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Postnatal Care

Care after birth (Postnatal care)

After your baby is born, a midwife will:

Monitor your wellbeing
Offer education and support for breastfeeding and caring for your new baby
Encourage you to rest
Talk with you about what you may expect as a new mother, and what is normal

If you require an overnight stay then you will be transferred to the postnatal ward an hour or two after the birth. There, midwives will provide most of your care.

If you do not require to stay in hospital you will be discharged directly from the labour ward or The Birthing Unit. There is an option for you to transfer to St Peters if you would like to.

Please note Mid Essex Hospital do not provide routine transfer for women or babies between hospital sites. For example if a mother and baby are transferring from the Postnatal Ward to St. Peters Maternity for ongoing care then they will need to make arrangements for there own transfer.

You will either be visited on the day of discharge if you have had an early transfer home or the following day if you have had an overnight stay in hospital or at St Peters. You may receive additional support from our Community Maternity Care Assistants, who can help you with breastfeeding and caring for your new baby.

Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford

Contact Details :

Maternity Services

Level 4

Hospital Wing

Broomfield Hospital

Chelmsford

Essex

CM1 7ET

Antenatal Clinic : 01245 513289 or 513664

Antenatal Ward : 01245 513355

Birthing Unit : 01245 513384

Labour Ward : 01245 513056 or 513057

Postnatal Ward is 01245 513052 or 513567

>> Directions to the Hospital

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)

Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford

chelmsfordmidwives@meht.nhs.uk

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.)