Pregnancy & Parenting Support Services

Advice and Information - 31 March 2023

If you are pregnant or have recently become a parent, here is information about local services who can provide support.

Woman pushing a pram

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.

 

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 

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 Children's Centre. Tuesdays. To book an appointment contact Lisa on 07906 959632 - lisa.colmillo@gmail.com

Rugby, North Warwickshire & Nuneaton and Bedworth

Free NHS drop-in groups for families with babies. Information and feeding support. Details available here: nhswarwickshirebreastfeeding | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree Contact: swg-tr.breastfeedingnorth@nhs.net 

Supporting your mental health

Talking Therapies 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 671 090 or self-refer here: Self Referral | Coventry, Warks & Solihull Talking Therapies

 

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 offers friendly, non-judgemental, low-level mental health support for mothers and birthing people during the early stages of parenthood. We are here to support all mums and birthing people living in Coventry and Warwickshire, or who are registered with a GP in this area, who are expecting a baby or have a child under the age of two. If you are looking to improve your emotional wellbeing, then we are here for you! Our welcoming team offer support: in indoor and outdoor in-person groups across the region; by 1-2-1 telephone calls; remotely via Zoom and WhatsApp. All of or service are free to access. The service is referral-based: referrals can come from a professional or individuals can self-refer: https://www.nct.org.uk/services/parents-mind/coventry-warwickshire

 

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

Wellbeing for Warwickshire: 0800 616171 (Coventry and Warwickshire only)

Text Shout to 85258

 

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