{"id":222,"date":"2026-06-11T10:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7c71d11735.nxcli.io\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:48:36","slug":"health-conditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/parent-families\/health-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto width_full\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_8ebdfc73 has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(54,188,238,0.55)\"><\/div><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title us_custom_20441257 has_text_color align_center color_link_inherit\">Health Conditions<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_a280f4f5 height_auto width_full\"><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:#36bcee\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_3a2383e5\"><div class=\"vc_column-overlay\" style=\"background:#36bcee\"><\/div><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:15px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a medical condition and are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or have recently given birth, you may find it helpful to read more about how your condition can affect \u2014 and be affected by \u2014 pregnancy. We have gathered together some trusted resources below, organised by condition, to help you find reliable information and support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please remember that these resources are for general information only. Always discuss your individual care and any concerns with your healthcare team.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blood conditions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommys.org\/pregnancy-information\/pregnancy-complications\/anaemia-and-pregnancy\">Anaemia in pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Tommy&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcog.org.uk\/media\/ycrfqcva\/pi-sickle-cell-disease-and-pregnancy.pdf\">Sickle cell disease and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/haemophilia.org.uk\/bleeding-disorders\/haemophilia-a-and-b\/haemophilia-pregnancy-and-childbirth\/\">Haemophilia, pregnancy and childbirth<\/a> \u2014 The Haemophilia Society<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcog.org.uk\/for-the-public\/browse-our-patient-information\/beta-thalassaemia-and-pregnancy\/\">Beta thalassaemia and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 RCOG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diabetes and hormones<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/pregnancy\/related-conditions\/existing-health-conditions\/diabetes\/\">Diabetes and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 NHS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabetes.org.uk\/guide-to-diabetes\/life-with-diabetes\/pregnancy\">Pregnancy and diabetes<\/a> \u2014 Diabetes UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabetes.org.uk\/guide-to-diabetes\/life-with-diabetes\/pregnancy\/during-pregnancy\">Managing your diabetes during pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Diabetes UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommys.org\/pregnancy-information\/pregnancy-complications\/gestational-diabetes\">Gestational diabetes in pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Tommy&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btf-thyroid.org\/listing\/category\/thyroid-disorders-pregnancy\">Thyroid disorders and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 British Thyroid Foundation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ese-hormones.org\/media\/gpfdoe2i\/ese-patient-leaflet_pregnancy_final.pdf\">Hormonal conditions and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 European Society of Endocrinology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heart conditions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhf.org.uk\/informationsupport\/support\/practical-support\/contraception-and-pregnancy\">Contraception, pregnancy and pre-eclampsia<\/a> \u2014 British Heart Foundation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/pregnancy\/related-conditions\/existing-health-conditions\/coronary-heart-disease\/\">Coronary heart disease and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 NHS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/pregnancy\/related-conditions\/existing-health-conditions\/congenital-heart-disease\/\">Congenital heart disease and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 NHS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swswchd.co.uk\/\">Congenital Heart Disease Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joints and rheumatological conditions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.versusarthritis.org\/about-arthritis\/living-with-arthritis\/pregnancy\/\">Pregnancy, fertility and arthritis<\/a> \u2014 Versus Arthritis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nras.org.uk\/resource\/rheumatoid-arthritis-pregnancy\/\">Rheumatoid arthritis and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lupusuk.org.uk\/lupus-and-pregnancy\/\">Lupus and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 LUPUS UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sruk.co.uk\/scleroderma\/managing-scleroderma\/pregnancy\/\">Scleroderma \u2014 having a healthy pregnancy and birth<\/a> \u2014 Scleroderma and Raynaud&#8217;s UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/versusarthritis.org\/about-arthritis\/conditions\/ankylosing-spondylitis\/\">Ankylosing spondylitis<\/a> \u2014 Versus Arthritis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infection<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcog.org.uk\/for-the-public\/browse-our-patient-information\/malaria-and-pregnancy\/\">Malaria and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 RCOG<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/pregnancy\/\">Pregnancy and HIV<\/a> \u2014 HIV i-Base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skin conditions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.papaa.org\/learn-about-psoriasis-and-psoriatic-arthritis\/fertility-and-pregnancy\/\">Fertility and pregnancy