NHS Suffolk and North East Essex - Giving Birth Booklet

Expert care • Midwife-led care for the majority of our women with access to a highly experienced team of midwives 24-hours- a-day, seven-days-a-week • Increased consultant cover for women who require more complex care and support • Experts from different areas of healthcare and other health professions as required • Support for women who choose to have their babies at home Modern facilities • Birthing centres which include rooms with birthing pools • Labour wards with specialist maternity theatres • Recovery areas for women who have given birth in theatre • Special Care Baby Units and intensive care units for babies requiring continuous medical and nursing care due to prematurity or complex needs Choice of care • Choice of where you give birth : at home, in a hospital birth centre or labour ward • Choice of where you have your antenatal and postnatal care: in hospitals, children’s centres or in health centres t r M i i a- day, sev n-days-a-week • Increased consultant cover for o en ho require ore co plex care and support • Experts fro different areas of healthcare and other health professions as required • Support for women who choose to have their babies at home Modern facilities • Birthing centres which include rooms with birthing pools • Labour wards with specialist maternity theatres • Recovery areas for women who have given birth in theatre i l i i i i r ies re uiring ti s edical rsing care due to re aturity or co plex n eds i e • Choice of where you give birth: at ho e, in a hospital birth centre or labour ard • Choice of here you have your antenatal and postnatal care: in hospitals, children’s centres or in health centres