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Tremendous Birthing Centre

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"Tremendous Birthing Centre"

About: The Royal Victoria Infirmary / Maternity care

I gave birth to my daughter at the RVI Birthing Centre on 18th Aug 2017.

I can’t speak highly enough of the care I received there; both in the midwife led birthing centre and the higher risk maternity doctor led unit.

I arrived at the RVI after 30hrs of labour at home with phone support to the RVI midwife.

On arrival I was seen immediately and assessed then moved to a great spacious room with a birthing pool.

My labour went on for another 17 hours in that room with constant support from expert staff.

Protocols were followed and my baby was never in distress.

After so long without giving birth, it became clear that I needed assistance to birth her and was transferred upstairs to be seen by a doctor - everything well explained.

After being quickly assessed and moved to theatre, my daughter was born by forceps 1hr and 20 mins later.

Absolutely tremendous theatre team who spoke to me constantly and explained every step.

My midwife also stayed with me for support and got to meet the little girl we’d worked so hard for.

I have such love and respect for our NHS.

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Response from The Royal Victoria Infirmary 6 years ago
The Royal Victoria Infirmary

Submitted on 29/08/2017 at 08:52
Published on nhs.uk on 30/08/2017 at 04:06

Thank you very much for providing us with your positive feedback regarding your experiences at Maternity Services, RVI and congratulations to you on the birth of your daughter.

We are pleased to hear that you received high quality care during your labour whilst on the birthing centre. At the stage in which your care needs changed and became more high risk we are happy to learn that you found the transfer to the main delivery suite was a smooth transition and the care you received was of the same high standard. Having an alongside birthing centre means we can quickly transfer women safely to receive any interventions that may be required on the main delivery suite or theatres.

Our aim is to always provide one to one midwifery care to women during labour and birth and this has clearly been a huge benefit to you to have this continuity in care. We are pleased our team of midwives, doctors and support staff have provided you with such a safe and positive birth experience and we know they will be encouraged by your appreciative comments and kind words.

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