"Our vision for maternity is to deliver the local, regional and national strategic objectives and meet the needs of women and families in our local community; making services even safer, kinder, more personalised and family friendly."

We are very proud to offer a freestanding midwifery unit at Wycombe Hospital where healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies can choose to give birth. We offer the same care and facilities as on our Aylesbury birth centre but without on-site obstetric, anaesthetic or neonatal services. Please note there have been changes to services at the Wycombe Birth Centre.

More information is available at the Wycombe Birth Centre website.

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Wycombe offers two options for place of birth; a freestanding midwifery led unit at the Wycombe Birth Centre and a home birth service. Wycombe also offers a number of specialist clinics and an ultrasonography service.

Wycombe Birth Centre (WBC)

WBC offers women and their families the opportunity to birth in a friendly and relaxed environment supported by one of our midwives who is passionate about physiological birth. We have three bright and airy birthing rooms, all of which are ensuite and fully air conditioned. We can also facilitate use of our pools, balls, stools, couches or our specifically designed birth bed which can support women to deliver in a variety of physiological positions. Midwives at WBC are able to support a number of analgesic options including aromatherapy, massage, TENS, hypnobirthing techniques, water and Entonox (gas and air) and Pethidine.Whilst the majority of births are uncomplicated and straightforward our highly skilled midwives and maternity care assistants are trained to identify and manage any emergency situations that could arise ensuring the ongoing safety of both mum and baby.

We have a single postnatal room for women who wish to stay following their birth, where we can facilitate birth partners staying too on our pull out bed.

WBC is home to one of our Continuity of Carer (CoC) teams looking after women who are choosing to birth their babies here. As part of the CoC team you would have a named midwife who works as part of a small team based within the birth centre. Your named midwife will provide the majority of your antenatal care from designated clinics held within the WBC. You will be able to form and develop a meaningful and positive relationship with your named midwife as well as having the opportunity to meet the wider continuity team.

Labour care is provided by one of the CoC team midwives whom you will have had the opportunity to meet during your pregnancy and who will be able to fully support you in the birth choices that you wish to make. Following the birth of your baby you will be offered postnatal appointments at WBC in clinics run by one of the CoC team midwives, with the opportunity to have at least one appointment with your named midwife.

Home Birth

The community midwives based at Wycombe Hospital also offer a home birth service for women experiencing an uncomplicated pregnancy. They provide a 24 hour service by means of an on-call system. If you wish to birth your baby at home, your community midwife will visit you during your pregnancy to discuss your personalised birth plan so that we can facilitate a positive birth experience. We are able to offer a variety of analgesic options in the home environment including Entonox (gas and air) and Pethidine.

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• Specialist consultant led antenatal clinic pathways providing:

• Early pregnancy assessment unit

• Community midwives hub

• Routine ultrasound scans

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'The vision for maternity services in Oxfordshire is for the right woman to get into the right part of the maternity services and to be cared for by the right professional. The aim is for every woman to experience personalised care from an early medical risk assessment through to birth and beyond. It encompasses real choice and continuity of care throughout the pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. 'It is our aim that all staff provide respectful, safe, compassionate and excellent care to all women and their babies in our care.'

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