
• Citizen’s advice bureau - Whitechapel
• Citizen’s advice bureau - Tower Hamlets East
• www.clsdirect.org.uk
  Community Legal Service
• NHS Direct is a 24-hour health advice and information service. Contact 0845 4647

Leaflet

Download a copy (PDF 484k) of the Tower Hamlets birth and baby leaflet.

Also available in Somali (Word 180k) and Bengali (PDF 216k).