Maternity Services

 Your Baby and You

Three Baby ImageFrom the moment you discover you are pregnant, your life is transformed. Our maternity services aim to provide all the support you need during this life-changing period, from ante-natal classes to state-of-the-art birthing facilities.

Whether you choose to give birth to your baby at home, in one of our relaxed, midwifery-led birth units, or in our new obstetric delivery suite, as a mother-to-be you can rest assured that you and your baby are in capable hands. Our highly skilled team of midwives, obstetricians and paediatricians can help you have the birth you want, and provide medical expertise should you need it.

We hope these webpages will give you a taste of the services we offer for women in our hospitals. If you still have any questions, please speak to your community midwife or GP.

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Important numbers:

Cheltenham General Hospital

  • The Birth Centre: 08454 222 324
  • Maternity Outpatients: 08454 222 346
  • Community Midwives: 08454 222 318

 

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital - The Women's Centre

  • Delivery Suite: 08454 225 541
  • The Birth Unit: 08454 225 523
  • Maternity Ward (ante and post-natal): 08454 225 520
  • Maternity Outpatients: 08454 226 103
  • Neo-natal Unit: 08454 225 529
  • Community Midwives: 08454 225 128

 

Stroud Maternity Unit: 01453 562 140

Talk to us

If you have any concerns about your midwifery care or any aspect of your pregnancy, you might like to talk to one of our senior members of staff:

  • Vivien Mortimore – Head of Midwifery and Divisional Director for Women’s and Children’s Services
  • Dawn Morrall – Assistant Director of Midwifery and Nursing
  • Personal Assistants for Dawn and Vivien – Alison Johns: 08454 222380 or Julie Lewis: 08454 225 567

Please note that any urgent clinical enquiries should be directed to the Birth Centres or Delivery Suite. 

Other useful contacts:

Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC provides non-directive support and information to parents before, during and after prenatal testing)

http://www.arc-uk.org/

Baby Life Check (NHS Baby LifeCheck will help you to find out some things you can do to keep your baby happy, healthy and safe)

http://www.babylifecheck.co.uk/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Bliss (charity which supports families with premature babies):

http://www.bliss.org.uk/

Cry-sis (support for parents of excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies):

http://www.cry-sis.org.uk/

Meet-a-Mum Association:

http://www.mama.co.uk/ or 08454 120 3746

Multiple Births Foundation:

http://www.multiplebirths.org.uk/

National Childbirth Trust (NCT):

http://www.nct.org.uk/home

Samaritans:

http://www.samaritans.org/

SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society) Gloucestershire:

http://www.gloucestershiresands.org.uk/

Obstetric Anaesthetists Association

http://www.oaa-anaes.ac.uk/content.asp?ContentID=1