Midwifery services come to the Wokingham borough's children's centres
Wokingham Midwifery services are now available at The Brambles Children’s Centre in Wokingham every Monday - except Bank Holidays- and every Friday at The Ambleside Centre in Woodley.
Children’s centres provide a one-stop shop for information, advice and services relating to children under five years old, their parents, carers and families. The Brambles Centre, in Budges Gardens, Wokingham has been open since November 2007 whilst The Ambleside Centre, in Ambleside Close, Woodley has been operating as a children’s centre since November 2006.
And now on offer at The Brambles and The Ambleside are a number of midwifery sessions including antenatal drop-ins, childbirth education sessions and a young mums’ group, which work alongside local health visitors and midwifery teams.
Antenatal drop-in sessions are run at The Brambles Centre, Wokingham from 9am to 10.15am on Mondays and The Ambleside Centre from 9am to 10.30am on Fridays. Midwives are on hand to offer help and advice and mums-to-be can listen to their baby’s heartbeat, have a check-up and meet other mums. This session complements the services already provided by the NHS, who are the main care providers for expectant mums.
First-time mums are also invited to attend childbirth education sessions which run at The Brambles every Monday between 10.30am and 12 noon and every Friday at The Ambleside between 10.45am and 12.15pm. The topics covered in this session are labour, pain relief available during labour, feeding, and tips on how to cope in the early days after the baby is born.
On Mondays between 1pm and 2pm, a young mums’ group is run at The Brambles offering support to Wokingham mums aged under 21, and a similar session is run on Fridays between 3pm and 4pm at The Ambleside. A postnatal drop-in for mums also runs every Monday between 2pm to 3pm at The Brambles and every Friday between 1pm and 2.30pm at The Ambleside. Both of these sessions offer advice and guidance to new mums and a midwife will be on hand to offer additional support with all aspects of feeding, such as safe preparation and formula feeding.
Children’s centres provide a one-stop shop for information, advice and services relating to children under five years old, their parents, carers and families. The Brambles Centre, in Budges Gardens, Wokingham has been open since November 2007 whilst The Ambleside Centre, in Ambleside Close, Woodley has been operating as a children’s centre since November 2006.
And now on offer at The Brambles and The Ambleside are a number of midwifery sessions including antenatal drop-ins, childbirth education sessions and a young mums’ group, which work alongside local health visitors and midwifery teams.
Antenatal drop-in sessions are run at The Brambles Centre, Wokingham from 9am to 10.15am on Mondays and The Ambleside Centre from 9am to 10.30am on Fridays. Midwives are on hand to offer help and advice and mums-to-be can listen to their baby’s heartbeat, have a check-up and meet other mums. This session complements the services already provided by the NHS, who are the main care providers for expectant mums.
First-time mums are also invited to attend childbirth education sessions which run at The Brambles every Monday between 10.30am and 12 noon and every Friday at The Ambleside between 10.45am and 12.15pm. The topics covered in this session are labour, pain relief available during labour, feeding, and tips on how to cope in the early days after the baby is born.
On Mondays between 1pm and 2pm, a young mums’ group is run at The Brambles offering support to Wokingham mums aged under 21, and a similar session is run on Fridays between 3pm and 4pm at The Ambleside. A postnatal drop-in for mums also runs every Monday between 2pm to 3pm at The Brambles and every Friday between 1pm and 2.30pm at The Ambleside. Both of these sessions offer advice and guidance to new mums and a midwife will be on hand to offer additional support with all aspects of feeding, such as safe preparation and formula feeding.
Wokingham Borough Council
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