Watchful Eye

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Oh we do love a doula-doggo 🐶🤩 He calmly rested in the birth space just as a gentle, quiet presence in the background and is now continuing with his calming ways with his new little friend 💙💙🥰 Overnight on Monday, we were delighted to support this Incredible First Time Mama at #home as she welcomed her Gorgeous little boy earthside 💙 #HomeBirthJustHappened #SurreyHillsHomeBirthTeam #primip #firstimemama #homebirth #options #care #caseloading #continuityofcare #douladog #calm

4Aug2022

⭐️April-June⭐️

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We are delighted to share our second quarter of 2022 Team stats with you 🤗 A wonderful 89% of our caseload who were planning a homebirth during their pregnancy had a vaginal birth. Of the 47 booked on our caseload. Caesarean section rate 11% Emergency Ceasarean 9% (4) Elective ceasarean 2% (1) induction of labour 4% (2) instrumental birth 0

🏡 89% of those who were planning a homebirth and started their labour at home, in our care, had a homebirth

🤰🏼94% of our mums in the whole caseload knew the midwife who cared for them in labour

🤰🏼 85% of our mums who birthed at home had a physiological 3rd stage (natural birth of the placenta)

🤰🏼4 x transfer to hospital in labour and 4 x transfer to hospital postnatally (21% total)

🤱 on discharge from midwifery care: 70% exclusively breastfeeding and 81% having some breast milk

Caseloading speaks for itself and is something we are truly passionate about 🤗 To support fully informed birth choices is both a priority and privilege to us all in the Surrey Hills Team ⭐️💖😩⭐️

If you would like to learn more about the team and birthing your baby at home , and you live within the teams catchment, please emailus at rsch.homebirth.referrals@nhs.net