Welcome to Maternity
Urgent maternity care
Find out who to contact if you:
- think labour has started
- are concerned about baby's movements
- have other urgent pregnancy-related concerns
Maternity services post coronavirus pandemic
Get information on:
- Advice for pregnant women
- Changes to our services
- BSL video of updated guidance
Find out how our maternity services have changed post coronavirus pandemic >
Your pregnancy journey
Get information on:
- Community midwifery teams
- Ultrasound scans
- You and your baby's health during pregnancy
- Bonding with your baby
Choosing your place of birth and labour
Get information on:
- Hospital or home birth?
- Our birth centres
- Our labour wards
- Video tours of maternity facilities
- Supporting your labour and birth
After baby is born
Get information on:
- Our maternity wards
- Our neonatal care units
- Postnatal care at home
- Meeting your baby for the first time
- Using contraception after childbirth
- Safer sleeping for baby and parents
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