Home Birth Only
Home Birth Only Package
Empowering You In Birth
What makes this service so special is that you will get to know your midwife and she will know you. When the time of your birth arrives you will feel safe and confident that your midwife knows exactly what you want, how you want it and you know that is how it will be! You will have open access to your own personal midwife via the phone or text whenever you need her, for complete reassurance and peace of mind, throughout your pregnancy.
You and your birth companion will also have access to your choice of two of the additional services that My Independent Midwife offer, including; hypnobirthing, birth preparation, infant feeding preparation and aromatherapy, included in your package.
£5,000
The homebirth only package includes three antenatal sessions during pregnancy. All of your care is provided to your individual needs and preferences. You can expect your appointments to last between one to three hours but if you prefer them to be shorter or longer we are more than happy to accommodate to your personal preferences. All appointments are in your own home and on a day and time to suit you-including evenings and weekends.
We recommend all packages are dual booked with your local maternity service, to access screening bloods, maternal wellbeing bloods and ultrasound scanning. We will be happy to arrange this on your behalf. This facilitates a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team approach which is best clinical practice. However, private blood tests and ultrasound testing can be arranged if you wish to opt out of hospital-based care at additional costs.
Antenatal appointments:
Each antenatal session is themed to provide education and empowerment, without overwhelming you, and it will be tailored to your needs. Your independent midwife will conduct each session in a relaxed, unhurried, informal style that allows you to engage on your own terms. All birthing partners, or whoever you wish, can also be present for these appointments, as you are the lead decision-maker in your care.
We will provide three antenatal checks in the lead-up to the day of your baby’s birth so that we can get to know you and you can get to know us.
- The first session will be a booking visit so that we can gather all of the necessary medical information from you.
- The second session is your choice between our other services including hypno-birthing, birth preparation , infant feeding preparation and aromatherapy.
- The third session is your choice between our other services including hypno-birthing, birth preparation , infant feeding preparation and aromatherapy
Sharing Experience, Sharing Skills
You will receive all of your antenatal and birth care from your own, named midwife to ensure you have complete continuity throughout your journey into parenthood.
We know that you may want the opportunity to meet the rest of the ‘My Independent Midwife’ team. We always have 2 team members at every birth for safety and to enable us to provide you with enhanced care. We completely understand that you may want to meet us all before the day of the birth!
We invite all of our families, past, present and prospective to join us for our ‘Meet the Midwife’ evenings, which take place every three months. This not only gives you the opportunity to meet and chat with the whole team, but also to talk to the other families using our services, in a friendly, welcoming and informal session.
Birth
You will have 24/7 access to your own midwife, enabling you to contact her during early labour for advice and support and even request a visit, if you want to. Your midwife will attend your birth when you ask her to and will stay with you until your baby is born (even if you need or choose to go into hospital). As the time of the birth approaches a second midwife will also join you. You can be certain that your birth will be attended by 2 experienced, confident and enthusiastic midwives; who are strong advocates for the power of your body and natural birth! After the birth your midwives will tidy everything away, whilst you focus on your tiny new family member. They will stay with you for around 2-4 hours after the birth or for as long as you need them, before leaving you tucked up together feeling comfortable and confident.
Each home birth package includes:
- 2 midwives on call for your birth 24/7, from 37 weeks gestation.
- 2140L Entonox (option for additional cylinders at £100 each)
- Inflatable birthing pool provided
- A single use pool kit to keep
- Use of a TENS Machine
- Peach wood labour comb to keep
- Aromatherapy oils for use from 37+ weeks and in labour
- Immediate postnatal care for both mother and baby, including support with the initiation of your chosen feeding method
- Newborn examination as part of the national screening programme
Safety Is Always Our Priority
Your birth will have full birth insurance cover included.
We will support you with any complications that you may meet in pregnancy and facilitate informed decision-making, via a shared, multidisciplinary approach. We carry the same emergency equipment and medication that is used by all maternity homebirth services. We are highly skilled and trained to safely and effectively manage any obstetric emergency that may occur, this is further enhanced as between us we have over 30 years of midwifery experience (mostly gained working in busy NHS units).
In order to do this, Jenny and Sarah work to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence – NICE – guidelines for gold standard clinical care. They are both NMC registered, and therefore adhere to the NMC code of conduct. They are also RCM and RCN union members. Aromatherapy services for pregnancy and birth are covered by Hiscock professional insurance.
All births are covered by professional indemnity insurance, which is inclusive of the chosen birth package costs. This covers all birth settings and professionals involved in your care as required by law.