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Patient Information Leaflets for Maternity Services

Virtual antenatal education

You can view a selection of online tutorials by visiting our YouTube channel.

These films have been specially created by our staff at the maternity department at York Hospital so that you, your birth partner, family and friends can share your maternity experience at any time wherever you are. If you have any questions please contact your community midwife or the maternity department at York Hospital.

If you have any questions or would like more information please speak to your midwife

Maternity Services

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Arabic

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Bengali

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - English

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Kurdish

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Polish

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Romanian

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Sudanese

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Swahili

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Turkish

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

An Easy Read Guide to Pregnancy - Urdu

Information for patients published by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

Antenatal Colostrum Harvesting

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Aromatherapy in Childbirth

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Caesarean Section

Information for Women

Caring for a baby with neonatal abstinence syndrome

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Choosing a Home Birth

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Choosing to have an elective caesarean section

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Drops of Gold for your baby

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Emotional support in pregnancy

Information for parents

Enhanced Recovery after Caesarean Section

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Going home when your waters have broken

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) in pregnancy

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Jaundice in Newborn Babies

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Lactation after loss patient leaflet

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Post-Dural Puncture Headache

Information for women with headache following an epidural or spinal injection

Protecting your baby from low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia)

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Tongue Tie

Information for parents, relatives and carers

Tube feeding your baby

Why and how of tube feeding your baby

Vitamin K

Information for patients, relatives and carers

Your visit to the Preterm Birth Prevention Clinic

You have been invited to the preterm prevention clinic as your midwife or doctor is concerned that you may be at an increased risk of preterm labour.

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Your Visit

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Help us keep everyone safe this winter

We’re asking everyone to please help protect our patients, visitors and employees during the winter months.

If you’re feeling unwell, please don’t visit our hospitals - even for appointments or to see loved ones, unless it’s in exceptional circumstances such as end-of-life care or maternity.

Colds, flu, Covid and norovirus (sickness and diarrhoea) can spread easily and cause serious illness in vulnerable patients.

Please only come in once you’ve been free of symptoms for at least 48 hours.

When you do visit:

 Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe this winter.