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Your rights about birth, including issues relating to unborn children and surrogacy, and how to register a birth.
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Expecting your rights
If you are about to become a parent you are probably excited. But when you are not hopping from foot to foot with pure joy, you might also be a little bit worried about how it will go down at work, how you'll survive financially, and how you can juggle being a top-quality parent and a treasured employee at the same time. We explain your rights at work if you are pregnant, if your partner is, or if you are adopting.
Birth
There are lots of decisions to make about how and where to give birth. Includes information about having a home birth and water birth as well as what happens at a birthing centre and hospital. Also looks at the role of birth partners, how to prepare for birth and the stages of labour.
National Childbirth Trust (NCT) www.nct.org.uk/
Birth
www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/birth/birth_ind...
Find out your options about where you can give birth, what happens during labour, your pain-relief choices, who'll help you and what life's like in the early days after your baby's been born.
BBC www.bbc.co.uk/
Where to give birth
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/pregnancy/Pages/Wheretogivebirth...
Information on where you can choose to give birth, including at home, at hospital and at a midwife-led unit.
NHS Choices www.nhs.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx
Register a birth
https://www.gov.uk/register-birth/overview
Includes where and when to register a birth, what information you will need to provide, and who can register a birth.
GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/
Expecting your rights
www.advicenow.org.uk/advicenow-guides/work/maternity...
Information for anyone who is about to have a baby or adopt a child and has a job. It explains what your rights at work are if you are pregnant, if your partner is, or if you are adopting.
Advicenow www.advicenow.org.uk
Having a baby - all things money related from bump to birth and beyond
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/categories/...
Information for parents and expectant parents - provides help with budgeting and dealing with debt, and helpful calculators to help you work out the cost of another child, the cost of childcare, and how much your child's trust fund and savings might amount to.
Money Advice Service www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/
Common questions answered
www.surrogacyuk.org/intended_parents/your-questions-...
Answers common questions relating to surrogacy, including who the legal parents are, birth certificates, and maternity leave.
Surrogacy UK www.surrogacyuk.org/Index.html
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