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Transition to parenthood
NCT aims for all parents to have a positive start to family life. We want all women and men to feel prepared and supported to become confident and caring parents.
The birth of a first baby marks the founding phase of family life; a time of major development and personal growth, with many challenges as well as enormous positive potential for parents and children.
NCT has polices and evidence on postnatal care, family services and rights and supporting new parents, including aspects of baby care. These reflect and expand on the broad principles set out in the NCT parenthood policy, which is available as a PDF (see related documents below).
Also available from NCT on the topic of transition to parenthood are reviews of evidence, first published in the quarterly continuing professional development journal New Digest.
You may also be interested in government policy and documents from professionals bodies for the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and NICE clinical guidelines.
Related documents
- NCT Parenthood policy
(PDF 335 Kb) - Document outlining the NCT's Parenthood policy.
- The most profound change: recognising and responding to couple stress (2010) (PDF 17 Kb)
- Helen Allmark, an NCT postnatal leader, and Liz McIntyre, acting practice development and training manager at One Plus One, explore ways of helping parents through the transition to parenthood. New Digest, April 2010.
- Women as mothers: changing role perceptions (2010) (PDF 28 Kb)
- Dr Carole Ulanowsky introduces a comparative study of motherhood in the 1970s and 1990s, carried out when she was a full-time academic in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University. New Digest, April 2010)
- Promoting emotional health in the transition to parenthood (2009) (PDF 63 Kb)
- One Plus One, the UK’s leading relationship research organisation, outlines the important role both statutory and voluntary support services have in supporting parents. New Digest, April 2009.
