Links to other useful organisations
The organisations listed on this page offer help on different aspects of pregnancy and life with a new baby.
Local NHS Sites
Cambridge PCT (Primary Care Trust)
The Rosie
PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service)
PALS should be your first port of call if want to make a complaint about any aspect of your care.
Other Local Organisations
NCT Cambridge branch
The NCT (National Childbirth Trust) runs antenatal classes in this area. They also run a number of postnatal groups and provide a range of other services for new and expectant parents.
Birthlight
Provides antenatal and postnatal classes for women and couples in the Cambridge area, with an emphasis on yoga and active birth.
National Organisations
Antenatal testing
ARC(Antenatal Results and Choices)
Provides support and information to parents throughout the antenatal testing process.
Active Birth, Home Birth, Caesarean Birth and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean)
Active Birth Centre
Birth International
Sheila Kitzinger’s site
Home Birth Reference Site
Caesarean Birth and VBAC Information
Breastfeeding
Postnatal Depression and Birth Trauma
MAMA(Meet-a-Mum Association)
MAMA aims to provide friendship and support to mothers and mothers-to-be who are lonely and isolated after a birth or a move to a new area.
Association for Post-Natal Illness
Birth Trauma Association
If you have had a difficult experience giving birth and feel that you are having trouble moving on, then this site is well worth a visit. The Birth Trauma Association is a new charity which has been set up to increase awareness of and to help women who are experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress following a birth.
Pregnancy Loss and Bereavement
Miscarriage Association
SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society)
Premature Birth
Multiple Births
TAMBA (Twins and Multiple Births Association)
Fertility problems
IVF-infertility.com
Infertility Network UK
Fertility Friends
General
National Childbirth Trust
A a good source of general information on issues relating to pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. See also under Other Local Organisations (above).
AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services)
Maternity Alliance
Provides information on employment rights, benefits and maternity pay.
MSLC national website
Resources for members of MSLCs nationwide.
Doula UK
This is to site to visit if you are thinking of hiring a birth doula, for help and encouragement during birth, or a post-natal doula, who would be able to provide various kinds of practical and emotional support in the first weeks of motherhood. The site also includes useful information about birth and pregnancy.
