Maternity
The Maternity Unit delivers around 3,700 babies per year.
The unit is staffed by a skill mix of obstetricians, midwives, lead midwives, maternity care assistant [MCA], nursery nurses, staff nurses and administrative team, to provide all aspect of midwifery care.
There are a number of Supervisors of Midwives, three Matrons and a Head of Midwifery providing midwifery leadership across the department.
Click on the box on the left for more information on the role of the Supervisors of Midwives
There is a 26 bedded postnatal ward and a 14 bedded antenatal/postnatal ward with 6 beds allocated to transitional care to allow women whose babies need special care to remain with their babies.
The delivery suite has 10 delivery rooms including a pool room, a home from home room and a bereavement room with accommodation for partners. There is also a 3 bedded area used to provide close monitoring of women not in labour.
The Day Assessment Unit [DAU] provides fetal I maternal surveillance and which allows women to access this care as an outpatient. Women considered high risk are seen and they and their baby are monitored to plan appropriate care. The DAU provides a service 9.00 — 8.00 PM Monday to Friday and is staffed by Senior midwives.
The Neonatal Unit provides care for babies needing both intensive care and high dependency care. The NNU accommodates approximately 18 babies and shares responsibility for transitional care with the maternity ward. It also has two ‘mums and babies’ beds for underweight at birth, but otherwise ok babies to enable mums to stay with their babies while they are in the unit.
For more information on the work by maternity to offer the best possible service to local mums, download the latest edition of Maternity Improvement News here.
ANTENATAL CARE
Midwives at
The antenatal care pathway is accessed through consultant led care for women with risk factors and midwifery led care for women considered low risk. This assessment is made following a booking assessment.
Routine antenatal care is designed for women with low risk factors and provided according to
Prenatal Screening is part of routine antenatal care and all women are offered routine screening for a wide range of conditions. Routine screening includes tests for:
Infection
Anaemia
Fetal abnormalities
Blood disorders i.e. sickle cell, Thalassaemia
Immunity levels i.e. Rubella
Antenatal Services:
AN Yoga
ANAquanatal
Smoking Cessation support
Teenage Pregnancy support
A range of leaflets and client information on varying aspects of care is available for women accessing midwifery services examples are:
Choices for labour and birth
Pain relief in labour
Waterbirth
If you think you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy contact your midwife at your GP surgery or medical centre.
Antenatal Exhibitions
Maternity Services at Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are running a series of Antenatal Exhibitions within Children’s Centres across
The exhibitions will enable women considering a pregnancy or already pregnant to speak to midwives and obtain information about pre-conceptual care, how to contact a midwife and maintain a healthy pregnancy.
There will be opportunities to discuss accessing maternity services, antenatal care, breastfeeding, smoking cessation and the promotion of normal birth.
Information about Aquanatal classes, Antenatal/ Postnatal Yoga, Birthing preparation and Parent Education classes will be available.
Exhibition Dates 2010
Please contact your local midwife at your surgery to find out when further exhibitions will be running or contact the Health Promotion Midwives Helen and Jill on 07947 352869/07917 173301 respectively.
Alternatively you can email for more information:
helen.bolderstone@mkhospital.nhs.uk or jill.peet@mkhospital.nhs.uk
We look forward to meeting you!!
Aquanatal Classes
Classes are held weekly throughout the year at Bletchley Leisure Centre on:
Wednesday 09:30-10:30
and
Friday 13:30 - 14:30
Price is £2.00 per session and if you are over 14 weeks pregnant you are very welcome to join in the fun
Please call to say hello to Jill or Tracy before attending.
Jill Peet for the Wednesday class on 07917173301
Tracy Rea for the Friday class on 07833482243
INTRAPARTUM CARE
Options for labour and delivery includes home birth or hospital birth which can be:
Domino
Early discharge
Women can choose to labour and/or have their baby in water i.e. water births at home or in hospital. There is a service to allow mothers to hire a pool from the hospital or they can arrange a private hire.
Pregnancy is a normal physiological process; normalising birth is aimed at reducing interventions in child birth and promoting the normal process of labour and delivery.
The Royal College of Midwives have produced guidance for midwives to care for women having midwifery-led care.
Routine postnatal care is carried out in your own home. You will be visited by midwives and maternity support workers. Postanatal care includes:
Ensuring mother and baby well being
Newborn development assessment
Newborn screening hearing [NBI—ISj
Breastfeeding support
Supporting parenting skills
Assessing psychological well being
Generally supporting clients with the transition to parenthood
Postnatal Services includes:
Breastfeeding support
Parenting support
Birth Afterthoughts
WARDS 9 &10
Antenatal women identified in clinic or the Day Assessment Unit as requiring additional care and monitoring are admitted to ward 10. It has two 6 bedded bays, one of which is utilised for transitional care and 2 side rooms. The side rooms can be used as amenity beds when available.
After delivering their babies, women who remain in hospital are admitted to ward 9 with their babies. Alongside the midwives that work on the ward area are a team of carers that facilitate your needs. They include nurses, maternity care assistants and nursery nurses, all of whom are available to ease your way into parenthood.
The Nursery Nurses are available to help and give demonstrations on nappy changing, baby bathing and breastfeeding, but all members of staff are available to help when required or will ask the appropriate team member to assist.
Our Matron Mary Plummer who manages both wards 9 and 10 is available to discuss maternity matters relating to these ward areas.
All newborn babies are offered screening to identify hearing difficulties before discharge and babies who need a BCG vaccination will be offered an appointment.
An intercom security system is in place on Wards 9 & 10. This is for the safety and security of client and their babies.
The visiting times for wards 9 & 10 are as follows:
Partners only
8am —
Other visitors
5.3Opm —8.3Opm
Wards are closed for rest period between
Please note: To reduce the risk of infection to new babies, only your own children will be admitted to the ward area.
