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Pregnancy and maternity
Te haputanga me te whanautanga

Find out about pregnancy, labour and birth.

Planning your pregnancy

How to prepare for a healthy pregnancy, what tests and immunisations you can get, and how to improve your chances of conceiving.

Finding out you are pregnant

When you find out you are pregnant it can be hard to know what to do next.

Having a healthy pregnancy

Keeping healthy, symptoms and complications, getting ready for your pēpi, and preparing for the birth.

Health problems in pregnancy

Pregnancy and immunisations

Find what immunisations you need if you are planning a pregnancy, pregnant or when your newborn arrives.

Screening

Antenatal and newborn screening tests to find health conditions that can affect you or your pēpi.

Lead maternity carers — midwives and doctors

A lead maternity carer is a midwife or doctor responsible for your care throughout your pregnancy, labour and birth.

Miscarriage and baby loss

Losing a pēpi (baby) at any stage of pregnancy or after their birth can be a very sad and confusing time. Find out about miscarriage, stillbirth and when a pēpi dies.

Labour and birth

What happens as you go into labour, during birth, and after your pēpi is born.

Postnatal depression

You may feel down after having your pēpi (baby). If the feelings do not go away after a couple of days, you may be developing postnatal depression.

Breastfeeding

What to expect, how to breastfeed and overcoming problems.

You and your newborn

The first weeks after the birth of your pēpi including looking after your health, problems you may experience and midwife visits to support you and your pēpi.

KidsHealth

For information about children's health — visit KidsHealth.They provide accurate and reliable information about the health and wellbeing of tamariki in Aotearoa.