Planning for Pregnancy - #AreYouReady Campaign
Are you planning a pregnancy? Or do you work with people who may need information, advice and support to boost their chance of conceiving?
The NHS in Coventry and Warwickshire has teamed up with Tommy’s, a national baby charity, to raise awareness of the things people need to know before pregnancy. The #AreYouReady campaign aims to raise educate and inform women and birthing people of the importance of looking after themselves and making behaviour changes before pregnancy.
Planning a pregnancy gives you the best possible chance of conceiving, improves pregnancy health and improves the baby’s future health too.
There are a number of things that people can do prior to conception, including:
- Taking folic acid at least two months before pregnancy
- Quitting smoking
- Avoiding alcohol
- Aiming for a healthy weight by eating healthily and staying active
- Speaking to a GP about how medication for a mental or physical condition may affect you
- Taking a daily Vitamin D tablet
The video below outlines 10 top tips for planning a pregnancy:
Planning for Pregnancy Digital Tool
Tommy’s have developed a Planning for Pregnancy digital tool that provides personalised advice on the steps you can take to improve your chances of conceiving.
All you need to do is answer a series of questions and the tool will give you personalised results and information based on your answers.
The tool is completely anonymous. No person or organisation will see your personal details.
To access the tool, visit http://www.tommys.org/planningforpregnancy.
Resources and Information
If you work with people who may want to access support, or know of a public facing or voluntary, community, faith or social enterprise organisation that could help promote the campaign, then there are a range of assets and materials available.
Please use the links below to download the assets:
There are also a range of translated flyers available, these are contained within the accordion below:
If you would like to speak to a member of our LMNS team about others ways you can support the campaign, please email cwicb.lmns@nhs.net.