Blackpool Victoria Hospital gears towards Natural Birth
The new midwife-led unit is on schedule to open at the end of July 2013. This will give women who favour a more natural birth the opportunity to have their babies in a hospital setting with less medical intervention.
Medical Assistance
The unit is to be independently operated, but delivery suite is next door if medical assistance is required.
Hopefully the midwives who work on the unit will be open and in tune with natural birthing and complementary therapies for birthing.
Breastfeeding
I wonder if the unit will have a positive impact on the Breastfeeding uptake on the Fylde Coast? In theory a midwife-led unit could give more opportunity for midwives to encourage skin to skin bonding and instinctive feeding after birth. Let's hope so.
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