Last Modified: 9:30am 13/08/2024
Labour Ward
Welcome to Labour Ward
We are located in the purple zone of the hospital on level 2. We provide care during childbirth.
Two birth partners are permitted to accompany you during your stay on Labour Ward.
If you have any concerns or would like to get in contact with the unit, please see our contact details here.
We are always looking to improve our services and we appreciate any feedback we receive, please take the time to tell us about your care.
Watch this video to familiarise yourself with what the unit looks like.
How to get to us:
This short video will show you how to get to the Labour Ward from the main entrance of the hospital.
Accessibility
MKUH has partnered with AccessAble in order to provide a detailed access guide for the public. This guide lets you know what access will be available when you visit our hospital and services. In order to find out more about the route you will use for the Labour Ward please follow this link: https://www.accessable.co.uk
For more visitor information, including restaurants, shops, and car parking, click here.
The Ward Manager on this ward is:
Sophie Betts
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Staff
Imaging
Maternity
- Feeling your baby move
- Corticosteriods in pregnancy
- Birthing partners staying overnight
- Gestational Diabetes mellitus
- Assisted vaginal birth (ventouse or forceps)
- Meet the Maternity Team
- Staying comfortable during labour
- Epidural – Your Choice
- TB, BCG and your baby
- Screening tests for you and your baby (STFYAYB)
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Breech Presentation – What are your choices?
- Reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia – Information for women taking aspirin in pregnancy
- Down’s, Edward’s & Patau’s syndromes screening
- Monitoring your Baby’s Heartbeat in Labour
- Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme Handbook
- The Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU)
- Illness in newborn babies
- Planning your birth
- Coronavirus: Parent information for newborn babies
- Use of water in labour and birth
- Postnatal Community Care
- HIV and Pregnancy – You and Your Baby
- GDm-Health
- Caring for your wound after having a caesarean section
- Outpatient Induction of Labour
- Induction of Labour
- Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Pregnancy
- Newborn Feeding Policy Summary
- Perineal Care
- Feeding your baby during a hospital admission
- Antenatal Day Assessment Unit (ADAU)
- NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme
- Blood Groups and Red Cell Antibodies in Pregnancy
- Birth Reflections
- Understanding why your baby died
- Gestational diabetes using the GDmHealth App
- Pregnancy information for women with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
- Vitamin K for Newborn Babies
- Pethidine Injection for homebirths
- Loss of Your Baby – Neonatal – Guidance for parents
- Late Miscarriage or Termination of Pregnancy for Medical Reasons – Guidance for parents
- Stillbirth or Termination of Pregnancy (over 24 weeks) – Guidance for parents
- Tongue Tie Division to Improve Breastfeeding
- How to take your blood pressure at home using an upper arm monitor
- Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnant Women
- Antenatal Colostrum Collection
- A guide to starting insulin for women with gestational diabetes
- Early pregnancy scan
- Anomaly Scan Information
- Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy Advice and Exercise
- Home birth at MKUH
Neonatal Unit
Pain Management
Physiotherapy