Postnatal care and stay

Your private, en suite postnatal room is where you and your baby will recuperate after the birth.

Our dedicated midwives, nursery nurses and healthcare assistants are on hand day and night to allow you time to rest and to support you with caring for your baby. We also provide a bed for your birth partner to stay with you for the duration of your stay.

To help you recover as quickly as possible, our therapy support services are delivered on-site by a friendly team of physiotherapists. Following your delivery, we offer specialised advice on postnatal care and physical recovery, supported by an optional physiotherapy outpatient review after 6-8 weeks to ensure that you are recovering well and to help advance your exercise plan.

All of our midwives are fully trained to support breastfeeding. In addition, you will have access to our dedicated lactation specialists who can support and help you establish your breastfeeding routine.

We advise all new parents to have a newborn baby check with a paediatrician / resident medical officer and a hearing test with one of our specialist hearing screeners. You will be asked to sign a consent form before we test your baby.

The newborn check provides a full examination and assessment of your baby, to detect conditions that are not easily identified during pregnancy and which may affect your baby’s health. It is also a good opportunity for you to ask our consultant paediatricians any questions you may have about your baby’s medical care. We’ll ask you to sign a consent form to enable us to perform this check on your baby.

Our Urgent Care Centre for Children at The Portland Hospital is open from 8.00am-8.00pm Monday to Sunday. The centre provides your baby with rapid access to our rota of leading paediatricians, urgent care doctors and specialist nurses, with treatment for non life-threatening medical needs and minor conditions.