About Birth and Babies - Antenatal Classes in Norwich, Norfolk & Suffolk

21/08/2024

Free feeding support happening Thursday!

13/08/2024

We often get asked about how to access donor milk and for women with a plentiful supply, how they can donate. Please support this service and share - it’s so important!

A council is working with a charity to supply donated milk to mothers and newborns who need it.

03/08/2024

Would you like to train as a breastfeeding peer supporter? Please read on!

We're looking for volunteers to join our team of breastfeeding peer supporters.

To become a breastfeeding peer supporter you need to:

• Have breastfed for a minimum of 6 months
• Commit to 8 hours of volunteering a month, for a minimum of 12 months
• Have time to complete the online Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Peer Supporter Course which will be fully funded

If you're passionate about breastfeeding and would like the opportunity to support other parents, please send an expression of interest to peersupportcoordinator@nnuh.nhs.uk by 12 August 2024.

22/06/2024

Yesterday was International Yoga Day!🙏🏻 Research shows that carrying out yoga regularly during pregnancy has multiple benefits. If you’re pregnant and would like to try pregnancy yoga I can highly recommend Debbie from BabyFit. She’s super qualified, experienced, knowledgeable, kind and fun! If you don’t know if you’ll like yoga why not sign up for a trial class this Thursday 27th June?

Just a quick reminder on International Yoga Day that yoga has been shown to be effective.

A systematic review and meta-analysis examined the characteristics and effectiveness of pregnancy yoga interventions.

“Twenty-nine studies with 2217 pregnant women were included for meta-analysis.

Pregnancy yoga interventions reduced anxiety, depression and perceived stress.

Yoga interventions also reduced duration of labour and, increased odds of normal vaginal birth and tolerance for pain."

"Twelve or more yoga sessions delivered weekly/bi-weekly had a statistically significant impact on mode of birth, while 12 or more yoga sessions of long duration (> 60 min) had a statistically significant impact on perceived stress.”

We do need better evidence, because the quality of the evidence isn't high. But this is partly because most research funding goes to pharmaceuticals, interventions and things that make money for companies and governments.

The researchers concluded that, “The evidence highlights positive effects of pregnancy yoga on anxiety, depression, perceived stress, mode of birth and duration of labour.” (Corrigan et al 2022).

One caveat: do make sure you're with a properly qualified pregnancy yoga teacher, not someone who is good at Instagram but has only done a weekend yoga course.

You can find a directory of online and live classes at , whose teachers have in-depth yoga AND childbirth education training.

And happy yoga day!

07/06/2024

Do you have a baby on the way? Have you considered your place of birth yet?

30/04/2024

Its Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week and All on the Board are providing reassurance and raising awareness in their usual compassionate way.

If the information on here resonates with you know, know you’re not alone and that there is support out there for you. Speak to your community midwife.

It’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.
Please know that you are not alone and that there are people and organisations to help you.

28/04/2024

Just came across this photo of my son!🤦‍♀️ A little reminder you always need to be one step ahead!

24/04/2024

More evidence around the importance of continuity of care which seems to be happening less and less sadly.

11/04/2024

Weekday drop ins available throughout April if you’ve got questions or concerns about your child’s health and development.

Every weekday in April between 10am and 11am one-to-one video calls are available with a clinician at NHS Norfolk and Waveney Children & Young People's Health Services

If you have any questions or concerns about your child's health and/or development, just join the virtual waiting room at https://www.justonenorfolk.nhs.uk/drop-in from 10am daily for this online drop-in.

31/03/2024

Happy Easter! 🐣🐰🍫