Our services and facilities at the New Forest Birth Centre

You may feel nervous about becoming a parent. To help you prepare, the centre runs free regular workshops in:

• Waterbirth
• Breathing and relaxation
• The role of partners
• Breastfeeding
• Refresher courses

To book or discuss any of these courses, please call 023 8120 6052.

Helping yourself to a normal birth - interactive workshop

This one-off interactive workshop covers:

• Advantages of normal birth - for you and your baby
• Early labour - what to expect and managing at home
• Coping mechanisms - for you and your partner
• Birth rooms, pools and aids - discover how women being upright and mobile can lead to a more straightforward birth.

Sessions run monthly at the New Forest Birth Centre, Ashurst, from 7 to 9pm.

Please telephone us for the next available date and to book a place, on 023 8074 7690.

Once you have given birth, you may like to consider using one of our three single amenity rooms. Rooms can be requested on admission but we regret that private rooms cannot be booked in advance. If your midwife or obstetrician advises that you need a private room for clinical reasons, you will be treated as a priority without any charge to you.

Women who do not give birth at the centre may choose to transfer for postnatal care and feeding support, once all is well with you and your baby.

Our private room rate is £130 per night, including mothers’ meals.

We provide help in initiating and establishing breastfeeding, including workshops and a drop-in lounge. Over 90% of our clients go home breastfeeding.