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Ask our team about private postnatal care, or antenatal classes with a private midwife consultant.
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Postnatal care & antenatal classes in your own home with an expert midwife consultant.
Our private midwife consultants cover most central London postcodes and can visit further afield if required.
“I care passionately about the postnatal period, enhancing recovery for the woman and optimising this time for the whole family tailored to everyone’s individual needs and experiences.”
Victoria Cochrane MBE, Midwife Consultant
Victoria Cochrane MBE
Midwife Consultant
“As a senior and experienced midwife of 22 years, I find immense joy in caring for new mothers and their babies. The postnatal period is full of precious firsts and unique challenges. It is a time to provide support, and to build knowledge and reassurance as mothers and their partners grow in confidence, caring for their newborn baby.”
Memberships
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Royal College of Midwives
- Royal College of Nursing
- British Intrapartum Care Society
Natalie Carter
Midwife Consultant
“It’s a privilege and joy to have practiced in maternity care for over 20 years, supporting women and their families through their experiences into becoming parents. I will use my combined experience as a midwife for 18 years and nurse for 4 years to support you on your journey.”
Memberships
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Midwives
- The Practicing Midwife
- British Intrapartum Care Society
- National Consultant Midwife Network
Private Postnatal Care at Home
Extend Dr Yu’s pregnancy care with one-to-one postnatal care.
Help from an expert midwife consultant
- Time and space for you to talk, while we listen
- Mother & baby wellbeing assessments
- Postnatal checks – mother and baby
- Breast- or bottle-feeding advice and support
- Sleeping advice and support
- Bathing, changing and dressing your baby
- Nutrition, diet, supplement and vitamins advice
One to one postnatal support for you and your new baby
Our dedicated midwife consultants have been handpicked by Dr Yu . They will help make your first days with your new baby the joyful experience it should be and check that you and your baby are ok, and all is progressing as it should.
Sometimes with a new baby, all you need is a kind word. From someone who knows. Someone who’ll reassure you when you think ‘is this normal, or should I call someone?’
Included in our private one to one postnatal home visits
Baby’s Wellbeing Assessment
- Head to toe baby check
- Weight check
- Feeding check
Mother’s Wellbeing Assessment
- Head to toe physical check
- Emotional assessment
- Blood pressure check
- Nutrition check and dietary advice
- Wound care if applicable
- Women’s health advice
- Contraception advice
Postnatal advice and support
- Breast- or bottle-feeding
- Sleeping
- Bathing, changing and dressing your baby
- Nutrition, diet, supplement and vitamins advice
Fees for private, one to one postnatal care at home
Complimentary telephone consultation
It’s usual to plan 30 minutes for this consultation
Once you book your initial appointment, the midwife consultant will contact you by phone before the session to run through and confirm the things you’d like to focus on.
First home visit : £450
It’s usual to plan 2.5 to 3 hours for the first home visit
Within 48-72 hours of you leaving hospital, your midwife consultant will visit you at home, for a chat and she’ll first ask simply ‘How’s it going?’
She’ll make sure you’re feeling ok, answer any questions you have, and try to help with anything you’re finding tricky. A bit of tea, sympathy and practical help can often be all it takes for you to be able to relax and actually start enjoying this. And if you’re calm and relaxed it’ll help your baby be calm and relaxed too.
Your midwife will offer you how-to’s on all the skills you’ll suddenly need as a new mum and advice on your diet, any supplements and pain relief, and. Generally, she’ll look to make sure everything’s going well, and just the way you want.
She’ll also undertake a full wellbeing assessment of both you and your baby.
Follow up home visit: £300
It’s usual to plan 1.5 to 2 hours for the follow up home visit
Around 5-10 days after you leave hospital, a second, and even a third visit may be helpful to make sure everything continues to go ok, to check for important developments, and identify and address any issues with the wellbeing of both you and your baby, including:
- Check your baby’s feeding pattern
- Check your baby’s weight gain
- Breast- or bottle-feeding issues
- Newborn blood spot test (heel prick)
- Perineum check and/or C-section wound check
- Help address any worries, mood-swings, ‘baby blues’
Antenatal Classes
Extend Dr Yu’s private pregnancy care with private, one to one antenatal classes
In your own home, with an expert midwife consultant.
As a patient of Dr Yu’s you can opt to extend your private pregnancy care package with a private home-based antenatal education class with one of our private midwife consultants. Dr Yu recommends antenatal classes start after 24-28 weeks’ pregnancy.
Our midwife consultant will discuss all or any of the following:
- The signs of labour
- What to pack in your hospital bag
- Getting to the hospital
- Stages of labour
- Pain relief options in labour
- Instrumental birth
- Caesarean section
- Induction of labour
- Looking after yourself after baby’s birth
- Looking after your new baby
- Preparing for feeding / feeding your baby (you may want to book a follow-up home visit to cover this more fully)
- Your emotional wellbeing
- The neonatal unit (If your baby arrives early)
Fees for private, one to one antenatal care at home
Complimentary telephone consultation
It’s usual to plan 30 minutes for this consultation
Ahead of this call our midwife consultant will be fully briefed by Dr Yu about all aspects of your pregnancy. She will then contact you by phone before the appointment to run through and confirm the things that you’d like to focus on in your antenatal class.
Antenatal class home visit (One to one): £300
It’s usual to plan 1.5 to 2 hours for the first antenatal home visit.
Our midwife consultant will cover all or any of the following:
- The signs of labour
- What to pack in your hospital bag
- Getting to the hospital
- Stages of labour
- Pain relief options in labour
- Instrumental birth
- Caesarean section
- Induction of labour
- Looking after yourself after baby’s birth
- Looking after your baby
- Preparing for feeding / Feeding your baby (you may want to book a follow-up home visit to cover this more fully)
- Your emotional wellbeing
- The neonatal unit (If your baby arrives early)
The midwife consultant can also discuss what postnatal support you might need once baby is born.
Follow up antenatal class home visit (One to one): £200
It’s usual to plan 1 hour for the follow up antenatal class at home.
If you find you need an additional session to cover preparing for feeding or feeding your baby. Alternatively, the follow up antenatal home visit can cover any topic you need. Simply discuss with the midwife consultant.