Antenatal review contact

The health visiting team is here to help you and your family.

The healthy Child Service will make contact, once your midwife has told us that you are expecting a baby, usually after you're 28 weeks pregnant. This contact will be a telephone call or a letter with useful information.

If you have any questions or worries, you can call the Healthy Child Service on telephone: 01904 555475 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.30pm) or email: [email protected].

This is an opportunity for you and your family to get to know the Healthy Child Service and support we offer.

This is a big life change for dads and partners too so we encourage you and them to think about questions and share your worries as well. We're here to support the whole family.

We'll provide you with information about lots of different things including:

your feelings and how your family will adapt
what health services might be involved with your pregnancy and baby
what to expect when your baby is born
information and advice on what is recommended for babies, so you're able to make informed choices about what will work for your family such as safe sleep, feeding baby, immunisations, general baby cares and coping with baby crying

If you or your midwife think you need more support, the Heath Visitor will talk to you about how we can best offer this.

Have your say!

We would love to hear from you with comments and suggestions about developing or improving our service. Let us know how we can improve our service by completing the anonymous feedback survey.

Resources

To support you during your pregnancy and prepare you for your new arrival we have put together information and resources we hope you will find helpful before your baby/babies arrive.

The Healthy Child Service Team are here to provide information and support to families and children
Healthy Child Programme - The Healthy Child Programme for the early life stages focuses on a universal preventative service, providing families with a programme of screening, immunisation, health, and development reviews, supplemented by advice around health, wellbeing, and parenting
Red Book - Once your baby/babies are born you will be provided by your midwives with a red book for child information and communication
the Raise York planning to have a child and Pregnancy page and the NHS pregnancy guide includes all you need to know about trying for a baby, pregnancy, labour and birth
Communicating and Bonding with Baby - It is important for you and your baby even before they are born to develop a relationship with them, this will help their health and development and enhance your relationship to them
keeping well in pregnancy is vital for baby and you. There are things you can do and things you can avoid in pregnancy to keep you and your baby as healthy as possible. Please visit Raise York Planning to have a child and pregnancy pages and NHS Health things you should know in pregnancy for further information
Healthy Relationships are also important for yours and babies well-being in pregnancy, see the Raise Yorks relationships in pregnancy page
Dadspad is a free app to guide new dads and is endorsed by the NHS
Dental Health - If you are pregnant and for 12 months after your baby is born, you are entitled to free NHS dental treatment. Please review NHS website on bleeding gums and dental health and how to find a dentist.
Mental Health - Improved mental health and well being is associated with a range of better outcomes for people of all ages and backgrounds. Find information and support for your mental health on the NHS Website and Raise Yorks mental wellbeing for all section. Parental Mental health page also has lots of useful resources
Crying in babies is normal, and comforting methods can help. It’s ok to walk away, never ever shake a baby. Infant crying and how to cope has lots of useful information
Immunisations give protection against some infectious diseases. Childhood Immunisations and Immunisations in pregnancy contains useful information on immunisations
Preparing for baby - See the Sleeping and Safer Sleep page for more information on baby sleep and safer sleep and child sleep. Basic Baby care has information to prepare for babies
Stop smoking has information on smoking
Drugs and alcohol has information and support
Financial and housing information
Infant feeding - You may choose to breastfeed, use expressed breast milk or use infant formula and this is often a very personal decision, the Infant feeding page has lots of information for you
Accident Prevention in children has resources and information on ways to try to prevent accidents, Children need to explore and experiment and many childhood accidents are a part of growing up but accidents to children can have a lifelong impact
Common Illness in babies and children has resources and information on common illness in babies and children
Vitamins for children has resources and information on vitamins for children
This  Child development and play age guide identifies a range of child development stages for your information, but please follow your child, all children are unique and will reach development milestones at a time and rate that’s unique to them.
Self Weigh your Baby and child health clinics are available in the children’s centre
Staying Healthy has lots of useful information.