Healthy Lifestyles in Pregnancy Service

The Healthy Lifestyles in Pregnancy Service consists of a specialist midwife, dietitian and physiotherapist and provides support and advice on food and drink choices, good nutrition for you and your baby, exercise and care of the body in pregnancy as well as additional midwifery support.

The service is available to all pregnant women with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 35 or above.

Support is available from the team for the duration of your pregnancy and into the early postnatal period.

The service offers face-to-face appointments at a range of venues across Lanarkshire. Efforts will be made to provide an appointment in a Health Centre most suitable to you to reduce the need to travel. Online Near Me appointments are also available.

For general enquiries and referral to the service, please call 07770 698955 or contact your community midwife.

Meet the Team

*Please note that the videos below refer to the previous eligibility criterion of a BMI of 30 or above, which has since been updated to a BMI of 35 or above. Revised videos will be available soon.

Alicia O’Donnell

Heather Duncan

Margaret Hawthorne

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‘They all have a lovely, caring and empathetic manner and I have felt listened to and supported with no judgement.’

‘They helped with everything from helping me eat healthier, to helping with back pain and advice about my pregnancy.’

‘Having the combination of services in one appointment was good as often the discussions covered all aspects of nutrition, activity and general pregnancy.’

‘Without this service, it would be very easy to gain an excessive amount of weight and then struggle to lose it again. Instead, it has made me feel confident and active as a new mum, as well as positive about my body’s ability to manage another pregnancy in the future. It has also enabled me to build healthy habits for the future that will benefit both me and my family.’

‘I attended Healthy Lifestyles Lanarkshire appointments during pregnancy and also postnatally, as I have done in previous pregnancies. This service is invaluable in helping me – any other woman, I am sure – in maintaining the healthiest possible lifestyle during their pregnancy………..These amazing and caring specialists lifted me up, every appointment, helped me feel like the little things I was doing would make a difference, and celebrated for me when I really needed it.’

‘I felt the three aspects of the service were all equally needed. I feel so lucky to have had the nutritional advice from Alicia, the encouragement to stay active from Heather, as well as her knowledge about pelvic girdle pain, and the midwifery advice and reassurance from Nikki the midwife.’

‘Due to this service, I managed to have a healthy, appropriate weight gain during my pregnancy and they supported me in the postpartum period with trying to get to a healthy weight. My baby was welcome too, which was very helpful because I would not have been able to attend otherwise.’