Premium
Premium Birth Package
The Premium Birth Package
The premium birth package includes your antenatal care during pregnancy, birth in your chosen place and postnatal care after your baby is born.
You and your birth companion will also have full access to all of the additional services that My Independent Midwife offer, including; NIPT blood test, hypnobirthing, aromatherapy, chiropractor appointments, infant feeding support and tongue-tie assessment/division and cord blood/tissue storage included in your package at no extra cost!
The premium birth package also includes 3 antenatal ultra scans at a private ultrasound clinic, the NIPT blood test, placenta encapsulation, 2 weeks of Doula support, pelvic physiotherapist MOT, 2 baby osteopath appointments and a professional photographer to capture the pregnancy, birth and newborn phases.
£24,950
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Pregnancy, Birth and Newborn photoshoot
3 Pregnancy Ultra-sound scans
NIPT testing in pregnancy
2 weeks of intensive doula support
Placental encapsulation
2 osteopath appointments for baby
The Premium birth package includes your antenatal care during pregnancy, birth at home or in hospital and postnatal care after your baby is born. 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 appointment 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 are proud to now include Chiropractic alignment with Sally Scott at her Chorlton studio, to promote pelvic alignment and optimal fetal positioning.
- All our clients have the option to receive an antenatal colostrum harvesting kit and harvesting support from our comprehensive and exclusive guide.
We will be providing regular antenatal checks in the lead-up to the day of your baby’s birth, at the intervals suggested below (we are happy to discuss your preferred intervals to make your care individual to you and your unique requirements):
Your Antenatal Schedule
4-8 Weeks
Your initial booking appointment to discuss your medical history and any previous pregnancies (please note that if you are choosing to book with us during any stage of your pregnancy then this appointment will still be required).
12 Weeks
Full antenatal check at home. If you are having an ultrasound and would like us to accompany you then we are also very happy to do this.
16 Weeks
Full antenatal check at home. At 16 weeks you may be offered a consultant appointment at your chosen NHS trust (dependent on your medical and obstetric risk factors). if you would like us to, we would be happy to attend this appointment with you for support and advocacy.
20 Weeks
Full antenatal check at home. If you are having an ultrasound and would like us to accompany you then we are also very happy to do this. We can also provide you with a MATB1 form (proof of pregnancy).
24 Weeks
Full antenatal check at home.
28 Weeks
Full antenatal check and option to have a breastfeeding or general infant feeding information session.
31 Weeks
Full antenatal check and option to commence our Hypnosis for Birth course.
34 Weeks
Full antenatal check and option for birth preparation course. We also offer an appointment for chiropractic alinement at this gestation as part of your care package.
36 Weeks
Full antenatal check at home and your birth preparation course will be continued.
At 36 weeks you may be offered a consultant appointment at your chosen NHS trust (dependent on your medical and obstetric risk factors). We would be happy to attend this appointment with you for support and advocacy, if you would like us to. (Please note if you are choosing to birth outside of recommended guidelines, we will be happy to support you with your fully informed choices).
37 Weeks
Full antenatal check and our 24/7 on-call service for birth begins! Option to commence the newborn care and postnatal wellness course.
38 Weeks
Full antenatal check, option to recap on breastfeeding and hypnosis.
39 Weeks
Full antenatal check, aromatherapy essential oils provided and membrane sweep (if requested). Second appointment with chiropractic alinement offered.
40 Weeks
Full antenatal check and membrane sweep (if requested).
41 Weeks
Full antenatal check and membrane sweep (if requested).
41+ Weeks
Full antenatal check and membrane sweep (if requested). Weekly appointments continue until baby is born. We are happy to support you in deciding when your pregnancy should end, we will never pressure you into choosing an induction of labour if it doesn’t feel right for you and your baby.
Sharing Experience, Sharing Skills
You will receive all of your antenatal, birth and postnatal care from your own, named midwife to ensure you have complete continuity throughout your journey into parenthood. This has been shown by multiple research studies to be one of the most important factors in improving your birth outcome.
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 plan a homebirth and choose to go into hospital).
If you are having a homebirth, as the time of the birth approaches a second midwife or experienced doula will also join you. You can be certain that your birth will be attended by 2 experienced, confident and enthusiastic birth workers; who are strong advocates for the power of your body and natural birth!
After the birth your midwife will tidy everything away, whilst you focus on your tiny new family member. They will stay with you for around 3-4 hours after the birth or for as long as you need them, before leaving you tucked up together feeling comfortable and confident.
Each premium 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
- 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
- Cord blood banking (stem cell collection)
- Placenta encapsulation
- A professional birth photographer
- Newborn examination as part of the national screening programme
Postnatal Visits
It is our pleasure to provide you and your baby with care for 4 weeks after your birth. As part of your package of care you can continue to contact your midwife with any questions or problems that you may have. Your midwife will be there to support you in your chosen feeding method and our lactation consultant (IBCLC,) will also be on hand to assist with any feeding difficulties if they occur (enhanced breastfeeding support is provided as standard should it be required). To further support this we include 2 osteopath appointments, for baby, to help resolve the tension caused from birth, making baby feel more comfortable and settled as they adjust to life outside of the womb.
We offer 2 weeks of postnatal Doula services from one of our highly experienced companions, to support the whole family with the transition into life with a new baby.
As part of our postnatal care, we are trained to provide all necessary checks and to perform the newborn examination, as well as the routine newborn blood spot screening. Ongoing postnatal visits aim to review your wellbeing and that of your baby.
These visits generally happen as follows but will be flexed and adjusted, depending on your needs.
Day 1
Full postnatal check for you and baby, including enhanced feeding support if needed. Newborn examination (NIPE)
Day 2
Full postnatal check for you and baby, including enhanced feeding support if needed
Day 3
Full postnatal check for you and baby, including enhanced feeding support if needed
Day 5
Full postnatal check for you and baby, including enhanced feeding support if needed + Newborn blood spot screening as part of the national screening programme (if consented to)
Day 7
Full postnatal check for you and baby, including enhanced feeding support if needed
Day 10
Full postnatal check for you and baby + Transfer of care to the health visiting service, if consented to.
Day 14
Full postnatal check for you and baby
Day 21
Full postnatal check for you and baby.
Day 28
Full postnatal check for you and baby.
When you feel ready and recovered we will arrange for you to have a postnatal pelvic MOT with a specialist physiotherapist. We also include your newborn photo shoot with a professional newborn photographer.
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. Tongue-tie division and 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, provided by ZEST insurance.