University Hospitals Dorset (Bournemouth and Poole)
Dorset County Hospital (Dorchester)
Dorset Health Visiting Service – general information
Health visitors contact details
Wessex Healthier Together
Chesil Locality
Dorchester
East Dorset
North Dorset
Purbeck
West Dorset
Sexual Health Dorset – contraception and sexual health advice
NHS Start 4 Life
Kick Count – information on baby movements in pregnancy
Which? Baby – information about pregnancy, birth, and choices
National Childbirth Trust
Birthrights
Having a baby if you are LGBTQ+
Twins Trust (previously known as TAMBA – for parents or twins or more)
Maternity, paternity, and adoption rights
Pelvic, obsteric, and gynaecological physiotherapy – booklets for patients
Action on pre-eclampsia
Antenatal results and choice (ARC)
Group B Strep support
Ectopic Pregnancy Trust
Caesarean birth
HER Foundation (hyperemesis and sickness support)
Positive About Down Syndrome
F.A.B. Dorset (families and babies) – breastfeeding peer support
Dorset HealthCare NHS Breastfeeding Advisory Team
Dorset HealthCare online breastfeeding course
Dorset HealthCare breastfeeding Facebook page
UHD Padlet – Infant Feeding Team
NHS breastfeeding support and information
Start4Life guide to bottle feeding
NCT bottle feeding – tips for bottle feeding your baby
Association of breastfeeding mothers
The Lactation Consultants of Great Britain
La Leche League – friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards
National Breastfeeding Helpline
The Breastfeeding Network
UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative leaflets
UK Association for Milk Banks
NHS advice on caring for babies
NHS – services and support for patients
UNICEF – caring for your baby at night
Lullaby Trust – safe sleep advice
Lullaby Trust – Dummies and SIDS
ICON – babies cry, you can cope
Family Lives – national charity providing support in all aspects of family life
Homestart – volunteers offering support to families with young children facing challenging times
DorPip – parental bonding support in Dorset
Basis – baby sleep information source
Live Well Dorset
Association for Improvements in Maternity Service (AIMS)
NHS – help your baby learn to talk
Money Advice Service – becoming a parent
The Depression Alliance perinatal helpline
The Association for Post-Natal Illness
Action on postpartum psychosis
Joe Bingley Memorial Foundation – information on post-natal depression
Tokophobia support group
Mind
Birth Trauma Association
Facebook group
Masic – supporting mothers who have suffered from an injury during childbirth resulting in incontinence
Pelvic Partnership – advices on SPD and pelvic pain
PNI – postnatal illness
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women’s Health
Birth Tear Support
Postpartum haemorrhage support group – Facebook group
BLISS – for babies born premature or sick
Affinity Hub – emotional support for parents of children with additional needs
Borne – research to prevent premature birth
Disability Living Allowance – for disabled children under 16
Cerebra – supporting parents of children with brain condition
Shine 21 Dorset – baby and toddler group for those with down’s syndrome
SPRING – supporting parents and families through baby loss
SANDS
Tommy’s
Baby loss
Molar pregnancy support and information – the complete resource
Saying goodbye – support for miscarriage and baby and infant loss
Miscarriage Association
Child Bereavement UK
Bonnie Babies
DadPad – local Dorset information for fathers
Dad Info
FFLAG – support for same sex/LGBTQ+ parents
The Fatherhood Institute
Dad’s Included – online community for dads
Daddy Natal – support for dad’s to be the best birth partners they can be
LGBT+ Network For Change
DorPIP Dads