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Maternity

Maternity advice line (open 24/7)

0300 422 6103

Delivery Suite at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

0300 422 5542

Birth Unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

0300 422 5523

Stroud Maternity Unit

0300 421 8018

Maternity Ward Gloucester

0300 422 5520

Maternity Outpatients Gloucester

0300 422 6103

Neonatal unit

0300 422 5529

Ultrasound Scan Gloucester

0300 422 5099

Ultrasound Scan Cheltenham

0300 422 2354

Community Midwives Cheltenham

0300 422 2318

Community Midwives Tewkesbury

0300 422 6175

Community Midwives Gloucester

0300 422 5128

Community Midwives Stroud

0300 421 8018

Community Midwives Forest of Dean

0300 421 8567

Our maternity service provides care for more than 6,000 families in Gloucestershire every year. Find out about our services and what to expect during your pregnancy, labour and birth.

Contact the Maternity team

All the numbers you need for our units, community midwives and more.

Our maternity services

Find out about our maternity units, our safety champions, the Maternity Voices Partnership and our bereavement services.

Your first midwife appointment

When you find out you’re pregnant, you will need to book your first appointment with one of our midwives. This is called your booking appointment.

Your pregnancy

Learn about how to stay healthy during your pregnancy, antenatal care, and monitoring your baby’s movements during pregnancy.

Labour and birth

Prepare for your birth, find out what pain relief you will be offered at our units, and find advice for your birth partner.

After your baby is born

Learn what to expect once your baby has arrived, care and support you’ll receive from us, and find advice and tips for feeding your baby.

Badger Notes electronic maternity notes

Our maternity notes went paperless in summer 2023

Useful leaflets and information

Find useful information about every stage of your pregnancy, including preparing for labour and birth, and going home with your baby.

Journey to Parenthood personalised care plan

The Journey to Parenthood is for you, your partner, or anyone else involved in your pregnancy to record what matters to you at each stage of your maternity journey. It will be given to you to carry in your hand-held maternity notes.

The Ockenden Report: our response

In December 2020, the Ockenden Report was published, which set out seven immediate and essential actions for Trust maternity services under 7 key themes.

Consultants

Dr Maggie Arlidge
Miss Sharan Athwal
Dr Jothi Doraiswamy
Dr Christine Edwards
Dr Rebecca Evans-Jones
Mr Richard Hayman
Mr Mark James
Mr Philip Kaloo
Dr Leanne McDermott
Ms Ida Muslim
Mr Philip Rahmanou
Dr Ravi Vandhana
Dr Madhavi Vellayan

Patient information leaflets

Azoospermia or severe oligospermia
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Book of Remembrance following the death of your baby
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Caesarean section
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Carbohydrate portion sizes in pregnancy
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Checking your own blood pressure during pregnancy
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Ferinject® iron infusion
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FGM - information for families
Giving birth in a midwife-led birth unit
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Having your baby in Gloucestershire
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Information and support following the loss of your baby (before the end of 24 weeks of pregnancy with no signs of life)
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Information for parents who have suffered a stillbirth or neonatal death
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Insulin pump use before, during and after the birth of your baby
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Looking after your back and pelvis in pregnancy
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Maternity Bereavement Support Service
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Monitoring caesarean-section surgical wounds for infection
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#mycaesarean
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Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) in pregnancy
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Planning a family when you have diabetes
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Postnatal exercises
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Refusal of blood transfusion during pregnancy and after birth
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Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
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Taking your baby home following their death
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The use of essential oils and massage to help with your labour
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Third and fourth degree tears following childbirth
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Tongue-tie and frenulotomy
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Waters breaking before labour starts
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Welcome to Transitional Care
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When your waters break early
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