Accepted abbreviations to be used in the maternity department |
Acute uterine inversion (Management of) |
Antenatal care and booking |
Antenatal and Newborn Screening |
Antenatal fetal heart rate monitoring |
Antepartum Haemorrhage (APH) |
Babies born at the threshold of viability |
Babies who are accidentally dropped in hospital |
BCG Guidelines for Frimley Health |
Birth choices after caesarean birth |
Breastfeeding policy parents guide |
Breech Presentation |
Caesarean Section (including Enhanced Recovery) |
Care of the infant with tongue-tie |
Care of women in labour |
Care of women with obesity in pregnancy |
Cervical stitch (cerclage) for preventing preterm birth in singleton pregnancy |
Cord prolapse |
Detection and follow up of fetal abnormaility |
Deterioration in pregnant or recently delivered women: Recognition and use of the modified early obstetric warning system (MEOWS) |
Diabetes in pregnancy |
Episiotomy |
Expressing colostrum in the antenatal period |
External cephalic version (ECV) |
Fetal monitoring including fetal blood sampling |
FGR in low risk women assessment |
Genital Herpes in pregnancy |
Guidance on managing feeding for babies who are formula fed |
Guidance on weight loss in term healthy breastfed infants |
Guidelines for the use of essential oils in midwifery clinical practice |
HIV in pregnancy |
Homebirth |
Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy |
Immediate care of newborn |
Infant feeding policy |
Infectious disease screening |
Intrapartum and postpartum bladder care |
Intrauterine death (from 24 weeks of gestation) |
Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy |
Late fetal loss 16-23 week gestation |
management of swabs, instruments and needles within the maternity unit |
Maternal death guidance for health professionals |
Maternity risk management strategy |
Maternity services record keeping guideline |
Mid trimester termination for fetal abnormality |
Multiple pregnancy |
Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) and hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) |
Newborn blood spot screening |
Newborn hearing screening pathway for babies in Frimley Park and Wexham Park Hospitals |
Newborn hearing screening priority 1 pathway |
Newborn life support |
NIPE |
Obstetric Cholestasis (OC) |
Operative vaginal delivery |
Pre-term labour |
Perinatal mental health |
perineal trauma |
Placenta praevia/accreta |
Policy for babies sharing their mother's bed while in hospital |
Policy on cleaning and storage of breast milk collection kits |
Post partum Haemorrhage (PPH) |
Postnatal care of the mother and baby |
Postnatal visits in the community |
Pregnant women with epilepsy |
Prelabour rupture of membranes (PROM) |
Preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM) |
Prevention of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) infection |
Recognition of deterioration in pregnant or recently delivered women. The use of the MEOWS |
Reduced fetal movements |
Retained placenta |
Sepsis in maternity |
Shoulder dystocia |
Sickle cell and thalassemia |
Skin to skin contact and initiating a close relationship for all mothers and babies in hospital |
Taking a deceased baby home |
Term healthy breastfeeding infant who is reluctant to feed |
The use of complementary therapy for prolonged pregnancy guideline |
Thromboprophylaxis and treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in pregnancy and puerperium |
Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy |
Transitional Care Unit (TCU) Operational Policy |
Treatment of iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy and postpartum including ferinject |
Use of the pool for labour and birth |
Uterine rupture (Management of) |