Your baby is now officially an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed.
Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/4-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.
HNY Perinatal Care for Trans and Non-Binary People - Protocol for HCPs
Adapted with permission from the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust, this protocol on Perinatal Care for Trans and Non-Binary People has been developed by HNY LMNS for midwives and doctors working in and with the LMNS Trusts which are: Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH), York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (YSTHFT) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG).
We recognise that transgender and non-binary people may face personal, social, economic, institutional, and structural barriers to accessing appropriate and affirmative care. They are likely to have had negative experiences in healthcare settings and may worry that healthcare professionals will not understand their specific identity, needs and concerns.
Respectful care recognises and affirms the gender identity of the pregnant person and normalises the experience of carrying a pregnancy whilst trans or non-binary. Professionals should recognise that the desire to conceive, birth and feed a baby can be shared by people of any gender identity.
You can access our protocol, which includes detailed guidance for antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care here.
Support for transgender and non-binary people during the perinatal period - Information for service users
Again adapted with permission from the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust, this information for service users has been developed to support trans and non-binary people during the perinatal period.
It includes information on:
- The role of the midwife and antenatal care
- Ongoing antenatal care
- Physical changes
- Emotional health
- Care in hospital
- Infant feeding
- Resumption of testosterone
- Birth registration
- Contraception and screening.
You can access our information for service users here.
