Skip to main content Skip to navigation
Share via SMS:
SMS Share - Click to send this page by text

Send this link to a friend. (UK Mobile numbers only.)

  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Overview
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • Information on local services
    • Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
  • Feedback
Healthier Together: Improving the health of children and young people in Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes
Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes Health and care partnership logo
Royal College of Paediactrics and Child Health logo
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes ICB logo
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • Home
  • Parents/Carers
    • Parents/Carers
    • I'm worried about my child over 3 months
      • I'm worried about my child over 3 months
      • Asthma attack
      • Chickenpox
      • Conjunctivitis
      • Constipation
      • Cough and cold
        • Cough and cold
        • Difficulty breathing and wheeze
      • Diarrhoea and vomiting
      • Earache
      • Eczema
      • Fever / High Temperature
      • Fits, faints and funny turns
      • Hand, foot and mouth disease
      • Headache
      • Head Injury
      • Infections (eg chicken pox, slapped cheek disease, whooping cough)
      • Info about your child's medication
      • Limp
      • Meningitis
      • Rashes
      • Scarlet Fever
      • Seizures
      • Sore throat
      • Tummy ache
      • Tick bite
      • Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
      • Rise in hepatitis (April 2022)
    • I'm worried about my baby under 3 months
      • I'm worried about my baby under 3 months
      • New baby - what's normal and what's not
      • My baby is crying all the time
      • My baby has Fever / High Temperature
      • My baby has a rash
      • Childhood Vaccinations - Essential information
      • My baby is yellow / jaundice
    • Asthma Care in Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes
      • Asthma Care in Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes
      • Asthma resources
      • Asthma Care Plans
        • Asthma Care Plans
        • Easy Read Asthma Plan
        • Arabic Asthma Plan
        • Bengali Asthma Plan
        • Gujarati Asthma Plan
        • Asthma Plan Polish
        • Punjabi Asthma Plan
        • Urdu Asthma Plan
      • #Ask About Asthma 2023
    • Keeping my child healthy
      • Keeping my child healthy
      • Being Active
      • Childhood Vaccinations - Essential information
      • Eye screening and tests
      • Healthy Weight
      • Home milk challenge to confirm cow's milk protein allergy
      • Emotional wellbeing
      • Milk free diet for babies
      • The Milk Ladder - has my baby grown out of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy?
      • Sleep
      • What should a healthy day look like?
      • Milk and soya free diets for babies
      • Hearing
    • Oral Health
      • Oral Health
      • Oral health for babies
        • Oral health for babies
        • Accessing dental care (Babies)
        • Dummies and thumb sucking
        • Good oral health for good general health (Babies)
        • Feeding baby and moving on to solids
        • Teething (Babies)
        • Toothbrushing (Babies)
      • Oral health for toddlers and pre-schoolers
      • Oral health for infant school age (4-7)
      • Oral health for junior school age (7-11)
      • Oral health for secondary school age
      • The Personal Child Health Record (red book)
      • A practical guide to children’s teeth
    • Complex Needs
      • Complex Needs
      • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
      • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
      • Down's Syndrome
        • Down's Syndrome
        • Down's Syndrome General Information
        • Helping children and young people with Down's Syndrome
        • Down's Syndrome support for families/carers
      • Cerebral Palsy
        • Cerebral Palsy
        • Cerebral Palsy General Information
      • Supporting children with a disability
    • Keeping my child safe
      • Keeping my child safe
      • Safe sleeping
      • Accidents and injuries - Keeping your child safe in the home
      • Accidents and injuries - Keeping your child safe 'out and about'
      • Sexual abuse
      • Keep your child safe online
      • Face masks and children
    • Should my child go to school/nursery today?
    • Useful links for long term health conditions
    • Transitioning to adult services
      • Transitioning to adult services
      • Your Child's Move (Transition) to Adult Care
    • Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
      • Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
      • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
        • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
        • Local Offer
        • Parent Carer Forums
        • Transforming Care Children and Young People’s Self-Referral Pathway
        • Transforming Care Children and Young People’s Self-Referral Form
      • Local Offer
        • Local Offer
        • Transforming Care Children and Young People’s Self-Referral Pathway
      • Parent Carer Forums
    • COVID-19 and parents/carers
      • COVID-19 and parents/carers
      • COVID-19 information for parents/carers
    • Patient Participation
  • Health for Young People
    • Health for Young People
    • Mental health
      • Mental health
      • I'm worried about
        • I'm worried about
        • Anger
        • Anxiety (worry)
        • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
        • Autism
        • Body image
        • Bullying
        • Depression (low mood)
        • Eating Difficulties
        • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
        • Psychosis (and hearing voices)
        • Self-harm
        • Trauma (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
      • Support, advice and guidance
        • Support, advice and guidance
        • Coronavirus: Support, advice and guidance
        • 'Help I'm in crisis'
        • Need help coping with the death of a loved one?
        • Referral to CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services)
        • Self-Care
        • Where to get help
        • Worried about a friend’s mental health?
        • YoungMinds
        • Everything OK
      • What is Mental Health
      • Winter Toolkit
    • Sexual Health
      • Sexual Health
      • About Sex
      • Consent and the law
      • Sexually transmitted infections
      • Monkeypox outbreak 2022
    • LGBTQ+
      • LGBTQ+
      • LGBTQ+ Information, Support and Advice
      • Dealing with Abuse and Mental Health
      • Coming Out
      • Gender Identity
      • Sexuality
    • Lifestyle
      • Lifestyle
      • Healthy Eating
      • Exercise
      • Online safety
      • Puberty
      • Exam pressure
      • Drugs and Alcohol
      • Moving to adult care (transition)
  • Pregnant/New Baby
    • Pregnant/New Baby
    • Planning a Pregnancy
    • Maternity Services in Bedford, Luton & Milton Keynes
    • COVID-19 and Pregnancy
      • COVID-19 and Pregnancy
      • I am pregnant and I think I have coronavirus - what should I do?
      • Maternal mental health during the pandemic
      • Domestic Abuse
    • Maternity Voices Partnership
    • Concerned your newborn/baby is unwell (less than 3 months)?
      • Concerned your newborn/baby is unwell (less than 3 months)?
      • Childhood Vaccinations - Essential information
      • New baby - what's normal and what's not
      • My baby is crying all the time
      • My baby has Fever / High Temperature
      • My baby has a rash
      • My baby is yellow / jaundice
    • Neonatal
    • Health Visitors
    • Breastfeeding Support
    • Perinatal Pelvic Health - Following Birth
  • Labour and birth
    • Labour and birth
    • Maternity Services in Bedford, Luton & Milton Keynes
    • Maternity Voices Partnership
    • Different Types of Birth
    • What to Pack
    • Signs of Labour
    • Inducing Labour
    • Pain Relief During Labour
    • Perinatal Pelvic Health - During Pregnancy
  1. Home
  2. Wessex updated content Jan 2022
  3. Postnatal information

Postnatal information

Going home with your baby
Care and advice after a caesarean section Information for women and birth partners
How to care for your stitches and perineum following the birth of your baby
Urinary incontinency
How to reduce or stop your milk supply
Shape up after pregnancy
Iron supplements
Sex and contraception
Your medication after the birth of your baby
find a service

Accessibility tools

Text size:
Contrast:
Frank Ltd.
Return to header
Last accessibility toolbar action: none available