Address
Acme Hospital
2 Green Street
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Hospital: Coastal Birthing Unit
Coastal Birthing Unit
Address
Clacton & District Hospital
Tower Road, Clacton-on-Sea
Essex CO15 1LH
Our aim at Colchester hospital maternity services the Coastal Birthing Unit is to provide individualised, high quality and safe care that meets the needs of you, your family and your baby, putting you at the centre of all we do.Wherever you choose to have your baby, we want you to have the best birth experience and we will support you every step of the way. Our team treat all women and their families with sensitivity, kindness and respect, at all times maintaining professionalism and support in order to provide a complete service to you. We are delighted to support you throughout this very special time and look forward to welcoming you and your partner to the Coastal Birthing Unit very soon.Clacton Hospital is home to The Coastal Birthing Unit where we offer a home-from-home environment which is more relaxed than the busy obstetric unit at Colchester. Our aim is to provide individualised, high quality and safe care that meets the needs of you, your family and your baby, putting you at the centre of all we do. Whilst in our care, we will provide you with evidence based information to help you make informed decisions about all aspects of your care, so that you and your family feel confident about your pregnancy, birth and parenting your new baby. We will see you regularly to care for you, give you the opportunity to meet the teams working within our maternity services, answer questions and develop a plan with you that is tailored for you during this exciting time. You have options of where to have your baby but wherever you choose, we want you to have the best birth experience and we will support you every step of the way. Our team treat all women and their families with sensitivity, kindness and respect, at all times maintaining professionalism and support in order to provide a complete service to you. At Clacton we offer a full range of midwife-led maternity services whilst also providing direct links with Colchester Maternity for those who need it. Women and their families can expect care at Clacton from early pregnancy right through to after the baby is born. Antenatal appointments are available daily, including weekends and women can choose to see either their named midwife or their team of midwives for their care. We also have 7 outlying GP surgeries which provide a weekly midwife clinic. In pregnancy we offer a range of free classes providing you with choice. We provide Hypnobirthing classes and Preparation for Labour workshops. You can book your place through your midwife. The local Health Visitors also provide monthly Preparing for Baby workshops from our location. Giving birth at the Coastal Birthing Unit or at home has many benefits: • You are more likely to be supported and cared for by a midwife you know • You are likely to be closer to home and experience fewer birth interventions • You are less likely to need analgesia for labour • We have 2 Birthing Pools available • Our midwives are committed to achieving the birth you want • We can use active birth techniques, massage techniques and breathing techniques in labour to enhance normality. The option to birth with us is available to all women who are over 37 weeks pregnant and who have uncomplicated pregnancies. You should have no significant medical or pregnancy problems. There are no doctors based at Clacton Hospital and therefore should you require specific help from the obstetric team it would mean transferring to Colchester Obstetric Unit. However, by choosing to birth at the Coastal Birthing Unit, you are already increasing your chance of a straightforward birth. If a transfer is necessary, the midwife caring for you in labour at Clacton travels with you to ensure a smooth transfer of care. Once you and your new baby arrive home you will be visited frequently by a midwife until you are both discharged to the care of your Health Visitor, this is usually after 10 day. We are delighted to support you throughout this very special time and look forward to welcoming you and your partner to the Coastal Birthing Unit very soon.Our specialist services include
The Coastal Birthing Unit offers a range of facilities:- Your own named midwife and support from her team
- Antenatal and postnatal care for all women in our area and beyond
- The option to birth with us for women with uncomplicated pregnancies
- Birthing pools for use in labour
- Homebirths
- A wide range of pain management techniques for labour
- 24-hour support available from a midwife
- A variety of free classes
- In-house scanning and blood taking
- On-site consultant clinics for those women requiring additional obstetric care
- Direct links with Colchester Hospital for seamless care
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Hospital: West Suffolk Hospital
West Suffolk Hospital
Address
Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP33 2QZ
West Suffolk Hospitals maternity unit supports the birth of 2,500 babies per year. Women are supported throughout their pregnancy and birth – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust we know that during pregnancy there are many choices to make and questions to answer which is why we have designed these app pages to support you and your family to have the best possible experience during this special time. Providing care that is personalised, respectful and safe is important to us and we are proud of our services and staff that work hard to achieve these Trust values every day.Our specialist services include
Community Midwives Communication HUB, Neonatal Unit, transitional care, smoking cessation service, perinatal mental health service, birth choices clinic, VBAC clinic, birth reflections clinic, continuity of carer homebirth team, continuity of carer Elective Caesarean Team, Labour Suite refurbished 2019, Birthing Unit, restricted frenulum service.Transport
Hospital: Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich Hospital
Address
Heath Road
Ipswich
Suffolk IP4 5PD
