The Serenity Midwifery Birth Centre at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital is run by experienced midwives and for low-risk births. They offer a comfortable environment and near to the delivery suite but is not part of it. The facility looks and feels homely – not like a hospital – helping you to relax.
Midwives offer support, encouragement and care for women who have a normal labour. This includes offering different ways to cope, such as trying different positions, relaxing, using water, or aromatherapy. You may eat and drink light food and move around as you feel comfortable. You should be able to go home within a few hours after giving birth.
Women who use Serenity find they need less pain relief and are more likely to have a normal birth.
The birth centre does not provide epidurals (powerful anaesthetics) or provide caesarean sections.