Supporting your pregnancy at Newham
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This is called your 'booking appointment'. At this appointment, you will meet one of our friendly midwives, and discuss your pregnancy plan and birthing options.
Ideally you should be seen by a midwife by the time you are 10 weeks pregnant, or as early into your pregnancy as possible.
If you're the partner of a pregnant woman or birthing person, you can find information on how to support them through their journey online.
The quickest and easiest option for booking your first appointment is using one of the options below:
Antenatal care is the care you get from health professionals during your pregnancy. It's sometimes called pregnancy care or maternity care.
Depending on your individual needs, your antenatal care will be based at either a children’s centre or a GP surgery where our community midwives have a clinic, or at an antenatal clinic in our hospital. It will all be provided in line with current NICE guidelines and appointments will be tailored to meet your individual needs.
If your pregnancy is considered high-risk, you may be offered an appointment with one of our obstetric consultants, who will review and lead your care plan in partnership with your midwife.
If your pregnancy is considered low-risk, your community midwife will provide all aspects of maternity care. If problems arise during your pregnancy your community midwife will refer you to the hospital team, but they will always be on hand for advice and support.
You will also be offered screening tests during your pregnancy to check on your baby’s health and identify if there are any health conditions that could affect you or your baby.
Antenatal classes
As part of your maternity care, at Newham Hospital we offer a full range of antenatal classes which can help prepare you for birth and looking after your baby. Please speak to your midwife about booking onto these classes.
Classes are available on the following topics:
We have specialist clinics for women who require additional healthcare during pregnancy. Appointments for these clinics are made via your midwife or obstetrician.
Our diabetes clinic is run by a diabetes specialist nurse, consultant obstetrician, dietitian and midwife for diabetes. In these clinics we see pregnant mothers who are diagnosed with diabetes before their pregnancy, and those who have develop diabetes during their pregnancy.
We are running drop-in sessions on Fridays, between 11am and 1pm, in the postnatal discharge lounge, Zone 2 in Newham Hospital. Our team speak English, Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi and Spanish. Call or text 07944 966141 for more information.
This is a specialist clinic run by an obstetric consultant and a midwife, who provide care and advice to women whose pregnancies have been diagnosed with fetal abnormalities or problems.
Our HIV clinic supports pregnant mothers who have been diagnosed with HIV during their pregnancy, or before. The clinic is run by a specialist midwife, obstetric consultant, HIV consultant and a specialist HIV nurse.
This is a multi-disciplinary clinic for women whose blood results have identified sickle cell disease or thalassemia. These results are reviewed, a care plan is put together and referrals are made if necessary.
All pregnant women, new mothers and children under the age of 4 years can access FREE vitamins including the recommended amount of Vitamin D in Newham.
Good nutrition and healthy start vitamins in pregnancy and after birth can help mothers maintain their own health and provide the best for their baby. Vitamins and good nutrition can also help young children to grow up healthy and strong and also reduce the risk of obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease later in life.
Find out where to collect your vitamins