With more than 1,400 deliveries a year, The Portland put women at the centre of their own maternity experience. From your first consultation to the delivery of your baby and your final postnatal appointment, The Portland Hospital’s team of experts offer unparalleled care and support for you and your baby.

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The Portland’s multidisciplinary team of leading consultant obstetricians, midwives and nurses, work with you to create personalised care plans for you and your baby. The hospital’s outstanding facilities include the UK’s only private on-site neonatal intensive care unit, a special care baby unit, and an adult high dependency unit, should you need additional, unexpected care. With your expert midwife assigned to you throughout your labour and delivery, a resident obstetric anaesthetist on-site 24/7 and an emergency theatre on the labour ward, all eventualities are prepared for, which means you are, too.

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The Portland’s ensuite rooms are fully private and spacious enough to accommodate an extra bed for your partner or family. Room service menus that cater to a wide variety of diets and allergens are available.

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By your side throughout your pregnancy and beyond, you can access a range of holistic pregnancy and delivery services, including specialty scans, physiotherapy, newborn baby checks and postnatal and breastfeeding advice, so you’re supported every step of the way.

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Labour and Delivery

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The Portland offer five fully equipped labour and delivery rooms, all with en-suite bathrooms for the privacy and comfort of you and your birth partner. Rooms are equipped with birthing balls and mats for adopting alternative birthing positions. Bluetooth speakers are available in each to allow you the option of your choice of music, and an oil diffuser for you to bring your choice of scent if you wish.

 

All necessary safety monitoring equipment is available for you and your baby during your labour and post birth, and amenities such as TV, WIFI, in-house telephone and 24/7 room service.

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Emergency Theatres

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With safety always at the forefront of care at The Portland, there is a dedicated emergency theatre on the labour ward, within metres of each labour room, meaning no delays in transfer to theatre, if required. The Resident Consultant Anaesthetist is present on labour ward 24/7 and the theatre team are on stand-by 24/7 should any woman need to be transferred to theatre for birth or any other procedure.

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Enhanced Maternal Critical Care Unit

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Enhanced maternal critical care is available to all women who require more intensive observation, treatment and care before, during or after delivery. Located on-site on the labour ward, The Enhanced Maternal Critical Care Unit is supported 24 hours a day by a dedicated on-site Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist and is equipped with specialist monitoring for both mother and baby.

 

Nursery

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The Portland’s 24-hour nursery is on the same floor as the postnatal rooms and is run by their highly- experienced nursery nurses. They work closely with the midwifery team and are available to offer you practical parenting lessons. Should you wish to rest for any period, your baby can be looked after in the nursery and be brought back to you when you feel more energised. Be assured, only parents are allowed to enter the nursery if their baby is in there.