with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis<\/a> \u2014 Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bad.org.uk\/pils\/polymorphic-eruption-of-pregnancy\/\">Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 British Association of Dermatologists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain, nerves and muscles<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcog.org.uk\/for-the-public\/browse-our-patient-information\/epilepsy-in-pregnancy\/\">Epilepsy in pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 RCOG<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epilepsyandpregnancy.co.uk\/pages\/join.htm\">UK Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register<\/a> \u2014 UK Epilepsy and Pregnancy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epilepsysociety.org.uk\/living-epilepsy\/pregnancy-and-epilepsy\">Pregnancy and epilepsy<\/a> \u2014 Epilepsy Society<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommys.org\/pregnancy-information\/pregnancy-symptom-checker\/headaches-pregnancy\">Headaches during pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Tommy&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/migrainetrust.org\/live-with-migraine\/self-management\/migraine-in-pregnancy\/\">Migraine in pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 The Migraine Trust<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mssociety.org.uk\/about-ms\/what-is-ms\/women-and-ms\/pregnancy-and-birth\">Pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and multiple sclerosis<\/a> \u2014 MS Society UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myaware.org\/myasthenia-and-pregnancy\">Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Myaware<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musculardystrophyuk.org\/get-support\/health-and-care\/pregnancy-and-family-planning\">Pregnancy and family planning with muscular dystrophy<\/a> \u2014 Muscular Dystrophy UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hda.org.uk\/information-and-support\/getting-help\/starting-a-family\/\">Starting a family with Huntington&#8217;s disease<\/a> \u2014 Huntington&#8217;s Disease Association<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkinsons.org.uk\/information-and-support\/your-magazine\/stories\/pregnancy-and-parkinsons-ellies-story\">Pregnancy and Parkinson&#8217;s<\/a> \u2014 Parkinson&#8217;s UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digestive system and liver<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcog.org.uk\/for-the-public\/browse-our-patient-information\/intrahepatic-cholestasis-of-pregnancy\/\">Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 RCOG<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/britishlivertrust.org.uk\/information-and-support\/liver-conditions\/intrahepatic-cholestasis-pregnancy\/\">Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 British Liver Trust<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcog.org.uk\/for-the-public\/browse-our-patient-information\/pregnancy-sickness-nausea-and-vomiting-of-pregnancy-and-hyperemesis-gravidarum\/\">Pregnancy sickness, nausea and hyperemesis gravidarum<\/a> \u2014 RCOG<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crohnsandcolitis.org.uk\/info-support\/information-about-crohns-and-colitis\/all-information-about-crohns-and-colitis\/living-with-crohns-or-colitis\/reproductive-health-and-fertility\">Reproductive health and fertility with Crohn&#8217;s disease or ulcerative colitis<\/a> \u2014 Crohn&#8217;s and Colitis UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/britishlivertrust.org.uk\/information-and-support\/liver-conditions\/acute-fatty-liver-of-pregnancy\/\">Acute fatty liver of pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 British Liver Trust<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommys.org\/pregnancy-information\/im-pregnant\/weight-management\/pregnant-after-weight-loss-surgery\">Pregnancy after weight-loss (bariatric) surgery<\/a> \u2014 Tommy&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pscsupport.org.uk\/pregnancy\/\">Pregnancy and primary sclerosing cholangitis<\/a> \u2014 PSC Support<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coeliac.org.uk\/information-and-support\/living-gluten-free\/the-gluten-free-diet\/gluten-free-when-pregnant\/\">Gluten free when pregnant<\/a> \u2014 Coeliac UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kidney conditions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kidneycareuk.org\/kidney-disease-information\/living-with-kidney-disease\/womens-health\/pregnancy-and-chronic-kidney-disease\/\">Pregnancy and chronic kidney disease<\/a> \u2014 Kidney Care UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kidneycareuk.org\/kidney-disease-information\/living-with-kidney-disease\/womens-health\/pregnancy-and-kidney-transplant\/\">Pregnancy after a kidney transplant<\/a> \u2014 Kidney Care UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lung conditions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asthmaandlung.org.uk\/conditions\/asthma\/manage\/pregnancy\">Asthma and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Asthma + Lung UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk\/life-with-cystic-fibrosis\/health-and-wellbeing\/family-planning\">Family planning and cystic fibrosis<\/a> \u2014 Cystic Fibrosis Trust<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sarcoidosisnews.com\/sarcoidosis-and-pregnancy\/\">Sarcoidosis and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Sarcoidosis News<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mummysstar.org\/\">Cancer and pregnancy<\/a> \u2014 Mummy&#8217;s Star<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcog.org.uk\/for-the-public\/browse-our-patient-information\/pregnancy-and-breast-cancer\/\">Pregnancy and breast cancer<\/a> \u2014 RCOG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health ConditionsIf you have a medical condition and are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or have recently given birth, you may find it helpful to read more about how your condition can affect \u2014 and be affected by \u2014 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