Macclesfield Maternity & Neonatal Unit

12/09/2025

☕💜 Special Care Baby Unit Coffee Morning 💜☕

We’d love to invite families who have spent time with us on the Special Care Baby Unit within the last year to join our next Coffee Morning.

📅 Friday 10th October
🕤 9:30am – 11:30am
📍Ash Grove Family Hub, Macclesfield, SK11 7TH

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet other neonatal families, share experiences, and enjoy a relaxed morning together.

✨ Please note – spaces are limited, so booking is essential.
📩 To reserve your place, email:
ecn-tr.scbu@nhs.net

We can’t wait to see you there! 💜👶

12/09/2025

✨🌟Feedback Friday 🌟✨

Hello! I just wanted to give the SCBU team a little update on our boys on their first birthday. Thanks to the whole team, they wouldn’t be the happy thriving little boys they have become 🤍💛

We are immensely grateful for the whole SCBU team x

Happy Birthday Noah and Albie 🌟🌟


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09/09/2025

🌟 Neonatal Nurses Week is coming! 13th - 19th of September 🌟

This special week is dedicated to celebrating our incredible SCBU nurses and midwives, the heroes who walk alongside our tiniest patients and their families through some of the toughest days. 💙👩‍⚕️👶

We’d love for our SCBU families to join us in marking this week. Whether it’s a simple thank you to the nurses who cared for your little one, or a story about how far your baby has come since their time in SCBU, your words mean the world. 💌

✨ Share your journey with us and help us celebrate the amazing nurses who give so much care, compassion, and love every day.

📅 Keep an eye on our page during Neonatal Nurses Week as we share your stories, messages and some information about what happens in SCBU! 🌈



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08/09/2025

☕💛 Special Care Baby unit Coffee Morning 💛☕

Today we held our first Special Care Baby Coffee Morning, welcoming families who have spent time on our Special Care Baby Unit. 💕

It was wonderful to see parents coming together to share their stories, support one another, and connect over their neonatal journeys. 🌈👶

A big thank you to our Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership Chair for supporting the group and helping make mornings like this so special. ✨

📅 Our next coffee morning will be at Ash Grove Family Hub on October 10th we’d love to see you there!

East Cheshire NHS Trust
Macclesfield Maternity Voices Partnership

05/09/2025

❗️Important Message ❗️

👇🏻 Please watch this very important video regarding a National Emergency Alert Test

📅 Sunday 7th September @ 3pm

Thank you to Bramhall Health Centre

East Cheshire NHS Trust
Macclesfield Maternity Voices Partnership

05/09/2025

✨🌟Feedback Friday 🌟✨

Just after midnight on 19th April my waters broke at 31 +3 with twins. This obviously was a bit of a shock so we went into maternity triage where we were met by Caroline. She instantly made me feel calm even as contractions started and quickly moved me to the labour ward. Due to the gestation of my babies, it was clear that we needed to be somewhere with a higher level NICU and quickly! Caroline, Heather and the rest of the team on labour ward were so professional getting me set up with multiple medications, arrange blue light transfer and keeping my anxiety at bay! Sorry I can’t remember all of your names but I remember your faces!
Caroline travelled in the ambulance with us to Warrington providing support for both me and my husband throughout, and leaving us with a supportive hug.

Our girls were born 20th April and spent their first few weeks at Warrington NNU until well enough for transfer back to Macclesfield SCBU. I travelled back with one twin (Ottilie) who was made welcome by Nat, Joy, Jessie and Jade. They allowed me to continue her care and the transition was seamless. Unfortunately, Florence had a turn on the ambulance so did not arrive until two days later. The team at Macc made sure I was supported through this unexpected separation. They even decorated Ottilie’s incubator for my birthday, a gesture that I will always remember! Once Florence arrived she was made equally as welcome.
The girls flourished in SCBU and just over two weeks later we were discharged home.

Every single member of the SCBU team was amazing and we can’t thank them enough. Special shoutout must go to Joy who made the long days shorter with entertaining conversation, helped immensely with establishing breastfeeding and patiently answered all my many questions!

4 months later Florence and Ottilie are thriving 🥰

Congratulations
Welcome Florence and Ottilie

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29/08/2025

✨🌟Feedback Friday 🌟✨

Thank you Macclesfield maternity! We are forever grateful for all the support you have given us as we brought our family into the world. Maisie joined us in August 2023 and our boy Charlie was born on Saturday 2nd August 2025. With both children I really cannot fault the team.

From the moment we arrived for our planned induction for Charlie we felt so supported. Induction can be a really frightening idea (particularly if you start reading social media!) and everyone person we spoke to kept offering reassurance that it would be okay. I was also massively supported with my goal to “get moving” once the process was started leading to laps of West Park and the hospital duck pond 🦆

A particular shout out to Holly who was with us on 1-2-1 care for keeping me going when I started to feel it was too much, and for such wonderful aftercare too!

Our little family is complete but I’m almost sorry I won’t get to visit the ward again!

Congratulations
Welcome baby Charlie 🤍

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Macclesfield Maternity Voices Partnership

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Your feedback is important to us,
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28/08/2025

28/08/2025

☎️When to Call Your Midwife or GP During Pregnancy ☎️

Your health and your baby’s health are so important. Please call your midwife or GP straight away if you experience any of the following at any gestation of your pregnancy:

🚨 Spotting or bleeding
🚨 Sharp or ongoing abdominal pain
🚨 Vomiting all or most food
🚨 Leaking fluid from the va**na
🚨 Persistent severe headache
🚨 Swelling in face, hands, or legs
🚨 Cramps in your lower back or pelvic area
🚨 Itching (especially on hands and feet)
🚨 Painful urination
🚨 Blurred vision or seeing spots
🚨 Baby’s movements slowing down or changing
🚨 High temperature (above 37.5°C)
🚨 Or simply if something doesn’t feel right

💗 Trust your instincts, if you are worried, please reach out. We are here to support you and your baby every step of the way.

Maternity Triage ☎️ 01625 661857

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27/08/2025

🌟 Research Success! 🌟

🐼 We’re delighted to announce that East Cheshire has been named one of the top three recruiting sites in the country for the PANDA research study during the week of 4th August!

East Cheshire is one of 37 centres across the UK offering the study to expectant mothers receiving maternity care and this fantastic achievement reflects the teamwork between our Research Team, Midwifery Team, and Pharmacy colleagues, all working together to bring research opportunities to eligible participants.

👏 A huge well done to everyone involved in making this success possible and supporting such high-quality research!

📺 Want to know more about what the PANDA study involves? Watch this short video here 👉

https://youtu.be/4DpYzsVJ1cQ





East Cheshire NHS Trust. Macclesfield Maternity Voices Partnership

23/08/2025

☕💜 Special Care Baby Unit Coffee Morning 💜☕

We’d love to invite families who have spent time with us on the Special Care Baby Unit within the last year to join our next Coffee Morning.

📅 Monday 8th September
🕤 9:30am – 11:30am
📍 Oakenclough Family Hub, Colshaw Drive, Wilmslow, SK9 2PZ

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet other neonatal families, share experiences, and enjoy a relaxed morning together.

✨ Please note – spaces are limited, so booking is essential.
📩 To reserve your place, email:
ecn-tr.scbu@nhs.net

We can’t wait to see you there! 💜👶