Maternity Information Pack - Rotunda Hospital

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2 Vitamin C helps you absorb iron in vegetables. Eat or drink one of these foods with each main meal: 30 • orange juice or vitamin C fortified fruit juice • oranges, grapefruit, lemons, or limes • strawberries, melon, or kiwi fruit • green, red, or yellow peppers • fresh tomatoes Wait 30 to 60 minutes after a meal to drink tea, as tea can reduce the amount of iron you can absorb. Food pyramid The food pyramid is a guide to getting a good balance of each food group in your diet
Sample healthy menu for pregnancy Breakfast: Iron fortified breakfast cereal: Special K, Bran Flakes or All-Bran Low fat milk Fresh, stewed or dried fruit or orange juice Boiled egg Brown bread or wholemeal toast Butter or margarine and jam Mid-Morning: Fruit Yoghurt Lunch: 60 g (2 oz) cooked meat, poultry or 90 g (3 oz) fish Green vegetables: cabbage, spinach, brussels sprouts, or broccoli Other vegetables Brown bread, or potatoes, or pasta, or rice Orange 2 31
Page 1: Maternity Information Pack
Page 4 and 5: 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 Part 2 Preparing
Page 6 and 7: We have put together this informati
Page 8 and 9: 1 Welcome to the Rotunda Hospital C
Page 10 and 11: 1 Strategic objectives In developin
Page 12 and 13: 1 Sometimes you can simply tell the
Page 14 and 15: 1 Management of patient information
Page 16 and 17: 1 Chaplaincy service There is a lay
Page 18 and 19: 1 Safety and security Hospital secu
Page 20 and 21: 1 Infection prevention and control
Page 22 and 23: 1 All hospital staff receive traini
Page 24 and 25: 1 City bus routes All direct routes
Page 26 and 27: 1 Rotunda Hospital contact details
Page 28 and 29: 2 This chapter gives you some usefu
Page 32 and 33: 2 32 Dinner: 60 g (2 oz) cooked mea
Page 34 and 35: 2 Foods to avoid during pregnancy Y
Page 36 and 37: 2 Your emotional and mental wellbei
Page 38 and 39: 2 Depression While most women feel
Page 40 and 41: 2 Physical activity The more active
Page 42 and 43: 2 • Yoga improves deep breathing,
Page 44 and 45: 2 Things to avoid during pregnancy
Page 46 and 47: 2 Work and travel Coping at work Yo
Page 48 and 49: 3 Pregnancy is one of the most impo
Page 50 and 51: 3 50 Things to do: • If you are n
Page 52 and 53: 3 sickness is the most talked about
Page 54 and 55: 3 54 By the 26th week the volume of
Page 56 and 57: 3 28 Week Week 36 56 29 Week 30 Wee
Page 58 and 59: 3 With your growing womb you may ha
Page 60 and 61: 4 For most women pregnancy and birt
Page 62 and 63: 4 Community based midwife led care
Page 64 and 65: 4 Medical fees Fees are reviewed ev
Page 66 and 67: 5 The purpose of antenatal care is
Page 68 and 69: 5 • check for sexually transmitte
Page 70 and 71: 5 Weight check If you are of averag
Page 72 and 73: 5 Further antenatal visits Having r
Page 74 and 75: 5 Medical clinic: A specialist medi
Page 76 and 77: 5 Specialist units and services Ear
Page 78 and 79: 5 If your due date arrives and you
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6 Parent education classes Parent e
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6 Information on breastfeeding The
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6 84 For mothers 14. The baby’s s
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6 Men’s thoughts during pregnancy
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6Coming home after the birth Take s
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7 Sometimes, the changes in your bo
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7 Heartburn This is caused by the h
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7 Swollen ankles and hands This usu
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7 Bleeding Vaginal bleeding can occ
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7 Assessment and emergency unit The
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8 Labour and the birth of your baby
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8 Bag for your stay in hospital For
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8 Pain - very early in labour, you
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8 When to contact the hospital Ther
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9 Here at the Rotunda, we believe t
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9 Spontaneous labour There is no ri
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9 Very occasionally, the prostin ge
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9 Monitoring your baby’s wellbein
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9 Warm or cold pack Warm or cold pa
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9 Second stage of labour The second
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9 Sometimes it is possible for your
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9 Immediate care of your baby after
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9 Immediate care of you after birth
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10 You and your baby in the postnat
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10 Breast changes You will experien
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10 The sooner you are up and about
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10 Postnatal exercises The pelvic f
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10 things easy. You should avoid an
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10 Using an exercise ball 1. Sit on
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10 The doctor’s check A doctor fr
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10 Guthrie test This test is also k
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10 Birth notification and registrat
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10 144 it correctly and safely into
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10 You may not have a bowel motion
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10 Patch The ‘patch’ is 99% eff
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10 It can also be a sign of postnat
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10 Early days at home with your bab
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10 Preventing cot death or sudden i
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10 Frequently asked questions about
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10 Why is my baby crying? Crying is
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10 Babies who are more than six wee
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11 The feeding question The Rotunda
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11 10. Breastfeeding delays the dev
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11 After about three days your brea
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11 168 Your baby’s position There
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11 Tips for successful breastfeedin
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11 Breastfeeding is nature’s way
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11 When expressing, you can encoura
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11 Follow the manufacturer’s inst
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11 Preparing baby’s bottles It is
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11 7. 8. 9. 10. 180 Test Temperatur
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11 Vitamin D supplements for all ba
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12 While most babies are in good he
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12 Breastfeeding Our hospital is ac
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13 Adoption Adoption board of Irela
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13 Pregnancy loss Miscarriage assoc
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