Planning Your Pregnancy
The more you know about your pregnancy and your options, the more you are likely to feel in control. The information given here is based on The Pregnancy Book, which your midwife should give you at your first appointment.
Non-urgent advice: Pregnant?
If you are pregnant, please see the important information about having a booster whooping cough vaccine.
Before you are pregnant
We’ve taken the table from the NHS vaccinations and when to have them – NHS page and include those given during pregnancy here.
| When it’s offered | Vaccines |
|---|---|
| During flu season | Flu vaccine in pregnancy |
| Around 20 weeks pregnant | Whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine |
| From 28 weeks pregnant | RSV vaccine |
Your pregnancy and labour
- Pregnancy week by week
- 0-12 weeks pregnant
- 13-27 weeks pregnant
- 28-40+ weeks pregnant
- Your health in pregnancy
- Common health problems
- Antenatal care and classes
- Choosing where to have your baby
- Labour and birth
- When pregnancy goes wrong
You and your baby
- What you will need for your baby?
- What happens straight after the birth?
- Your body after the birth
- Your newborn baby
- Early days
- Special care: ill or premature babies