Pregnancy
Want to start a family of your own? We've compiled useful advice and guidance below to help you stay safe, and increase your chances of a healthy, successful pregnancy. Even if you're not planning a family, if you're sexually active or thinking about having sex for the first time it's important to be safe.
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20-week scan diagnosis
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Receiving an Anencephaly diagnosis
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Planning a pregnancy if you have spina bifida
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Fertility and spina bifida
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Prenatal surgery for spina bifida
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Folic acid and preparing for pregnancy
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Sex and spina bifida
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Sex and spina bifida - common questions
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Sex and continence
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Folic for Life
Read about our Folic for Life campaign, and the important role folic acid plays in a healthy pregnancy.
Further reading
- The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability by Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg and Fran Odette
- Pleasure Able: Sexual Device Manual for Persons with Disabilities by Kate Naphtali, Edith MacHattie and Stacy L. Elliott
- Sex and Disability by Enhance the UK
- Sexual Health and Disability Alliance
- Sexuality and Disability – frank and informative website for women with disabilities
- Queerability – information, advice, advocacy for LGBTQ
And of course, please do get in touch if you would like advice from Shine's team.