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Maternity Services

Providing Maternity Services in Chelmsford, Braintree and Maldon

We would like to welcome you to our maternity webpages. We hope you find all the information you will need to make your experience with us the best it can be.

Please click on a location below to find out more information about the maternity services provided.

Chelmsford | Braintree | Maldon

Your care will be given by Midwives, obstetricians or a combination in hospitals, midwife led birth centres and community settings.

These pages provide information for you on:

The types of care offered during pregnancy and childbirth in providing maternity services

We offer birthing pool facilities
The various options you may want to consider during pregnancy e.g. the team who gives your care and where you have your care
Up to date health information and advice for your pregnancy and birth
How to get the most out of the care you receive.

If you are having a baby, or thinking about becoming pregnant, you will want to know and think about the types of care offered by our maternity services.

Accessing Maternity Care

Following your positive pregnancy test you can now contact your Midwife directly by telephoning 01245 513040 (answerphone available) or click the link opposite (under contact Community Midwives) to contact a Midwife, put your answers to the questions on the email and send to the midwives, they will contact you to arrange your booking.

Maternity care is based on a system that focuses on women and their family, informed by your needs. All women in our care have access to primary maternity care services, which provide the basis for referral to other levels of maternity service. Across all levels of care, midwives, obstetricians and GPs work together to ensure all women have access to, and experience safe, satisfying maternity care. There are three levels of maternity service:

Midwife Led Maternity Services

Midwife led care is available for women who experience an uncomplicated pregnancy and birth, and do not require ongoing specialist supervision or intervention. The service providers in this level are usually midwives, although GP's may also participate in providing maternity care in some locations.

Consultant Led Maternity Services

This maternity service is for women who have or develop complications and require a doctor to see them during pregnancy or birth. Women are referred for medical care, provided at the same hospital or through transfer to another hospital during pregnancy or labour. Midwives are still involved, both during the antenatal period and in providing continued clinical care in labour and the postnatal period. We offer vaginal birth after caesarean with dedicated midwife clinic to advise and support you to obtain a normal birth.

Tertiary Maternity Services

Tertiary services are for women and babies with complex and/or rare medical conditions, who require a team of specialist care. Obstetricians are particularly essential in providing tertiary level care, with midwives still involved in providing continued clinical care, during labour and the postnatal period. Mid Essex has three hospitals that provide specialist maternity services.

Please Click Here to download the Chelmsford New Baby Guide 2009/10

To contact Community Midwives, or to arrange your booking, click on the relevant e-mail below:

(Please Note : The email link is only to arrange your first booking appointment with a midwife. It is not to be used if you have a problem or need to see a midwife urgently. In such cases please contact your GP or, if you have been booked, your community midwife via the telephone contact numbers she has given you)

Remember to include the following information when you contact us :

Name:
Address:
Date of Birth:
Telephone No.
Mobile No.
Your Doctors name
Your Doctors address
What was the first day of your last period?
Is this your first baby?

Thank you for contacting us

(Trust Disclaimer : You are most welcome to use this email service, however , the trust will not be held responsible for any loss of patient identifiable data that might occur during the transit of the request email and its reply, as you will necessarily be using a non-secure email facility. Therefore if you use this facility we will consider that you have consented to accept the potential risk.)