Antenatal care Contrast Skip to Navigation Accessibility Enable Recite Me For GPs and clinicians Research and education Work for us Home Patients and visitors Our services Get involved News and events About us Contact us Home > Our services > Maternity services > Antenatal care Antenatal care We advise women to self-refer to us using the self-referral forms or ask their GP to refer to our maternity services as soon as they suspect that they are pregnant. Please complete one of the following online referral forms: Pregnancy self-referral form for Epsom Hospital Pregnancy self-referral form for St Helier Hospital Our homebirth service is available to women wishing to choose this option as a place of birth. Watch our virtual tours of the Epsom and St Helier maternity departments. We like to see women for the first booking-in appointment as early as 9 weeks of pregnancy. At this appointment your midwife will discuss all of the screening tests that are available to you in pregnancy which includes the ultrasound scans. This information is also available in a number of foreign languages - please see the 'Leaflets and additional information' section at the bottom of this page. Most women follow a planned schedule of midwifery care which includes three ultrasound scan appointments. 10-13 weeks: first ultrasound scan (Nuchal Scan) 20-22 weeks: second ultrasound scan (Anomaly Scan) 36 weeks: third ultrasound scan (Growth Scan) Mothers to be will receive all their antenatal scheduled appointments following their nuchal scan, all maternity appointments will be published onto their Badgernet Maternity Notes. At each appointment, your baby’s growth and movements will be assessed to ensure good growth and development, along with check-ups on your own general wellbeing. Antenatal care for low-risk women is shared by our Integrated Team Midwives to provide continuity of carer and your GP. For women with more complicated pregnancies, care will be shared with one of our obstetric consultants or our different specialist services, depending on your specific needs. Your parent journey starts here During your pregnancy you will want to spend a little time discussing your hopes and feelings about parenthood, and how best to lay the foundation for a strong and loving bond with your baby. For more information about your journey and how we will work with you, please see Your parent journey starts here [pdf] 339KB. Flu Vaccinations It is highly recommended that you are immunized against influenza at the earliest point possible before or during your pregnancy. Our hospitals offer this service to all pregnant women, just ask in the early pregnancy unit or at your booking appointment. Please read this leaflet: Flu Vaccination for pregnant women - PHE information leaflet[pdf] 381KB and raise any queries you may have with your Midwife. Pertussis/Whooping Cough Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs and airways. It causes repeated coughing bouts that can last for two to three months or more, and can make babies and young children in particular very ill. Whooping cough is spread in the droplets of the coughs or sneezes of someone with the infection. At Epsom and St Helier we can offer you a vaccination to protect you and baby following your 20 week scan. Please read this leaflet: Whooping cough booklet - PHE information leaflet[pdf] 355KB. Vaccinations for your baby - BCG It's good to start considering if you would like your baby to be immunised against Tuberculousis after your baby has been born. We can offer the vaccine on the ward, before you go home, or you can choose to come to one of our outpatient clinics on either site. Please read these leaflets for more information: Public Health England TB BCG baby leaflet [pdf] 263KB Infant development We are here to support you and your family during your pregnancy and beyond, to help you establish a close and loving relationship with your baby to provide the best possible start in life. During your pregnancy Getting to know your baby starts long before they arrive. As your baby grows and develops they will start to hear you and those around you, and you will start to feel them move and react. Your midwives will ask about you and your baby at each appointment. There are many ways you can start to develop a relationship, including talking to your baby, rubbing your bump and responding to your baby's movements, this interaction helps your baby's brain develop. The Baby Buddy app (opens in a new window) is a free mobile phone app for parents and parents-to-be with personalised content approved by doctors and midwives that spans from pregnancy right through to the first six months after birth, developed by Best Beginnings. Once your baby has arrived Our staff will support you to understand and care for your baby whilst in hospital and at home. Please see our Postnatal care section for further information. The following videos, from the Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative, provide a useful introduction: Importance of relationship building (opens in a new window) Meeting baby for the first time (opens in a new window) We offer an antenatal infant feeding workshop and informal sessions before your baby arrives so you can talk to a healthcare professional about the best options for you to feed your baby. Find out more about our Infant feeding and colostrum harvesting service [pdf] 1MB. Infant formula and responsive bottle feeding - A guide for parents[docx] 15KB Building a happy baby - A guide for parents [pdf] 412KB. Antenatal scans Only one partner can attend antenatal scans with you. Unfortunately, children are not permitted to attend antenatal scans. Unfortunately, children are not allowed to attend antenatal scans. Check out our poster about Antenatal scan images [pdf] to see how you can request your ultrasound images. Integrated Community Midwifery Teams Home birth Antenatal classes and workshops Anaesthetic antenatal clinic Weight management clinic Diabetes clinic Early pregnancy assessment units Maternity assessment units (MAU and MATAU) Fetal medicine and ultrasound scanning Mental health and substance misuse clinics Feeding your baby Leaflets and additional information During COVID-19, your baby's movements are as important as ever If you notice a change in your baby’s regular movement, call our Call a Midwife advice line on 030 0123 5473 immediately. The advice line is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even when you are self-isolating it’s vital you report reduced movements immediately. A change in your baby’s movement can be an important warning sign that your baby is unwell. Around half of women who had a stillbirth noticed their baby’s movements had slowed down or stopped. 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