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18/10/2025

New Maternity Unit Tour Video Now Available!

We're excited to share our brand new video tour of the Maternity Unit – designed to help you feel more prepared and confident before your visit.

The tour includes:
🟡 Consultant-Led Delivery Suite (with a look at the pool room and theatres)
🟡 Along Side Midwife Led Unit
🟡 Antenatal (pregnancy) Outpatients & St Catherines Antenatal Ward
🟡 Shere Postnatal (after birth) Ward
🟡 Directions from the main entrance to Level G in the West Wing

To view the video:
Log in to your Maternity Parent Portal and go to:
➡️ Navigating Maternity (top menu)
or
➡️ Induction, Labour and Birth chapter in the Portal Library

We hope this helps you feel more informed and at ease as you prepare for your journey into parenthood

Building a relationship with your baby: the early days Keeping your baby close to you, being responsive to them and look...
18/10/2025

Building a relationship with your baby: the early days

Keeping your baby close to you, being responsive to them and looking in to their eyes are all ways to connect with your baby. Holding your baby skin to skin will help you to bond with your baby and will help your baby to feel safe, secure and loved.

This UNICEF video describes how skin-to-skin contact with the Birthing Mother/Person can help with relationship building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vzW9qPz3So

For more information visit your Maternity Parent portal (Library> Pregnancy> Bump Bonding & Baby Movements)

🚨 UPDATE: New October Date Now FULL! 🚨Due to overwhelming demand, our final October Baby & Child First Aid Workshop has ...
17/10/2025

🚨 UPDATE: New October Date Now FULL! 🚨

Due to overwhelming demand, our final October Baby & Child First Aid Workshop has now SOLD OUT!

But don’t worry, we’ve heard you! We’re opening one final extra session this year:

Friday 13th December 2025
14:00 – 16:00
Book now via your Maternity Parent Portal

This really is your last chance to join our standalone First Aid Workshop before 2026. Don’t miss out spots will disappear fast!

Posted • At The Lullaby Trust, we say THANKS a lot. Especially in the lead-up to Infection Prevention Week which begin...
17/10/2025

Posted • At The Lullaby Trust, we say THANKS a lot. Especially in the lead-up to Infection Prevention Week which begins on Sunday!

Not just because we appreciate our supporters so much, but because it reminds us all how we can prevent infection in babies!

THANKS stands for Think Hands And No KisseS.

It reminds you to:

- Wash your hands before touching a baby

- Only kiss a new baby if you’re their parent or main carer.

Visit our website to learn more 👉 Link in bio.

Everything you need to feel ready for birth and beyondStart your parenthood journey surrounded by expert guidance and ne...
17/10/2025

Everything you need to feel ready for birth and beyond

Start your parenthood journey surrounded by expert guidance and new friends.
The Complete Package is your trusted, all-in-one, midwife-led birth & baby prep experience.

What’s Included:

🟡 30 hours of expert-led education:
-12 hours in person (Baby Care, First Aid and Postnatal Baby Massage)
-18 hours online – flexible, convenient learning from home

🟡 Real Community & Connection:
- Pre-course Meet & Greet social event
- Cohort-specific pub social
- Exclusive WhatsApp group to chat, ask & connect

🟡 Ongoing Support:
-A named midwife facilitator by your side for the "Complete" journey (approx. 6 months). Each of our facilitator brings over 20 years of midwifery experience, offering calm, trusted guidance every step of the way

🟡 Optional Mind-Body Prep- Learn at Your Own Pace:
-Access to the Birth & Beyond Hypnobirthing Programme
(Self-study with downloadable audios, course book + exclusive Complete Course appendix)
-Plus: Royal Relaxation, our Midwife facilitated Four-Week Pregnancy Relaxation & Birth Preparation Course, included as a calming, confidence-building add-on

💛 No judgement. All birthing and feeding choices welcome.

Make friends, build confidence, and feel truly supported from pregnancy to parenthood.

Are you ready to join your village?
Visit your Maternity Parent Portal to learn more.

17/10/2025

🤩The MNVP recently joined the Twins & More Support Group at the Royal Surrey Maternity Unit to chat to parents who are pregnant with or who have recently had twins or multiples.

💕This lovely, supportive group is free to attend, run by the multiples midwife Claire and held in the Parentcraft Room in the hospital’s antenatal clinic.

🗣️Lucy really enjoyed chatting to the parents who attended about their experience of care at the hospital and meeting one family’s beautiful 6-day old twins. The group chatted about preparing for twins, their experiences of labour, birth and infant feeding support on the wards and what support is available when you are discharged from maternity services.

✍️One recommendation made was for more signposting to information on the Parent Portal about twins and support services when you are discharged from the postnatal / transitional care wards or from . This feedback has been passed onto the Patient Experience Midwife who supports with developing resources to improve the experience of patients.

🙏Thank you to Claire for inviting me along and to the parents for welcoming me at the group. If you’d like to know more about the Twins & More Support Group ask your community midwife, multiples midwife Claire or visit the section on the Parent Portal.

