Giving birth

Our services at St Mary’s and Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea hospitals work with the aim of ensuring every woman and birthing person has a healthy baby.

Our aim is to provide the highest quality of care we can based on the best practices and strong evidence. 

We aim to provide each person with continuity of care in her antenatal, labour, and postnatal period by a named midwife who works as part of a team. These midwifery teams work in community settings, often out of children’s centres, to prevent people from having to travel to the hospital for all appointments. Postnatal care is provided at home and in postnatal clinics in the community.

Visit the following pages for more information on what to expect when you give birth at one of our hospitals:

• Induction of labour
• Giving birth in labour - what to bring
• What to do if you go into labour
• Pain relief during labour
• Planned caesarean birth