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Find out about our midwifery led birth units, our Women's Centre at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, and visiting times.
Find contact numbers for all of our maternity units in Gloucestershire, community midwives and senior members of staff.
Our Maternity and Neonatal safety champions play an essential role in ensuring that mothers and babies continue to receive the safest care possible.
NHS England describes how maternity services should be co-produced with women and birthing people and their families, commissioners, maternity teams including midwives, obstetricians and health …
Get bereavement support from our midwives if you have had a miscarriage, a stillbirth, or following the death of your baby.
You can stay in touch with our maternity services on various social media platforms
Continuity of Carer is a key recommendation of NHS England’s Better Births report and aims to make maternity care more personalised and safe.
Information for staying physically healthy during your pregnancy, support to give up smoking, and mental health during and after pregnancy.
The early pregnancy assessment clinic is an emergency service if you are between 7 and 15 weeks pregnant and experience pain or bleeding.
Reduce the risks of stillbirth by monitoring your baby's movements during pregnancy.
You will have regular appointments with your midwife throughout your pregnancy, and your midwife will explain this process to you.
All group NHS antenatal and hypnobirthing classes have been moved to online video platforms, to maintain social distancing during coronavirus.
There are more ways than ever for LGBT+ people to become parents
Prepare for your labour by writing a birth plan, and understanding when to come to hospital.
Labour can be painful, so it’s important to understand the different pain relief options available to you and the ways your birth partner can help.
There are lots of practical things you can do to help during labour, although none as important as just being there.
We are pleased to announce that birth partners can now stay overnight in the maternity ward at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, in the bedside chairs provided.
When you go home, you can expect a visit from a community midwife, who will continue your care ensuring both you and your baby are …
Whatever method of feeding you choose, your midwife, health visitor, or breastfeeding counsellor can explain how to do it
The perineal clinic is a specialised clinic for women who require follow up for perineal or pelvic floor problems following childbirth.
After your baby is born, your Health Visitor will be involved in the care of you and you baby
Our Maternity Spotlight shows a visual overview of birth statistics for each month in Gloucestershire
Our team of experts provide high quality, expert care for ill and premature babies at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
The birth unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital’s women’s centre is designed to encourage active, natural labour in a home from home environment.
The delivery suite at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is a state of the art facility, designed to give you the best possible service if you need …
Stroud maternity unit is a small midwife led centre that helps deliver around 300 births every year, and offers a home from home environment for …
Our birth centre in Cheltenham is run by midwives and has been specially designed to make your journey into parenthood as smooth as possible.
Our midwives can help you decide if a home birth is right for you, and help you deliver your baby in your own home. They …
There is no right or way to respond to the death of your baby, and our specialist midwives can support you through the process.
Find out how to stay healthy during your pregnancy.
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of pregnancy sickness which can start early in pregnancy and last for months.
Anyone can be affected by pelvic health problems during or after pregnancy
When you’re pregnant, your midwife will talk to you about the risks of smoking and offer you support to give up.
Every parent-to-be should be aware of their baby’s movements during pregnancy.
Your birth plan is a way for you to communicate how you would like to give birth to midwives and other health professionals.
It is important for you to know the signs of labour and to be prepared.
There's a wide range of evidence-based information about your options for feeding your baby
Skin-to-skin contact is encouraged for all mothers and babies to continue until after the first feed and for as long as they wish
Information about breastfeeding in the first few hours and days, including your baby’s feeding cues
Feeding your baby in the first few weeks can be very rewarding but this can also be a stressful time
Some babies cry and seem unsettled around the time of a feed
You'll need to create a routine that suits you and your babies.
There's lots of advice available online or via support groups, helplines and websites