Before birth and starting a family

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type: "Life-course Domain"
title: "Before birth and starting a family"
description: "Source-linked process navigation for before birth and starting a family."
status: "population-complete"
assertion_status: "normalized"
jurisdiction: "nation-specific"
observed_at: "2026-08-08"
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# Before birth and starting a family

This domain groups 12 approved service families into the
following repository-authored navigation processes:

- **Pregnancy, maternity and workplace support** — 8 service families
- **Adoption, fostering and surrogacy** — 4 service families

Open a process to browse its families, then open a family to inspect ordinary and
exception episodes. Source links remain nation- and provider-specific. This domain
does not imply that every person follows every route or that similar services are
equivalent across the United Kingdom.