Our Care Options

At Shore Birth we offer two care options for you to choose from:

1. Full Specialist Care

Specialist Care at Shore Birth involves care by all specialists. Antenatal appointments are with a Shore Birth midwife and/or a Shore Birth specialist.

Shore Birth obstetricians will care for you throughout your pregnancy, labour and birth and a Shore Birth midwife will care for you at home once you are discharged from hospital.  You also may have an appointment six weeks after your delivery with your delivering specialist if you wish.

During the antenatal period, you may have the option to meet all the Shore Birth Specialists or you may prefer to see one or two.

This may suit you if you are a former Shore Birth client or if you need to deliver by planned elective caesarean section.

2. Shared Care

Shared care is pregnancy care with your Lead Maternity Carer (LMC) Midwife, with input from the Shore Birth Obstetricians, and is our preferred option going forward.

Under the Shared Care option, a midwife is your lead maternity carer but you have shared care with the Shore Birth Specialists.

You see your Lead Maternity Carer Midwife for most of your antenatal visits and a Shore Birth specialist will see you for approximately 3 visits.

When you go into labour, you contact your LMC Midwife who will provide continuity care for you during labour wherever possible. Your midwife will contact us when you are admitted to delivery suite and a Shore Birth Specialist will visit you during your labour and be present for your delivery.  Your LMC midwife will arrange your postnatal care and see you for your six week postnatal check in most circumstances.

The fee for Shared Care covers 3 – 4 antenatal appointments and your delivery.

If more than 4 antenatal visits are required, there may be an additional cost per appointment.