Antenatal Care

During pregnancy, you are advised to access antenatal care. This is to ensure that you and baby remain well and also to give you information about your choices and options for birth. We do understand that this can be both an exciting and anxious time for you, and so our aim is to give you expert care to ensure you have a positive pregnancy and birth experience. Pregnancy can be a worrying time and we want to help you feel relaxed and confident throughout.

All antenatal appointments are conducted in your own home or a mutually agreeable place. Normally you will see the same midwife throughout. Appointments are typically every 4 weeks until 28 weeks of pregnancy, then every 2 weeks until 36 weeks of pregnancy, then weekly until birth.

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What's included in our antenatal care packages?

Continuity of care from your experienced, senior midwife. You may also be introduced to a second midwife who will be available to provide extra support if labour takes a long time
Antenatal appointments in your own home to help you prepare for birth, all arranged at a time convenient to you
Appointments at approx 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 weeks of pregnancy
Birth preparation discussions to include relaxation techniques and tips for creating a positive birth environment
Involvement of your chosen family members in your antenatal care if you wish
Access to your midwife via telephone/text/email in between appointments for answers to those niggling little questions that can’t wait
At each appointment the midwife will offer to undertake holistic assessment of mum and baby
Private scans and blood tests can be arranged at an additional cost if required
All clients are offered a customised growth chart, as recommended by The Perinatal Institute.

*There is an option to enhance the Antenatal plan of care by adding private blood tests and private scans. Please contact us for details on this addtion.

Client Information Booklet

If you would like to know more information of what you can expect from us before making a booking please have a look at our client information booklet

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Take a look at our resource library for guides on planning your birth, antenatal & postnatal plans of care, water births and much more.

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Illumina VeriSeq NIPT Tests

From the 14th September 2023 the Illumina VeriSeq NIPT is replacing the Harmony Test. The Illumina VeriSeq NIPT offers analysis for the same conditions as the Harmony NIPT including fetal sex and sex chromosome aneuploidies options. There are additional benefits:

Only one blood tube is required – this is sufficient to enable a repeat test if necessary.
Lower failure rate – less than 2%.
Faster time to results – 2-4 days from receipt of sample to report.
Same price for the Illumina VeriSeq test.
IVF donor status is no longer required.
Streamlined packaging.

Further information is available here