Keeping well during pregnancy and after childbirth
Updated: 30 September 2022

Manuela Leporesi
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- Ask a health worker for advice on physical activity
- Ask a health worker how to quit (or avoid) tobacco, alcohol, or drugs
- Be aware of your feelings, such as if worried or sad, and talk to trusted people, such as a health worker, family, or friends
- Seek help from a health worker if feeling very sad, anxious, exhausted, unable to cope or if you have thoughts about harming yourself or your baby
- Take part in groups with other women who are pregnant or who have recently given birth
- Contact a health worker as soon as possible if you experience violence or abuse
- Follow treatments prescribed by a health worker
- Know the danger signs during pregnancy, childbirth and after childbirth, such as bleeding, severe headaches and pain in the stomach region or belly (abdomen)
- Know when to see a health worker for routine visits or where to go immediately to seek care for danger signs
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All →Consolidated guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
Bleeding after birth: course on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
Report of the 11th Meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 10–12 June 2025
WHO recommendation on antibiotic prophylaxis during labour for vaginal birth
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