Royal Alexandra Hospital Maternity

We are gradually re-introducing our hypnobirthing classes 🎉

For more information or to book please email [email protected]

Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak To Everyone 🙏

To all our patients, colleagues, friends marking the end of and sharing in these celebrations. May this special occasion bring you peace, happiness, and blessings.

Eid Mubarak to you and your loved ones! 🙏

Feedback Friday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFfhfFG4Mlc

Contraception is probably the last thing you think about while you are pregnant; but did you know you can get pregnant as quickly as 3 weeks after your baby is born!

Have a look at this short video and discuss your preferences with your midwife to ensure we get the right method for you to include in your birth plan.

Some long acting methods are available in the hospital before you are discharged home with your baby.

NHS Postnatal Contraception An animation which explains why it is beneficial for expectant parents to consider postnatal contraception as part of their routine birth plan. The film high...

Congratulations to all our February families

Scotland's Baby Box

Click the link below to see what is inside:
https://youtu.be/HZEWsGWdMOg

The Baby Box helps families prepare for the arrival of their baby. New babies need a surprising amount of stuff! Scotland’s Baby Box is packed full of clothes, bedding and lots of other useful things to help give your baby the best possible start in life. The Box also provides a safe and comfortable place for your baby to sleep. It comes with a mattress and bedding that fits perfectly.

To get the box, speak to your midwife will fill in a Baby Box registration card with you between your 16-22 or 28 week appointment. Your midwife will send this card away to register you for your Baby Box, so you won’t need to do anything else. The Baby Box will be delivered to your home between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy.

Parent Club: What's in the Baby Box? New babies need a surprising amount of stuff! Scotland’s Baby Box is packed full of clothes, bedding and lots of other useful things to help give your baby t...

Congratulations to all our January families

Congratulations to all our 2022 families.

Congratulations to all our December families

At the Royal Alexandra Consultant Led Labour Ward (CLU) we have worked hard to provide a calm and relaxed environment for you to birth your baby.

If Continuous Fetal Monitoring is required, we have wireless CTG monitoring available in all of our birthing rooms which provides the opportunity for freedom of movement. This monitoring can also be submerged in water – which allows you to make use of our large corner baths for pain relief during labour.

We are able to provide tools such as birthing balls, bean bags and a CUB chair to facilitate a wide range of positions and promote the use of these.

Recently we have invested in Bluetooth enabled speakers which also provide a beautiful sparkly light projection to add to the atmosphere

Congratulations to all our November families

We want to make sure your birthing environment is right for you, what does this look like to you and how can we make sure you have a positive early parenting experience?

Please share your experiences through our survey.
https://link.webropol.com/s/maternityexperiences

We want to make sure your birthing environment is right for you, what does this look like to you and how can we make sure you have a positive early parenting experience?

Please share your experiences through our survey.

https://link.webropol.com/s/maternityexperiences

If you’d like to help NHSGGC improve Maternity Visiting across the health board share your details through this link:

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If you’d like to help NHSGGC improve Maternity Visiting across the health board share your details through this link:

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NHSGGC want to hear from you about your experience of Maternity and Neonatal services. See the post below to share your experiences.

NHSGGC want to hear from you about your experience of Maternity and Neonatal services, share your experiences of care through the link below and help us develop our new 5 year strategy



https://link.webropol.com/s/MaternityExperiences

Please be aware of the urgent safety advice about baby self feeding pillows

Urgent Safety Alert issued for baby self-feeding pillows Self-feeding pillows/prop feeders present a risk of serious harm or death from choking or aspiration pneumonia.

Congratulations to all our October families

Here at the Royal Alexandra Hospital Community Maternity Unit (CMU) we are proud to offer quality, low risk care and support you to birth your baby in a calm environment.

Our Sapphire Room features our birthing pool allowing you to immerse in warm water through your labour and the birth of your baby. While our Emerald and Ruby rooms offer large corner baths for use in labour. We encourage mobilisation for an active and upright birth.

