Pregnancy and complex social factors: a model for service provision for pregnant women with complex social factors

During your pregnancy

At each of your antenatal appointments you should be given enough information to help you make decisions about your care. Your midwife or doctor should explain the antenatal care that is available.

You should be given a phone number that you can use at any time, including evenings and weekends, to contact a midwife or doctor at the hospital or birth centre.

You will be able to bring your family or partner with you to your appointments, but you should be given at least one appointment when you talk to a midwife or doctor on your own.

Your midwife or doctor will usually keep anything you tell them confidential. But if they have concerns about your safety or your baby's safety they might need to tell other people, such as a social worker, about your pregnancy. If this happens, they will tell you, and explain the reason.