Birthplace decisions - planning where to give birth: guidance - easy read
Easy read version of information for pregnant women and partners regarding planning where to give birth.
What is this guide for?
You have the right to decide where to give birth to your baby. Where you choose should feel safe.
This leaflet will help you plan where to give birth. You can use it to talk with staff and your partner or support person.
This leaflet gives you information that will help you make the decision that is right for you.
Health care staff in this leaflet are staff such as your midwife and doctors.
The terms woman and women are used. This is the way most people who are pregnant and having a baby identify.
This includes girls. It also includes people whose gender identity is not the same as the sex they were born.
Health care staff should respect you and respond to your needs.
There are weblinks to further information in this leaflet. If you cannot access them you can let health care staff know. They can print the information for you.