If you are interested in birthing your baby in the CMU, we'd love to hear from you. Speak to your midwife who would be delighted to discuss your care plan.

If you live out with our catchment area please speak to your community midwife who can arrange for your care to be transferred.

Today we are celebrating Nursing and Maternity Support Worker Day at the RAH, VOL and IRH Maternity. Thanks to each and every one of you for your hard work, dedication and support. What a great team! 💕💜 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

The choices you make when you are pregnant affect your baby's health as well as your own. Lots of women and their partners stop smoking when they know they're going to be parents.

Your midwife can refer you to the Quit Your Way service at any point in your pregnancy to help you get the right support.

Quit Your Way Scotland - Scottish national helpline for smokers - 0800 84 84 84 or www.quityourway.scot

iQuit Leaflet -https://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/26973-iQuit.%20Stopping%20smoking%20when%20youre%20pregnant-May2019-English.pdf

Take it right outside - Information about reducing second-hand smoke - www.nhsinform.scot/campaigns/take-it-right-outside

Congratulations to all our September families

If you have a Planned Caesarean Birth at the RAH you are invited to our Enhanced Recovery After Obstetric Surgery in Scotland (EROSS) online class.

Please speak to your midwife or obstetrician about registering for this class.

Congratulations to all our August families

“I received excellent care from staff during my pregnancy.

Lynne, Fiona and Rachel provided great support and helped to create a lovely experience.

Debbie and Kathryn helped me navigate the first night on the ward with my son.

I was encouraged and felt listened to by the staff, who helped me with breastfeeding.

Everything was explained from start to finish so we knew what was happening.”

Inverclyde Royal Hospital and Royal Alexandra Hospital staff support our patient with their “excellent” and heartfelt care.

📰 Read the full story at https://www.careopinion.org.uk/974742

Baby Loss Awareness Week 9th-15th October 2022

"It can be difficult to know what to say to bereaved parents and families. Often, we choose not to say anything at all because we are afraid to say the wrong thing."

SANDS Glasgow are here to support anyone affected by pregnancy and baby loss, including friends and family members of bereaved parents.
www.sands.org.uk/support

It can be difficult to know what to say to bereaved parents and families. Often, we choose not to say anything at all because we are afraid to say the wrong thing.

But it is so important to talk to bereaved parents and families to help them feel less alone.

Here are some things you can say…

🔶 How are you feeling today? Or it’s lovely to see you, how was it getting out of the house?
🔷 Have you named your baby? I’d love to hear their name.
🔶 I’d love to hear about your baby if you’d like to tell me.
🔷 If you have a photo I’d love to see your baby if you’d be happy to share him/her.
🔶 I’m always happy to listen if you need to talk.
🔷 I’m not sure what to say, but I am here for you.
🔶 Tell me what I can do for you, I can cook you a meal and drop it round or walk the dog...
🔷 How are you feeling physically is there anything that I can do to help you?

Please remember that we are here to support anyone affected by pregnancy and baby loss, including friends and family members of bereaved parents ⬇️

sands.org.uk/support

If you've had an induction of labour at the RAH recently we would love to hear about your experience.

Please visit: https://webropol.com/s/iol
or use the QR code below.

During your pregnancy your body needs more iron than usual. It is common for iron levels to become low and for iron deficiency anaemia to develop.

Fortunately, we can easily treat low iron levels and iron deficiency anaemia during pregnancy.

See our information leaflet below or ask your midwife for more information.

The “So Briefly Known” service has been held on the first Sunday of October for a number of years, but it had to be postponed because of the pandemic.

However, with COVID restrictions eased, NHSGGC has decided to resume this important event, which provides bereaved women and their families with an opportunity to remember togetherness and hope for the babies they have lost, and to acknowledge how precious their life meant to them as a family.

Everyone is welcome to attend.