The Maternity team appreciates that every woman, baby and family is unique and will have different needs. We respect the right of the mother to make informed choices regarding all aspects of her childbirth experience.The multidisciplinary Maternity care team aims to promote the health and wellbeing of the parents and their baby during pregnancy, labour, birth and the early weeks after birth. We believe we can achieve this by being sensitive to the physical and emotional needs of the whole family, and by providing a high quality, safe, effective and supportive service.When circumstances mean that the original plan changes, we will provide evidence based information and an explanation of the choices available. This will enable the woman and her birth partner to make an informed and responsible decision regarding their care.As a team, we will treat all women and their families with kindness and maintain professionalism in all that we do. We are committed to an open and honest culture and to sharing compliments, comments and concerns to assist our learning to improve care in the future.We believe that maintaining and promoting a mother's independence and control over her pregnancy and childbirth events will lead to greater satisfaction in the first weeks and months after giving birth, thus ensuring a positive experience of one of the most rewarding life events.Ipswich Hospital is part of East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust.Every year we provide maternity care for nearly 4,000 families.The services we provide include antenatal care, care during labour and postnatal care both in hospital and at home, depending on your circumstances. At Ipswich Hospital we know that during pregnancy there are many choices to make and questions to answer which is why we have designed these app pages to support you and your family to have the best possible experience during this special time.Providing care that is personalised, respectful and safe is important to us and we are proud of our services and staff that work hard to achieve these Trust values every day. Our services include:- ultrasound scanning
- antenatal screening
- antenatal clinic
- community midwifery
- continuity of carer teams
- midwife-led birthing unit
- consultant-led delivery suite
- induction of labour suite
- postnatal care
- transitional care
- a level 2 neonatal unit.
Our specialist services include
We have specialist midwives to provide care for women and families with complex needs. These include: smoking cessation specialist midwife, birth reflections team, bereavement midwife, screening team, safeguarding midwife, perinatal mental health midwife and infant feeding specialist midwife.In addition we have multidisciplinary Diabetes, Perinatal Mental Health and Maternal Medicine teams, and a consultant who specialises in fetal medicine. We also provide a birth choices clinic for women who need additional support to make decisions about their birth. Our neonatal unit provides care for babies requiring intensive care, high dependency care and special care. We also have a transitional care unit where mums and babies can be kept together if baby requires additional care.We are developing our service all the time and are introducing more continuity midwifery teams. Our midwives support women to birth at home and we also offer antenatal hypnobirthing sessions, as well as a midwife-led restricted frenulum service. Safe, supportive and personalised care is our priority.Transport
Hospital: Colchester Hospital
Colchester Hospital
Address
Turner Road, Colchester,
Essex CO4 5JL
“Our aim at Colchester Hospital maternity services is to provide individualised, high quality and safe care that meets the needs of you, your family and your baby, putting you at the centre of all we do.Whilst in our care, we will provide you with evidence based information to help you make informed decisions about all aspects of your care, so that you and your family feel confident about your pregnancy, birth and parenting your new baby. We will see you regularly to care for you, give you the opportunity to meet the teams working within our maternity services, answer questions and develop a plan with you that is tailored for you during this exciting time. Wherever you choose to have your baby, we want you to have the best birth experience and we will support you every step of the way. Our team treat all women and their families with sensitivity, kindness and respect, at all times maintaining professionalism and support in order to provide a complete service to you. We are delighted to support you throughout this very special time and look forward to welcoming you and your partner to one of our maternity departments very soon.”Colchester Hospital is part of East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust and we care for around 4,000 families each year.Everyone under the care of our maternity services has access to all the services we provide, a list of which can be found on this app. At Colchester Hospital, we know that during pregnancy, there are many choices to make and questions to answer, which is why we have designed these app pages, aiming to support you and your family to have the best possible experience during this special time. Providing care that is personalised, respectful and safe is important to us and we are proud of our services and the staff who work so hard to achieve these trust values every day.Our specialist services include
We have specialist midwives working in multidisciplinary teams, to provide care for women and families with complex needs. These include: smoking cessation, bereavement, safeguarding and a vulnerable women’s team called The Daisy Team. We have a screening and fetal medicine team, diabetes, birth choices, infant feeding and our newly launched community continuity of carer teams. We offer a wide range of antenatal education including twins and multiples classes and ‘Ask the Midwife’ sessions. Our hypnobirth classes are very popular. You can find more information on our website and here:Colchester Maternity Tour
Our neonatal unit provides care for babies requiring intensive care, high dependency care and special care. To avoid prolonged periods of separation between new mothers and their babies, our postnatal midwives and our neonatal nurses work closely with each other, providing care both in the neonatal unit and on our postnatal ward.
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