Postnatal care

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Supporting you after your birth

Once you have returned home, our community midwifery team will continue to provide care to you and your family.

You will be contacted by us within 36 hours after you have been discharged. The schedule of care will be arranged with you, to suit your personal needs and preferences. This may involve home visits, as well as attending our family hubs in Tower Hamlets.

As part of this care, we will support you to get to know your baby and learn how to feed your baby. The preparation to return home will include:

  • Baby feeding support and advice
  • Full newborn examination prior to leaving hospital
  • Newborn hearing screening prior to leaving hospital
  • Follow up care will be organised by your local community midwife

Birth reflections clinic

If you would like to discuss your pregnancy or birth, you can be referred to our birth reflections clinic.

We are here to listen, reflect and provide some clarity on your experience.

This can be in person or over the phone.

Tower Hamlets baby feeding service

The Tower Hamlets baby feeding service provides information and support for parents in Tower Hamlets during pregnancy and after they have had their baby. 

We provide support on the wards at The Royal London Hospital via online support groups, telephone calls and video calls.

There is also an in-person feeding support available in the community. We are a team of baby feeding specialists who speak several languages including Bengali, Sylheti and Somali.

For updates on our service, please follow our team on Facebook or X or visit the breastfeeding network.

Baby feeding support by phone or video call

We provide support for all babies. We will phone all Tower Hamlets parents when they are discharged from the hospital, birth centre or home birth team.

Phone us: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, on 07961 609 626. Leave a message and we will call you back no later than the next working day.

Out-of-hours baby feeding support 

These services can be contacted every day, between 9.30am and 9.30pm.

  • The National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212
  • Bengali/Sylheti helpline: 0300 456 2421

In-person baby feeding support 

Local in-person baby feeding support is available at Tower Hamlets Children’s Centre and Barkantine Birth Centre. Please phone 07961 609 626 for more information.

Online antenatal breastfeeding classes

Visit our Eventbrite page to book one of our online breastfeeding antenatal workshops when you are 32-34 weeks pregnant.

Online baby feeding support group

Visit our Eventbrite page to book one of our postnatal online breastfeeding groups or email us.

Useful links

After a telephone consultation, we may direct you to some of these resources.

Safe sleep video