Ask your midwife about how to tell if your baby is positioned and attached well at the breast and is getting enough milk...
17/10/2025

Ask your midwife about how to tell if your baby is positioned and attached well at the breast and is getting enough milk.

Good positioning and attachment at the breast is extremely important. Effective attachment helps to ensure that your baby gets enough milk at each feed and that your milk supply is stimulated. It also prevents sore ni***es, engorgement, blocked ducts and mastitis.

While you can't see how much milk your baby is drinking at each feed there are lots of signs that show that your baby is attached well and getting enough milk.

These signs include;

a comfortable experience for mum/feeding parent,

audible and visible swallows,

the number of wet and dirty nappies,

the colour of your baby's stools

normal % weight loss on day 5

and the baby's behaviour following a feed.

Talk to your midwife in pregnancy about effective breastfeeding or attend the Infant Feeding Team's Antenatal Breastfeeding class.

If you've already had your baby talk to your midwife about a breastfeeding assessment or attend one of our Breastfeeding Drop in Clinics.

3 pain relieving drugs for labour.This is not intended as a comprehensive guide to pain relieving medications for labour...
16/10/2025

3 pain relieving drugs for labour.

This is not intended as a comprehensive guide to pain relieving medications for labour & birth. It is simply highlighting the medications available to clients birthing within our unit

All medication and procedures come with their own risks and benefits, both universally recognised and those that are unique to your individual circumstances.
Your community and labour support midwives will also be happy to discuss your individual circumstances and preferences with you.

1. Pethidine

2. Entonox ( Please be aware of current restrictions. We recommend talking to your midwife in pregnancy if you are considering this option)

3. Epidural

To learn more about the individual medication on offer we recommend that you attend antenatal classes and/or take a look at the information in your Maternity Parent Portal (Library> Labour & Birth > Labour Support & Pain Relief> Pain Relief). More information on our birth preparation classes can be found in your Maternity Parent Portal.

📢 Have You Borrowed a TENS Machine?Our Physio Department is running low on TENS machines.If you’ve borrowed one and no l...
16/10/2025

📢 Have You Borrowed a TENS Machine?

Our Physio Department is running low on TENS machines.
If you’ve borrowed one and no longer need it, please return it as soon as possible so others can benefit too.

Thank you for your help.

My Rainbow* Baby and Me: A free postnatal course for Royal Surrey parents navigating early parenthood after a previous l...
16/10/2025

My Rainbow* Baby and Me: A free postnatal course for Royal Surrey parents navigating early parenthood after a previous loss.

Becoming a parent again after a pregnancy or infant loss brings emotions and challenges that deserve care, compassion, and community. My Rainbow Baby and Me is a 4-week, in-person course offering a safe, nurturing space to connect, reflect, and bond with your baby and with other parents who understand.

What to Expect:
🟢 Baby massage & bonding time
🟢 Discussions on recovery, sleep, digestion & development
🟢 A supportive peer group of fellow rainbow baby parents
🟢 Gentle baby yoga & play-based learning (for babies 8+ weeks with GP check)

Weekly Topics Include:
Week 1: Welcome & Recovery
Week 2: Digestion & Tummy Comfort
Week 3: Infant Sleep & Rest
Week 4: Play, Cues & Brain Development

🟢 Why Join?

Build friendships with other bereaved families

Learn calming, bonding techniques like baby massage

Explore your unique parenting journey in a baby-friendly, judgment-free space

FREE for Royal Surrey families who have experienced a previous pregnancy or baby loss.

Register today:
Email the Parent Education Team at rsch.birthandbeyond@nhs.net. Please include your baby's DOB or due date so that we can offer you the most appropriate course start date.

*Rainbow baby is a term used by some people to describe a baby that is born after a pregnancy or baby loss. The name draws on the symbol of the rainbow, representing beauty after a dark time.

15/10/2025

We light this virtual candle as part of the Global Wave of Light, joining people around the world in honouring all of the lives lost too soon.

We invite you to light a candle, wherever you are, and take a moment to pause. To remember, reflect, and stand in solidarity with families who have experienced the unimaginable loss of a baby.

We’re Listening – Tell Us About Your Maternity Care Experience Your voice matters. At Royal Surrey Maternity, we want to...
15/10/2025

We’re Listening – Tell Us About Your Maternity Care Experience

Your voice matters. At Royal Surrey Maternity, we want to hear from you and your family about your experience with our maternity services — from pregnancy through to birth, postnatal care, and community midwifery.

Whether it’s your care on the ward, support during labour, a parenting class you attended, or even your experience using the Maternity Parent Portal—every comment helps us improve.

You can give feedback about your care quickly and anonymously via the national NHS Friends and Family Test through the Feedback tab on the Maternity Parent Portal:

👉 royalsurrey.nhs.uk/maternity-feedback-new

You can also feedback about the portal and our parent education classes and connect with the Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) via the same page.

The MNVP represent our birthing community ensuring that your experiences are shared directly with midwives, doctors, and local decision-makers to shape better care for all.

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