Blackburn Birth Centre

Address

Park Lee Road

Blackburn BB2 3NY

All our facilities are purpose-built, clean and modern with birthing pools available in all the birth centres and on the birth suite.

Over 6,500 women choose to have their babies at ELHT every year.

We were the first Trust in the world to be awarded the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Gold Standard accreditation in 2017. This means we consistently demonstrate best practice standards around infant feeding and relationship building within maternity services.

Blackburn Birth Centre is a free standing birth centre where women, who are not anticipating any problems, labour and give birth to their babies in a relaxed home from home environment.

There is a family centred approach with the emphasis on sensitive midwifery care. Women are encouraged to move through their labour supported by skilled midwives and their choice of birth partners. All staff encourage and promote physiological (natural) birth by recognising and respecting the process of normal birth. The evidence tells us that women who move around in labour and are in a relaxed environment require less pain relieving drugs and often progress through labour more quickly.

Opened in 2010, the beautiful facilities offer families a relaxed environment where they can start their journey in to parenthood and it is quickly becoming one of the largest free standing birth centres in the country.

The Birth Centre in Blackburn is staffed by team midwives who work at the birth centre and also work in the local community. All staff who work at the birth centre also support women who wish to birth their babies at home.

Our specialist services include

Antenatal care
Care in labour and immediately after the birth
Postnatal care
Newborn examination
Vaccinations
Parent education programmes
Post-dates aromatherapy clinic
Aromatherapy use in labour
Tours of the facility
Breastfeeding support
Hearing screening
Arranging and supporting home birth

Virtual tour of facilities

Antenatal Screening Tests

Please read the screening tests for you and your baby information before your midwife booking appointment to find about the screening tests offered during and after pregnancy.This information is also available in other languages and easy guides. For further information about all antenatal and newborn screening please see: ELHT antenatal and newborn screening.

How to cope with a crying baby

Transport

Travel by car

Add BB2 3NY to your satnav or smartphone map. Parking is available on site.

Travel by bus

Bus routes 1 and 12A service from Blackburn town centre.