Maternity Services

Have you recently found out that you are pregnant? Living in Neath Port Talbot? From Monday 17th October, please ring 07989 717748 to register a new pregnancy. The line is open from 8am to 1pm, Monday to Thursday. Living in Swansea? Please contact your GP surgery to register a new pregnancy.

Maternity services update, Home Births and NPT Birth Centre: 23rd May 2023

Due to ongoing workforce pressures within our maternity services we unfortunately need to continue the temporary suspension of our home birth service, as well as the temporary closure of the Neath Port Talbot Birth Centre. This is to ensure we can maintain safe care. This decision has been made in line with the professional guidance from the Royal College of Midwives and Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

We appreciate this may cause disappointment, but please be assured the decision to suspend this service has not been taken lightly.

We would ask you make contact with us as soon as you have any signs of labour, which will help us plan your care.

Follow this link for contact details for each community midwife team.

You may wish to consider our Bay Birthing Unit in Singleton hospital. This is midwifery-led, with individual rooms and a real home-from-home environment.

Essential support partners are welcome to attend all settings when you have an initial assessment in labour.

Alongside Midwifery Unit (The Bay Birth Unit), is open 24 Hours 7 days a week. The Bay Birth Unit follows the same model of midwifery led care as home and freestanding midwifery unit, and is an option for many women. More information about this choice of birth setting is available by following this link to the Bay Birth Unit webpage.

We will be reviewing this situation every two weeks and will update you as soon as we have any changes. We would urge those families who have planned a home birth to make contact with their community midwife to discuss the options available.

The Welsh Government continue to provide guidance around COVID-19 and hospital visiting in Maternity and Neonatal Services. Follow this link for more information about hospital visiting guidance in maternity and neonatal services from Welsh Government.

We understand our service restrictions have undoubtedly had a big impact on your maternity journey and we thank you for your understanding and patience.

If you want to discuss anything around the announcement or your birth options, please contact your community team, the numbers for the teams should be on your maternity record or you can follow this link for contact details for each community midwife team.

Information about the different birth settings is available here.

Anyone wishing to book in for maternity care can do so directly with their community midwifery team (Mon-Fri 9-5pm). Contact numbers can be obtained from your GP or from our website.

Information around current visiting restrictions can be found by following this link.

See below for further information and useful links.

COVID-19 VISITING UPDATE: Please note our rules regarding hospital visits have changed. For the latest guidance on our visiting regulations, please visit this page. 

Refreshments

Please avoid using our canteens at present. There are vending machines available on our sites if you need refreshments.

Please note that SBUHB supports a zero tolerance stance for any abusive behaviour towards staff due to variances in visiting guidance for different patient groups.

Community Midwifery Teams

Follow this link to the Community Midwifery Teams webpage for contact details and more information. 

We're here to help

Expecting the pitter patter of tiny feet? Congratulations!

You are embarking on one of life's great journeys. But while this can be a wonderful time, it is natural to feel some worry and uncertainty about what's to come.

Here at Swansea Bay University Health Board we will give you the information and support you need to make the right decision about where you choose to give birth.

We know that where and how you give birth can have a huge effect on you mentally and physically. If you feel safe and calm this will release hormones which will help your labour progress and provide powerful pain relief.

The time after birth is also crucial to your welfare and your baby's. 

Our midwife-led birth centres provide a home-from-home environment which allows you and, if you wish, your partner to enjoy those first precious moments with your new baby safe in the knowledge that our staff are on hand to provide support. We even have double beds and encourage partners to stay.

However, you may wish to give birth at home and we can support this.

Equally, if you or baby need extra clinical support, we have an obstetric unit at Singleton Hospital which is staffed by doctors and midwives. 

See below for more information.