Ruby Team Midwives - Worcester

18/04/2026

🏡 Don't forget our free housing advice drop in event next week.
Receive access to housing advice, guidance, and support from a wide range of local services.
📍 Location: Worcester Guildhall
📅 Date: Tuesday 21 April
⏰ Time: 10am – 2pm
This is a great opportunity to:
✔️ Raise housing concerns
✔️ Get practical advice
✔️ Access support from multiple organisations in one place
💬 Attendees can also share their views to help shape the Council’s upcoming Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, which will guide priorities over the next five years.
📢 Learn more about the Renters’ Rights Act (coming into effect 1 May), including key changes such as:
The end of ‘no fault evictions’
Bans on rental bidding
Limits on advance payments
New rights for tenants requesting to keep pets
👥 Organisations attending include:
Housing associations Platform & Citizen
Worcester City Council (Revenues & Benefits, Homelessness, Housing & Community Safety teams)
Department for Work and Pensions
Citizens Advice Bureau
Trading Standards
Worcester Community Trust
Nightstop
St Paul’s
Act on Energy
Fire Service
📩 Organisations interested in taking part can email jade.foster@worcester.gov.uk to book a place.
Don’t miss this chance to get informed, get support, and have your say!

08/04/2026

❤️ A video tour of our Meadow Birth Centre

Are you thinking about whether Meadow Birth Centre would be a good fit for you and your baby? Did you know there is a video tour available on the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust YouTube Channel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m64rQccvIY4

08/04/2026

❤️ Your thoughts are important. If you’ve a few minutes to share, please follow the QR code or web-link in the image.

06/04/2026

❤️ Owing to the Easter Bank Holiday and our lovely venue enjoying some downtime, there will be no Meet the Midwives group today.

05/04/2026

🥚 Happy Easter from the Ruby Team!

Please remember that maternity services are here for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including on celebrations and Bank Holidays.

The phone number for maternity triage at Worcestershire Royal is 0303 003 5599. This is for any urgent concerns, including changes to baby’s movement pattern.

24/03/2026

❤️ An experience to remember shared by one of our Ruby families.

“For our third pregnancy we were cared for by the Ruby Midwives who walked alongside us through every step of pregnancy, labour and postnatal recovery. Our midwife, Georgia, was simply incredible.

There truly aren’t enough words to say thank you. From the very beginning Georgia listened, advocated and genuinely cared about my experience. Throughout my pregnancies I’ve always had low platelets, and she made sure the right plans were in place so I could still aim for the birth I wanted in Meadow. She supported my choices, reassured me when I needed it, and made me feel completely safe and heard.

Over nine months Georgia became part of our family. She got to know my husband, Callam, and our two children so well, and I really felt that my care was personalised to us as a family.

My due date came and went – which for a third baby was quite the surprise – and I eventually reached 41 weeks. I’d had a sweep a few days earlier and was already 3cm dilated, but it felt like things just needed that little nudge.

At my 41-week antenatal appointment at home, Georgia happened to be on call that evening. We talked through the option of having my waters broken to help labour start. After a few phone calls, a plan was made, and we headed in to begin the process of meeting our third little musketeer.

Monitoring showed baby was happy, so it was time. My waters were broken and I was encouraged to mobilise – walking, moving, trying the stairs and getting myself into the zone. But I hadn’t even made it out of the delivery suite corridor before things suddenly became very real.

Labour came on fast and intense, but I was ready. Georgia knew my birth preferences so well. She had already called down to Meadow to half-fill the pool (almost like she knew what was coming!) and had spoken to Callam about what to expect and how he could be involved.

I made it as far as the “bus shelter” (if you know, you know!) before turning back because things were moving so quickly.

⬇️ Continued in comments

15/03/2026

❤️ A message for our Ruby mums this Mother’s Day

If today’s a day of celebration, we hope you’re being spoiled exactly as you should be! 💐

If today’s a difficult one, we hope you’re surrounded by love and can take the day as gently as you can 🌺

As midwives, we’re here for all our Ruby mums. This includes -

❤️ New mums
🧡 Experienced mums
💛 Mums who are pregnant
💚 Mums whose babies have died
💙 Mums who didn’t know they could be mums
💜 Two mum families
🩵 Mums without their own mums
🤍 Mums, exactly as you are

13/03/2026

Ruby Team Midwives provide labour and birth care at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Meadow Birth Centre, and at families’ homes. We regularly refresh our essential skills - for both inside and outside hospital settings - so we can respond quickly and safely if additional care is needed ❤️

11/03/2026

Midwives Georgia and Ash attended a peaceful home birth for one of our Ruby families ❤️ Wishing our latest little arrival and their powerful mum a beautiful first night! ✨

02/03/2026

We’ve no Meet the Midwives today. We’ll keep you updated with details of our next meeting here soon.

06/02/2026

⚠️New product recalls: Aptamil and Cow & Gate first infant milk and follow-on milk.

Danone is recalling several Aptamil and Cow & Gate infant formula and follow-on milk products because cereulide toxin may be present in some batches.

Cereulide can cause rapid onset of nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps. It's unlikely to be destroyed by boiling water or cooking.
Even if your baby seems well, it is essential to stop using affected products. If the formula was prescribed by a health professional, consult a pharmacist or other medical professional before changing formula.

For a full list of affected products and batch information, visit: https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-05-2026

02/02/2026

For access to the Community Hub for today’s Tea with Team Ruby, the metal gate is now open. If you’re struggling to find us, call midwives Ash or Grace and we’ll help 📱