Bonding with your bump

Getting to know your baby in the womb can be an important part of bonding with your child. Below are some useful resources that can help as you form this bond.

Your Baby and You

Our colleagues at Pennine Care Foundation Trust have put together Your Baby and You, a guide written by parents and professionals together. It aims to help you get to know and understand your baby during pregnancy and after the birth.

Visit the Pennine Care website to find out more about Your Baby and You.

Pennine Care also have a released a series of videos which you can find on their Your Baby and You playlist on YouTube.

Togetherness

Togetherness is a service that offers free learning resources for parents and carers.

Bonding before birth

Togetherness have produced a video with useful facts about bonding before birth, plus tips and advice from parents.

Visit YouTube to watch the video on bonding with your baby before birth and why it's important.

Free online learning pathway: Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby

Along this pathway you'll find lots of practical information about:

  • preparing for labour and birth; understanding your options, pain management and hypnobirthing
  • postnatal care and recovery; taking care of yourself or partner after birth
  • feeding, soothing, and keeping your baby safe; tips for nurturing your newborn
  • breathing and relaxation techniques to support both birth and emotional wellbeing

You'll learn about early brain development and emotional health in infants while being supported to reflect on your own health and wellbeing. There's also a version of the pathway for women-only couples.

The following video covers some of these ideas, and includes important information about baby brain development.

You can access this learning pathway and others for free by entering the code REDROCK along with your Stockport postcode on the Togetherness website.

BBC Tiny Happy People

Tiny Happy People contains videos and articles to help you make sense of your pregnancy, from talking to your bump to mental health advice.

To find out more, visit BBC Tiny Happy People.