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Birth Companions
PO Box 56431
London
SE3 7UZ
Tel (office): 07855 725 097
Tel (24-hour Birth Line): 020 7117 0037
Web: www.birthcompanions.org.uk
Birth Companions is a small charity providing practical and emotional support to women who face giving birth whilst in detention.
Birth Companions provides both emotional and practical support to women in this situation, supporting them in pregnancy, during childbirth, and afterwards.
Contact can be made either via the website or by writing to the above address.
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