COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE

 

A comprehensive package that offers 24/7 access to your midwife throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period:

Initial booking appointment which includes full medical history, blood pressure, blood tests and urine test and discussion in choices about pregnancy and childbirth.

 

Further antenatal appointments at 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41+ weeks.

Birth talk at 36 weeks with partner and midwife.

On call 24/7 for birth from 37 weeks gestation.

 

Early labour assessment at home and attendance of birth if choosing a home birth, or provide emotional support if choosing a hospital birth.

Regular postnatal appointments upto 28 days with personal breastfeeding support and neonatal bloodspot screening, on call 24/7 for telephone support.

 

It is recommended that you attend your local hospital for routine antenatal ultrasound scans as recommended by NICE guidelines.

If it is necessary that you need to see a consultant obstetrician in pregnancy, this can be booked by your midwife at your local NHS hospital.

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ANTENATAL PACKAGE

 

24/7 access to midwife from 12 weeks gestation and throughout the rest of your pregnancy.

Antenatal appointments at 12,16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41+ weeks.

Birth talk with partner and midwife at 36 weeks.

 

It is recommended that you attend the booking appointment and initial booking blood tests with your local NHS hospital to ensure that they have your records on file and if needed at a later time in pregnancy or when its time to go to hospital to give birth.

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POSTNATAL PACKAGE

 

Consultation appointment at 37 weeks gestation to get to meet your midwife and to discuss birth choices and feeding options.

24/7 access by phone, frequent postnatal visits, personal breastfeeding support.

Bloodspot screening and care up to 28 days.

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