Pregnancy & Parenting Support Services
If you have recently found out that you are expecting a baby, congratulations. Use the links below to register for maternity care in Warwickshire. Your first appointment with a midwife takes place between 8-12 weeks pregnant.
Single point of access for maternity referrals in North Warwickshire - Badger Notes - Self-refer your pregnancy to George Eliot Maternity
Single point of access for maternity referrals in South Warwickshire - https://maternityselfreferral.swft.nhs.uk/referral.aspx
Contact details for Coventry and Rugby midwifery teams - Booking your first appointment - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
Your midwife, health visitor and GP are a good first port of call for support during pregnancy and after birth.
The maternity ward you are booked under will provide information and updates via Facebook.
- Warwick hospital SWFT Maternity Communications or call Labour Suite: 01926 495321 Ext: 4552
- Bluebell birth centre: Bluebell Birth Centre or call: 01926 495321 Ext: 6973 / 6976
- George Eliot Maternity: George Eliot Hospital Maternity Services or call Delivery Suite: 02476 865246
- UHCW maternity services: Maternity Services at UHCW or call Labour Ward: 02476 967368 / Lucina Birth Centre: 02476 967425
To contact a health visitor, use the Warwickshire Health Visiting Service Text service: 07520 615293
Look up your local Children and Family Centre, support group or health visiting team using this interactive map: Service Finder - Warwickshire | Health for Under5s
Support with breastfeeding
By telephone:
- Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Breastfeeding helpline: 0300 330 5453 is open 9.30am to 10.30pm.
- Breastfeeding Network supporter line: 0300 100 0210.
- Breastfeeding Network Supporter line in Bengali/Sylheti: 0300 456 2421 is open 9.30am to 9.30pm, 7 days a week.
- La Leche League: 0345 120 2918.
- National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212 is open 9.30am to 9.30pm, daily.
- National Breastfeeding Helpline in Welsh and Polish: 0300 100 0212 and press 1 for Welsh and 2 for Polish.
- NCT’s support line: 0300 330 0700 (option 1) is open every day, 8am to midnight, including bank holidays.
Local Breastfeeding Support by appointment:
South Warwickshire
Southam - Weekly drop in with a Breastfeeding Counsellor run by NCT at Graham Adams Centre. Fridays. You can book a 40 minute slot to meet with a qualified counsellor in a private room through the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SouthamNCT
Leamington - Weekly drop in with a Breastfeeding Counsellor run by NCT at Lillington Childrens Centre. Tuesdays. To book an appointment contact Lisa on 07906 959632 - lisa.colmillo@gmail.com
Rugby
Free weekly group on Wednesday mornings at Claremont Children’s Centre for babies up to 16 weeks old, run by NHS infant feeding team. To book a space please email swg-tr.breastfeedingnorth@nhs.net or complete online booking: https://linktr.ee/nhswarwickshireclinics. Please include both your own and your baby's name and date of birth.
Free fortnightly drop in for babies of any age with a Breastfeeding Counsellor run by NCT at Boughton Leigh Children’s Centre. Alternate Tuesdays. Details and booking link via: https://www.nct.org.uk/local-activities-meet-ups/rugby
Peer support group for (mainly) Rugby families https://www.facebook.com/groups/1120500821309323
Free NHS online drop-in group for families with babies up to 16 weeks, Monday mornings. To book a space please email swg-tr.breastfeedingnorth@nhs.net or complete online booking: https://linktr.ee/nhswarwickshireclinics. Please include both your own and your baby's name and Date of Birth.
North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth
Early infant support service offers support to breastfeeding mums on discharge from the hospital up until their baby is eight weeks old. Contact the Breastfeeding Support Service for further information on 01926 626529.
Free weekly group on Wednesday mornings at Camphill Children’s Centre for babies up to 16 weeks old, run by NHS infant feeding team. To book a space please email swg-tr.breastfeedingnorth@nhs.net or complete online booking: https://linktr.ee/nhswarwickshireclinics. Please include both your own and your baby's name and Date of Birth.
Free fortnightly group on 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month (mornings) at St Michael’s Children and Family Centre Bedworth. Run by NHS infant feeding team for babies up to 8 weeks. To book a space please email swg-tr.breastfeedingnorth@nhs.net or complete online booking: https://linktr.ee/nhswarwickshireclinics. Please include both your own and your baby's name and Date of Birth.
Free NHS online drop in group for families with babies up to 16 weeks, Monday mornings. To book a space please email swg-tr.breastfeedingnorth@nhs.net or complete online booking: https://linktr.ee/nhswarwickshireclinics. Please include both your own and your baby's name and Date of Birth.
Supporting your mental health
Healthy Mind Service is available to offer 1:1 telephone appointments for both dads and mums during pregnancy and after, to support with anxiety, low mood, and other difficulties that could be affecting your wellbeing. Priority is given for those who are pregnant or have given birth within a year.
Call: 02476 671090 or email: iapt@covwarkpt.nhs.uk to arrange an assessment.
By your side Offer flexible support to suit you with no referral criteria. You don't need to already be receiving support from services or even have a diagnosis.
If you feel you would benefit from one to one peer support then you can be referred by your GP, midwife, health visitor, other healthcare professional or social prescriber for this service. This would enable you to be matched with a trained peer supporter who lives locally and has had a similar experience to you. They can provide support to you by text message, email, phone or in person to suit you.
If you feel you would benefit from meeting other parents who are experiencing mental health difficulties to some degree then pop along to our stay and play in Warwick on a Monday
Parents in Mind is a commissioned service, run in the Coventry & Warwickshire area which is free to access. Supporting women/birthing people who are experiencing mild-moderate mental health difficulties during the perinatal period, including those who are feeling isolated or lonely. The service exists for individuals during pregnancy and up until 2 years postnatally. The service is referral-based: referrals can come from a professional or individuals can self-refer.
Peer support is available in a number of different formats, with both in-person and remote support options (including specialist groups); 1:1 and group support. In-person groups currently run weekly in Stratford-upon-Avon, Leamington Spa, Rugby, Coventry & Nuneaton.
Self-referral link: https://forms.office.com/r/q0t0pELFtA
Dad Matters is an ambition to change the way dads are thought of by all services involved in the perinatal period and beyond. Dad Matters Warwickshire exists to see all dads in the county, particularly those who might fall through the gaps, happy and content in being a dad.
Details of local groups can be found on Facebook
PANDAS is a perinatal mental illness free helpline,
Mon-Sun 9am -8pm. Call: 0808 1961 776
Email: info@pandasfoundation.org.uk
For further mental health support:
Samaritans: 116123
Mental Health Matters: 0800 616171 (Coventry and Warwickshire only)
Text Shout to 85258
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT) have developed some new pages on their website to support and improve the emotional wellbeing and mental health of new parents, families and their infants.
