Birthing Unit - PAH

Birthing Unit - PAH We are an alongside Midwife Led Birthing Unit supporting the women and families of Essex and Hertfor

Congratulations to all the families who birthed with us during March! ๐ŸŒŸ
22/04/2025

Congratulations to all the families who birthed with us during March! ๐ŸŒŸ

Did you know we are now able to offer sterile water injections in labour? This offers pain relief to those experiencing ...
15/04/2025

Did you know we are now able to offer sterile water injections in labour? This offers pain relief to those experiencing back pain during their labour. Check out for a blog post all about it. Thank you to one of our wonderful midwives for this great service development project! โญ

Did you have your baby with us in January? We would love to share your birth story and pictures! Congratulations to all ...
18/02/2025

Did you have your baby with us in January? We would love to share your birth story and pictures! Congratulations to all families โญ๏ธ

Our wonderful infant feeding team have been out spreading the love this Valentineโ€™s Day! Did you know Oxytocin is the lo...
14/02/2025

Our wonderful infant feeding team have been out spreading the love this Valentineโ€™s Day! Did you know Oxytocin is the love hormone?! ๐Ÿ’“

One of our beautiful rooms all set up ready to meet a new baby!
07/02/2025

One of our beautiful rooms all set up ready to meet a new baby!

โญ๏ธNEW VISITING UPDATEโญ๏ธ (Effective from 8th June)
02/06/2022

โญ๏ธNEW VISITING UPDATEโญ๏ธ (Effective from 8th June)

Happy International Day of the Midwife to all our midwives and maternity care assistants on the birth centre ๐Ÿ’œ We are so...
05/05/2022

Happy International Day of the Midwife to all our midwives and maternity care assistants on the birth centre ๐Ÿ’œ We are so proud and grateful for all the hard work you are doing every single day to support families on one of the biggest days in their lives ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐‚๐€Meet Karen, one of our brilliant maternity care assistants.We pulled Karen from her busy schedule for a few ...
28/04/2022

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐‚๐€

Meet Karen, one of our brilliant maternity care assistants.

We pulled Karen from her busy schedule for a few minutes to ask her the following questions!

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐‚๐€ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?

I have been an MCA for 10 months.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐‚๐€?

My favourite part of being a MCA is seeing the look of pure happiness on new parents faces when they meet their baby for the first time. I also really enjoy showing new parents how to meet the needs of their new baby.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก?

My top piece of advice for someone about to give birth is to have an open mind and believe in yourself.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ?

When not at work I love spending time with my grandchildren and my 2 cockapoos who keep me busy.I also love travelling somewhere hot.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก?

My career high is helping new mums accomplish breast feeding and being confident in everything.

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies Series 3 NEEDS YOU.We will be filming in Princess Alexandra Hospital Maternity Unit from ...
13/04/2022

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies Series 3 NEEDS YOU.

We will be filming in Princess Alexandra Hospital Maternity Unit from late April to August 2022 and are looking for expectant parents, who are due during those months, to take part in the series.

Please get in touch if youโ€™re interested and would like more information on 07936 596792 or email us via deliveringbabies@firecrackerfilms.com

Please tag and share away!

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ž๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿซ–๐ŸžKnown by some as the best meal of your life, that post-birth tea and toast provide...
09/04/2022

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ž๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿซ–๐Ÿž

Known by some as the best meal of your life, that post-birth tea and toast provides a pause, after the birth of your baby, where you get to spend time as a family and take in the journey that has just preceded you.

However, that is not where your care ends. Following the birth of your baby, and all being well, we support uninterrupted skin-to-skin for at least an hour before any further examinations are conducted. This also allows time for baby to have that first feed. We then offer you a postnatal examination including your vital signs and we will then support you to the bathroom and for that first shower after birth.

For baby, we conduct, with your consent, a newborn head-to-toe examination, including their weight and length etc. We also offer all newborns prophylactic Vitamin K which you can discuss whether you want with your community midwife in your birth planning.

Once ready, we then transfer yourself and baby from the birth room into our postnatal sunflower room where you will stay until discharge. Your time in this room is about establishing feeding, managing your postnatal recovery and supporting you and your family in your journey with a newborn.

Before discharge, another postnatal examination will be offered, along with hearing checks for baby, another top-to-toe examination, by the paediatrician or specialist trained midwife, and then a chat with the midwives about the process of care once home. Discharge can be as soon as 6 hours after birth depending on how you and baby are doing!

We canโ€™t wait to see you soon, support you in your journey to parenthood, and make you that famous tea and toast ๐Ÿ’œ

โ€œSkin-to-skinโ€Here is one of our midwives, Georgia, having skin-to-skin contact when her daughter was born in 2019.But w...
06/04/2022

โ€œSkin-to-skinโ€

Here is one of our midwives, Georgia, having skin-to-skin contact when her daughter was born in 2019.

But what exactly is skin-to-skin and why do we recommend it?

When baby is born, instinctively many women and birthing people bring their babies up onto their chest. Midwives support this by drying baby (to help with reducing heat loss) and placing baby onto the motherโ€™s warm, bare chest. We then cover both mother and baby with plenty of warm blankets and recommend this is continued for at least an hour or until after the first feed.

But skin-to-skin extends beyond the birthing room! If a mother or baby require soothing or comforting, even once home, (and for many months/years to come), skin-to-skin has been shown to be extremely beneficial.

Itโ€™s not only mothers who can do this though! Many birth partners are encouraged to continue skin-to-skin in the birthing rooms if the woman or birthing person is unable to, for example, when taking a shower or for any medical reason. And when home, siblings can get involved too! What a great tool for bonding!

Look at this list of benefits:

* Regulates babyโ€™s heart rate, breathing and temperature.
* Stimulates hormone release to support breastfeeding initiation.
* Enables colonisation of babyโ€™s skin with their mothers friendly bacteria, reducing infection risk.
* Calms and relaxes both mum and baby.

UNICEF UK have some great info on skin-to-skin, have a read before the big day and be sure to inform your midwife of your wish for skin-to-skin after birth.

https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/baby-friendly-resources/implementing-standards-resources/skin-to-skin-contact/

Lots of our birth centre midwives are completing the biomechanics of labour course today ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ’ป Looking at ways we can suppo...
06/04/2022

Lots of our birth centre midwives are completing the biomechanics of labour course today ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ’ป Looking at ways we can support our women and birth people to optimise their birth journey ๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿผ

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