Your Pregnancy - Antenatal Care

» Self referral

 

Once we have received your referral, you will receive a welcome letter via email. The care you receive from healthcare professionals during your pregnancy is called antenatal care.

 

You'll be offered a series of appointments with a midwife, or sometimes with a doctor who specialises in pregnancy and birth (an obstetrician).

 

The majority of your care will be provided by midwives in the community and you may come into the hospital if necessary. They will check that you and your baby are well, give you useful information to help you have a healthy pregnancy (including healthy eating and exercise advice) and answer any questions you may have.

 

Vaccinations are an important to protect yourself and protect your baby. At Whittington Health, we will offer the whooping cough vaccination at 20 weeks, and will offer the COVID-19 and flu vaccination at anytime in your pregnancy.

 

For more information on vaccinations, please contact your Midwife or please email Immunisation Midwife, Theresa Jones, for support and advice.

 

Antenatal services

Our range of antenatal services, clinics and classes include:

Specialist services

 

Our experienced obstetric consultants and specialised midwives provide excellent care for women with complicated pregnancies. We have a fetal medicine service for high-risk pregnancies, specialist clinics for women with pre-existing medical conditions, such as diabetes, a bespoke twin clinic and a service for women who have been subject to female genital mutilation.

 

Interpreting service 

Every day we deliver around ten babies for mothers from diverse ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. Our midwives and consultants speak many languages including Turkish, Somali, Greek and German. We also have interpreting services available for most other languages. We attract mums from Islington and Haringey as well as other London boroughs who travel to have their baby with us.

 

The Pelvic Health Physio team work closely with the midwives to identify and provide specialist care for women experiencing or at risk of obstetric related conditions. This includes urogynaecology conditions affecting your bladder, bowel or vagina, and musculoskeletal conditions such as pelvic and back pain, diastasis of rectus abdominus and carpal tunnel syndrome. Please speak to your midwife to arrange a referral.