If you or your baby need to be more closely monitored during labour, you will be cared for on the Delivery Suite. Some women may also choose to have their baby there. On the Delivery Suite you will be cared for by midwives as well as obstetricians who will work together as a team.
The Delivery Suite has eight delivery rooms, the majority of which are en-suite. There is one birthing pool, which allows your baby to be continuously monitored in the water giving you the option of having a water birth or using water as pain relief if medically appropriate. Birthing balls are also available for you to use during your labour. Although most women will have their baby’s heartbeat monitored continuously while they are in labour, wireless monitors are available to enable you to stay active. CD players/radios are available in most rooms.
There are also two operating theatres on Delivery Suite, should you need to go to theatre for any part of your care. For the safety of you and your baby, the Delivery Suite is a restricted area but you may bring up to two birth partners for support during your labour.
This is one of our Delivery Rooms which has ensuite facilities. We have Delivery Beds that can be used in a variety of positions to support you using different positions in labour, mood lighting, music players, monitoring equipment to monitor you and your baby and a resuscitare for if your baby needs any support when they are born.
This is a photo of our high risk birthing pool which is based in one of our High Dependency Rooms on Delivery Suite. If you have risk factors depending on what they are it may still be suitable for you to use the birth pool. It may be recommended if you are recommended to have continuous monitoring of your babies heart beat or if you are being induced. Depending on your risk factors you may be recommended to get out of the birth pool when you are giving birth but can use it as a coping strategy for labour.
This is one of the spaces you will come to in Harmony Suite if you are coming in for an Induction of Labour. There is mood lighting, a space to rest and be monitored and birthing balls available. There is an shared bathroom based within the Harmony Suite. It has been purposely built within our Delivery Suite so you have quick access to be transferred or reviewed by our Obstetric Doctors if needed.
