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Other useful links and organisations

Treatment options

• Physiofirst: www.physiofirst.org.uk
• The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women's Health ACPWH: www.acpwh.org.uk
• Chiropractic website: www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk
• Osteopathy website: www.osteopathy.org.uk
• Information regarding how your pelvic floor can affect PGP www.pelvicphysiotherapy.com

General pregnancy information about your choices

• Information about home birth choices: www.homebirth.org.uk
• Information about birth choices generally: www.birthchoiceuk.com
• Information about active birth: www.activebirthcentre.com
• Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS): www.aims.org.uk
• National Childbirth Trust: www.nctpregnancyandbabycare.com
• Information for working families: www.workingfamilies.org.uk
• NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence): www.nice.org.uk
• Tamba (Twins and Multiple Birth Association): www.tamba.org.uk

Birth support

• To find an independent midwife: www.independentmidwives.org.uk
• To find a Doula: www.doula.org.uk
• More about water birth: www.waterbirth.org
• Birthing pools: www.thegoodbirth.co.uk

Equipment provision

• Birthing pools: www.thegoodbirth.co.uk
• Private OT: www.otip.co.uk
• Red Cross (your local branch): www.redcross.org.uk/yourarea
• REMAP: A network of volunteer engineers and craftsmen who make free individual one-off aids for disabled people: www.remap.org.uk
• Serola belts and back care: www.appliedbiomechanics.co.uk
• Serola belts and pregnancy back care: www.pregnancybackcare.co.uk
  

Support and information about your care needs

• Benefits information: www.dwp.gov.uk
• Carers Centres: www.carers.org
• Citizens Advice Bureau - Employment rights and advice on benefits: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
• Disability Benefits Enquiry Line: tel:0800 882200 www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits
• Home-Start UK: tel:0800 0686368 www.home-start.org.uk
• Information for working families: www.workingfamilies.org.uk

Organisations supporting parents with disabilities

• Citizens Advice Bureau: Employment rights and advice; www.citizensadvice.org.uk
• Disability, Pregnancy & Parenthood international (DPPi): www.dppi.org.uk
• National Centre for Disabled Parents: www.dppi.org.uk/nationalcentre
• National Centre for Disabled Parents: www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk
• Pain Concern UK provides information and guidance to chronic pain sufferers: www.painconcern.org.uk
• Pelvic Instability Network Scotland: www.pelvicinstability.org.uk

If you have had a difficult birth experience you may find support at:

• Birth Trauma Association: www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk
• Sheila Kitzinger's Birth Crisis Network: www.sheilakitzinger.com/BirthCrisis.htm
• Babyloss: www.babyloss.com
• Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS): www.aims.org.uk
• Bliss - for babies born too soon, too small, too sick - Bliss provides vital support and care for premature and sick babies in the UK. Founded nearly 30 years. Bliss offers guidance and information: www.bliss.org.uk

Finding options for exercise in pregnancy with PGP

• Pilates: www.pilatesfoundation.com
• Yoga: www.littlegemsyoga.co.uk

National Guidelines on PGP

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women's Health: 2007 - National PGP Guidelines: www.acpwh.org.uk

Practitioners' version:
http://www.acpwh.org.uk/docs/ACPWH-PGP_HP.pdf

Patients' version:
http://www.acpwh.org.uk/docs/ACPWH-PGP_Pat.pdf

European guidelines on PGP

http://www.eurokine.be/eurokine/select/gppj/gp05211.htm

Support the Pelvic Partnership by logging on to:

• www.buy.at/pelvicpartnership - You can buy products from well-known brands at normal prices, and they will give a percentage to the Pelvic Partnership.
• www.easyfundraising.org.uk does the same, but you have to register with the site first, which is a quick process - just choose the Pelvic Partnership as your charity.
• www.everyclick.org.uk - If you are searching the internet and use this site as your homepage, we get a proportion of the total money raised. Every little helps us produce more leaflets and spread the word more about PGP.