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About Pregnancy & Birth Local Information Useful Websites
NHS Website - information on Pregnancy and baby guide and Antenatal appointments
Patient UK - information about pregnancy and featured topics about pregnancy.
Other Language Information:
APEC - Action on Pre-Eclampsia: provides information in other languages
BabyCentre : Provides information on different topics in different languages
Around Hounslow
West Middlesex Maternity Unit - Provide NHS maternity services to the South West London area.
Contact: West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex,TW7 6AF Tel: 020 8321 5007 or 020 8321 6420
APEC - Action on Pre-Eclampsia: educate parents and health professionals about pre-eclampsia and its risks, support sufferers and their families, and promote medical research into the condition.
Contact: 84 - 88 Pinner Road, Harrow, Middlesex,HA1 4HZ.Tel (Information / Helpline): 020 8427 4217.Tel (Admin): 020 8863 3271.
Hounslow Welcare: Advice, information, and social work support to single parent families, refugees/ asylum seekers, pregnant school age girls and young mothers (under 18)
Swan Project: Offers support, counselling and advice to pregnant girls of school age, their parents and the father.
Contact: 15 Bulstrode Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3AW.Tel: 020 8570 3594. email: info@hounslowwelcare.fsworld.co.uk
Life Hounslow : Offers free, immediate, confidential help to anyone affected by a pregnancy or pregnancy loss.
Contact: 20 Vicarage Farm Road, Hounslow West, Middlesex, TW3 4NW.Tel: 020 8570 7717.
Newborn Hearing Screening Programme: This service offers hearing screening to babies from birth up to 3 months. Tel: 020 8614 5337. email: SWL.newbornhearing@nhs.net
London
Antenatal Results and Choices: ARC is a national charity offering non-directive, specialised support to parents who discover that their unborn baby is abnormal.
Contact: ARC 12-15 Crawford Mews , York Street, London W1H ILX. Tel: 0207 7137486 email: info@arc-uk.org
DPPI (Disabled, Pregnancy & Parenthood International):DPPi produces a number of information sheets which are available in print, large print or on audio tape by request.
Contact:106 Muswell Hill Road, London N10 3JR.
Tiny Tickers: A national charity provide early detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease in babies and mothers through research, training and education.
Contact: Tel: 0300 102 1508 Email: info@tinytickers.org
Ectopic Pregnancy Trust: The Trust raise awareness of ectopic pregnancy and to offer support to those affected by this condition.
Contact:483, Green Lanes, London N13 4BS.Tel: 020 7096 1838.
Multiple Birth Foundation: To provide support and information to parents and professionals involved in multiple births.
Contact: Hammersmith House Level 4, Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS. Tel: 020 8383 3519. email: mbf@hhnt.nhs.uk
National Childbirth Trust - Twickenham and Isleworth Branch: Offers information and support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood and aims to enable every parent to make informed choices. Ante-natal classes, breast-feeding advice, post-natal support, social activities, home-birth support, working mothers group and lost baby support group.
Contact: 72 Northcote Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 1PA.Tel: 0300 330 0700. email: twickenham@nct.org.uk
The Pelvic Partnership: A charity provides information support and helpline to pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain (PGP), their families and carers. Tel: 01235 820921. Email: contact@pelvicpartnership.org.uk
Tommy's, the baby charity:Tommy's the baby charity, is determined to end the heartache caused by premature birth, miscarriage, and stillbirth.
Contact: Nicholas House, 3 Laurence Pountney Hill, London, EC4R 0BB.Tel: 0207 398 3400 pregnancy line : 0800 014 7800 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm). email: midwife@tommys.org
Twins and Multiple Birth Association (TAMBA) Bereavement Support Group: Provides support for bereaved parents of twins and multiple births.
Contact: 2 The Willows, Gardner Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4PG. Tel: 0870 770 3305 /0800 138 0509 (twinline).
email: enquiries@tamba.org.uk
The Association for Post-Natal Illness: offer advice to depressed mothers on a wide range of issues concerning the management and treatment of postnatal illness.
Contact: 145 Dawes Road, Fulham, London, SW6 7EB.Tel: 020 7386 0868.
Women's Health Concern: is the UK's leading charity providing help and advice to women on a wide variety of gynaecological, urological and sexual health conditions.
Contact:10 Storey’s Gate,Westminster,London,SW1P 3AY.Tel (Helpline) Nurse Counselling Service: 0845 123 2319 (local rate) Tel (Office): 020 7799 9897
Other Local information can be found at London Borough of Hounslow
See also Women's health , Children's health, Parents and families support, Sexual health, Genetic disorders, Depression and stress
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
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