You and your partner know what you would ideally like to have for your labour and delivery however you need to make your birth plan so that everyone else knows.

This should be discussed with your midwife between your 32 - 36 weeks of pregnancy.  In this way there will be no surprises for you or your hospital/ GP/ Obstetrician in what choices you have made or need to make. 

Your midwife can also tell you the amount of flexibility the hospital/birthing centre allows couples in their personal choices.  After discussion, you can make several copies of your Birth Plan.

Your hand held hospital notes often have birth planning areas for you to complete, but you can fill them out separately and they can then be attached to your notes for your labour midwife to read and discuss. Please be aware Birth Plans are not made in tablets of stone and can be changed even when in labour as none of us know how we will cope in labour.

We at The Midwifery Centre see that one of our midwifery roles is to empower YOU. With this confidence and preparation we hope that your labour will be everything that you want it to be.

Some areas we discuss:

Induction Admission / when to call the midwife Mobility during labour Pain relief/epidural Spontaneous rupture of membranes Episiotomy Delivery of the placenta Partner to cut the cord

Eat and drink in labour Foetal monitoring Breastfeed after birth Forceps/vacuum extraction Various positions in labour Various relaxation techniques, music, aromatherapy, massage What happens if things go out of normality

This session will last around 2 hours, can be an evening or day session to allow your birthing partner to be with you.

Pricing:	2 Hour Session group session 1 Hour 1:1 session	£30.00 £50.00
Schedule:	Please check timetable for the next session & contact us to book your place today.
Gift Vouchers are available and this session can be part of a package