Pregnancy Support
Recently found out you are Pregnant?
If you have just found out you are pregnant and wondering what the next steps are, then follow the below link to register your pregnancy with University Hospitals Sussex. Further links to organisations that can help you at this time can also be found below.
If you are struggling and wish to speak with someone, our inbox is always open. Be in touch and we will do our best to signpost you to the relevant help/guidance you might require.
Useful information
in Pregnancy
If you have concerns about your pregnancy, movements or bleeding then be in touch with the following services:
St Richards Hospital
Triage Line - 01903 285269
Antenatal Clinic - 01243 788122 ext 32871
Postnatal Ward (Tangmere) - 01243 788122 ext 32942
Worthing Hospital
Triage Line - 01903 285269
Antenatal Clinic - 01903 205111 ext 84371
Postnatal Ward (Bramber) - 01903 285144
Doula Sophy
UHS Maternity Voices
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Sophy is a non-medical trained professional that provides birthing people with evidence based information, emotional and physical support throughout pregnancy, birth and postnatally.
As a Doula, birth prep & antenatal teacher, Sophy wants to be there for you.
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Working in partnership to improve maternity services.
We are a partnership of parents and health professionals from Brighton & Hove, Haywards Heath, Worthing and Chichester who work together to improve local maternity services.
If you would like to feedback to us about your experience or have any ideas about improving services in the future then please get in touch.
Heart Centred Wellness
South Coast Placenta
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🧘🏻♀️🤰🏼👶🏻 I teach yoga and offer beginners sessions, pregnancy yoga, Mum & baby classes & Vinyasa flow. There's no pretence, no ego, just come as your beautiful selves.
👣I offer reflexology. A treatment of using pressure on the feet to balance corresponding parts of the body. Leaving you feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.
⚖️Functional Kinesiology is one I get lots of questions about. It's an incredible complementary therapy which can help with digestion, hormones, stress & adrenals, blood sugars, food intolerances, emotional issues and structural imbalances. This is done through muscle testing and many other awesome techniques.
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Local placenta encapsulation service in Hampshire and neighbouring counties.
Mama Chiro
The Scanning Room
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Rachel (Mama Chiro) began her career in a busy London clinic, mentored by a renowned chiropractor known as “the baby whisperer”.
Drawn to the South Coast by the uniquely iconic beauty of the Downs and the Sea, Rachel built her own successful practice in Peacehaven before moving to Shoreham to raise a family.
Becoming a parent has only strengthened Rachel’s passion for caring and maintaining the health of Mothers and babies throughout pregnancy, into childhood and beyond.
Luckily for Rachel, when you love what you do, work is never a chore.
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With clinics in Shoreham and Haywards Heath, The Scanning Room is a bespoke ultrasound service offering women a wide range of pregnancy scans from 7 weeks gestation. Fertility, gynaecological scans and screening tests.
Our friendly, professional scanning team are all fully qualified sonographers working within the NHS, either registered with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) or the Health Professionals Council (HPC).
Lindsay has had the pleasure of being a midwife for over 10 years, specialising in ultrasound which has given her the unique and enviable position to share the joy of your pregnancy with you.
Informed Pregnancy Birth & Beyond
My Sisters House
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Informed Pregnancy, Birth, & Beyond: A local, volunteer-run, community organisation committed to bringing families together to support each other through pregnancy, birth, & beyond.
We provide peer support groups, educational events for professionals, and community events to bring professionals and families together. We believe that a positive experience of pregnancy, birth and beyond is rooted in creating a community in which families and the health professionals and birth workers who support them can have open, informative and mutually beneficial relationships.
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The Women’s’ Centre is based in Bognor Regis, (a highly deprived area) but serving a wider geographical area. Improving the lives of women facing a combination of the following; Homelessness, Substance misuse, Mental illness, Extreme poverty, Violence and abuse, and Social Isolation.
They want to treat women as whole addressing all the social harms they face rather than focusing on single issues, and building on their strengths and capabilities. My Sisters House wants to improve the services locally for women, reduce the lack of power experienced by women who are facing severe and multiple disadvantages and reduce inequalities, discrimination and exclusion.
Womama Yoga
Mind over Mama
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Friendly Yoga classes designed to support your journey through pregnancy, postnatal recovery and beyond.
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Are you buzzing about the bump but freaking out about birth? Do you want to feel less frightened and more knowledgeable about labour?
Lucy at Mind Over Mama Hypnobirthing offers practical and effective birth education for expectant parents and birth partners.
Preparing for labour can really stack the odds in your favour for achieving the birth that you want, but most importantly, having a positive and calm experience for you and your baby.
Hypnobirthing has so much to offer, opening your eyes to a new way of thinking and a new way of coping, in pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Every course is jam packed with fun and interactive content to transform your experience, it’s time to get excited about birth!
Pregnancy Options Centre
The Birthing Coach
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Our Centre offers free, confidential, unbiased help and support to anyone facing unplanned pregnancy or struggling following an abortion or pregnancy loss.
For unplanned pregnancy we offer clients a free pregnancy test and a chance to talk in a calm, non-judgemental environment. We offer clients an opportunity to explore all their options. We are not able to refer or an abortion but we are able to direct to relevant agencies as appropriate.
We are also well resourced to provide both immediate and long term support to anyone struggling after an abortion or pregnancy loss.
Post abortion support is given on a 1-2-1 basis to help clients explore and understand their abortion experience, and to build a positive future.
Those coming to terms with pregnancy loss at any stage of their pregnancy, can have 1-2-1 support in dealing with their experience.
If you would like to make an appointment to see one of our volunteers please get in touch.
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Hi, I'm Lucy, a passionate advocate for positive birth experiences and breastfeeding support.
As a certified hypnobirthing practitioner and dedicated breastfeeding supporter, I'm here to empower women and their birth partners on their journey to parenthood. Through personalized 1:1 hypnobirthing courses, whether in person or online, I provide the tools and guidance for a calm and empowering birthing experience.
Additionally, I offer quality antenatal and postnatal breastfeeding support, ensuring mothers have the resources they need to nurture their newborns.
With a warm and relatable approach, I'm committed to creating a supportive and encouraging environment for all. Join me in embracing the beauty of birth and motherhood while feeling empowered every step of the way.
Shoreham Hypno-birthing
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