What We Offer

We can provide all your antenatal midwifery care, visits at your convenience, (evenings, weekends or office hours) usually in your home. You don’t need to use the NHS at all if you don’t want to. We can also accompany you to any hospital appointments, you may want or need, Covid-19 restrictions permitting. We have time to listen and get to know you and you us.

Visits usually start from when you know you are pregnant and are offered initially monthly, then fortnightly from 28 weeks, going to weekly from 36 weeks, and twice weekly if over 42 weeks. This is infinitely variable, depending on holidays and your needs and wants and is negotiable. We won’t come if you don’t want us to and we will if you do! We offer the usual clinical checks, blood pressure, urine testing, abdominal palpation and listening to your baby as appropriate – a sonicaid will generally pick up a fetal heart beat from 12/14 weeks but NICE recommendations are not to auscultate (listen in) unless wanted by the woman.

Antenatal care for uncomplicated pregnancies  NICE Clinical guideline [CG62] updated: 04 February 2019
1.10.7  Auscultation of the fetal heart may confirm that the fetus is alive but is unlikely to have any predictive value and routine listening is therefore not recommended. However, when requested by the mother, auscultation of the fetal heart may provide reassurance.

After your birth we offer frequent postnatal visits – daily for 5+ days, alternate day visits for a week or so, twice weekly for the next couple of weeks and then weekly until you are ready for discharge. Many couples have found in retrospect that this was the most valuable aspect of having full maternity care. We check on you and your baby’s wellbeing during this time, keeping an eye on your recovery from the hard work of birthing your baby and help you to adapt to your changing roles. We will support you with infant feeding and parenting skills such as bathing. We can undertake the newborn blood spot screening and weigh your baby as wanted.

Full Antenatal Care only: £1850
All your antenatal care is provided, as described above.

Antenatal Top-Up Care – £80 for a 60 minute virtual visit and £120 for a face to face visit.

If you choose not to have full care you can use us to top-up your NHS care or just to access some care if you are not using the maternity services. These can be arranged as a one-of or you can book as many as you wish. We cannot do clinical examinations such as a palpation (feeling your tummy) if we meet via zoom, but belly mapping can be helpful for you to understand how your baby is positioned. It is quite possible for you to check your own urine and blood pressure and we can provide guidance regarding the results. We will advise you if we think a face to face appointment would be beneficial and we can make a referral to a specialist if clinically appropriate or wanted by you.

Full Postnatal Care only: £1850
All your postnatal care is provided, as described above. We would like to meet you prior to the birth, once or twice to establish a relationship with you.

Immediate Post birth visit: £550
We can offer an immediate post birth visit, generally useful if you are planning to freebirth. We would like to meet you prior to the birth, once or twice and also like to make a postnatal visit after a few days. Antenatally we can notify your GP and the local NHS Trust of your plans. After your baby is born we can notify the birth which generates the baby’s NHS number. We can give you and your baby an initial check over to ensure you are both well. We can’t provide the NIPE (Newborn Initial Physical Examination) but can liaise with the local NHS Trust to arrange this.