Postnatal leaflets and videos

We have a range of information to help you once your baby is born.

Getting ready to leave hospital

Feeding your baby

Videos:

Breastfeeding support available in Lincolnshire:

Bottle feeding

More information on formula milk is available from the First Steps Nutrition Trust website.

Mental health

Emotional changes during pregnancy and following childbirth

Lincolnshire Talking Therapies

Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal Trauma and Loss Care Service

Building a happy baby

Building a happy baby – a guide for parents (Unicef)

Coping with baby crying

Pelvic floor exercises

Safer sleep for babies

Registration of your baby’s birth

All births in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must be registered within 42 days of the child being born.

You should do this at the local register office for the area where the baby was born or at the hospital before the mother leaves. The hospital will tell you if you can register the birth there.

More information can be found in the registration of a baby’s birth leaflet.

Sex and contraception after birth

Dad Pad

What is the DadPad?
It’s the essential guide for new dads, developed with the NHS.

Why do you need it?
As a new dad you will feel excited, but you may also feel left out, unsure or overwhelmed. The DadPad can help by giving you the knowledge and practical skills that you need.  The resource will support you and your partner to give your baby the best possible start in life.

Newborn illnesses

Leaflets in other languages