Healthy Pregnancy Team
This service is for people who are at least 12 weeks pregnant and have a BMI of 30 or more. The Healthy Pregnancy Team provides support and advice to help you eat well, be active and achieve a healthy weight gain in pregnancy and beyond. Our team is made up of Dietitians and Maternity Assistant Practitioners who can offer you tailored one-to-one sessions, groups to support you with healthy eating and cooking as well as local antenatal exercise classes.
Further information can be found in our Healthy Pregnancy Leaflet.
To find out more and meet the team, watch the following video.
Useful Information and Resources
Below you will find links to useful resources, how you could be referred and how to get in touch with us.
Your midwife may offer you support and refer you to the Healthy Pregnancy Team at the start of your pregnancy. If you feel you meet the criteria and would like support, please contact us by telephone on: 0300 303 4906 (option 3).
For an interactive resource that can support you with healthy changes, the Foodwise in pregnancy app is free to download from the google play or app store.
The Foodwise in Pregnancy App can work on its own or alongside support from the Healthy Pregnancy Team to offer women information and tips on eating well, keeping active and achieving a healthy weight gain in pregnancy. It breaks information down into six sections that you are able to work through at your own pace. With interactive games, quizzes and tools, it includes tips and advice for achieving a healthy diet, practical ideas for keeping active, recipes, shopping tips and a meal planner, as well as step-by-step pregnancy safe exercises.
BDA Food Fact Sheet – Pregnancy - For concise information and advice on nutrition and food safety in pregnancy
Websites for pregnancy
- NHS Keeping well in pregnancy – Information and guidance on how to look after yourself and your baby while you're pregnant.
- Start for Life - Trusted NHS help and advice during pregnancy, birth and parenthood
- Healthy Start - For help to buy healthy food and vitamins via the Healthy Start Scheme
- For recipes and meal ideas during pregnancy and for the whole family
- Healthier Together - Improving the wellbeing of expectant mothers, infants, children and young people throughout Aneurin Bevan University Health
- Pregnancy Sickness Support | UK Charity - If you are suffering with pregnancy sickness
Recipes and meal ideas during pregnancy and for the whole family
Videos