MIDIRS Informed Choice Leaflets

These leaflets summarise the most reliable research evidence available, and have been extensively peer reviewed by international experts. The Informed Choice leaflets are produced by MIDIRS (the Midwives Information and Resource Service) and the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. They are supported by the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

For information about how to get the most out of these leaflets, click here. The links below are to an external source, the MIDIRS Informed Choice website whose home page can be found at http://www.infochoice.org.

FOR WOMEN	FOR PROFESSIONALS
1. Support in Labour	1. Support in Labour
2. Listening to your baby's heartbeat during labour	2. Fetal heart rate monitoring in labour
3. Ultrasound scans - what you need to know	3. Routine ultrasound scanning in the first half of pregnancy
4. Alcohol and pregnancy	4. Alcohol and pregnancy
5. Positions in labour and delivery	5. Positions in labour and delivery
6. Epidural pain relief in labour	6. The use of epidural analgesia for women in labour
7. Feeding your baby - breast or bottle?	7. Breastfeeding or bottle feeding
8. Is my baby alright? Screening in pregnancy	8. Antenatal screening for congenital abnormalities: helping women to choose
9. If your baby is in the breech position, what are your choices?	9. Breech presentation - options for care
10. Where will you have your baby - at home or in hospital?	10. Place of birth
11. Do you want a waterbirth?	11. The use of water during childbirth
12. When your baby is overdue	12. Prolonged pregnancy
13. Eating well - for your baby and for you	13. Diet and nutrition during pregnancy
14. Non-epidural pain relief	14. Non-epidural strategies for pain relief during labour
15. Caring for yourself and feeling well after you have had your baby	15. Health and care after childbirth