UHSussex Maternity Services

UHSussex Maternity Services Our team provides safe, high-quality, woman-centred care in Brighton & Hove and West Sussex.

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🚨 Call a Midwife 24/7 🗣️ 01903 285269Please call our Midwives to ask for advice and care if you need us. They can offer ...
24/08/2026

🚨 Call a Midwife 24/7

🗣️ 01903 285269

Please call our Midwives to ask for advice and care if you need us.

They can offer to send you to one of our maternity assessment units (MAU) in hospital if appropriate.

‼️IMPORTANT for your safety.

Please call first: don’t just turn up 🙏

❓unsure about whether your baby’s movements are normal

❓feeling unwell

❓think you are in labour

❓bleeding or think your waters have released/broken

❓feeling unsafe or having a mental health crisis?

❓any other urgent concerns.

Don’t wait until tomorrow please call us. 🙏

📌 MAU our 24/7 urgent care hospital based services are still open for you if you have any concerns about you or your baby, please call straight away and Midwives will support you.

❤️ We support all birthing women and people

🙏 Birth worker event at UHSussex Maternity We were delighted to recently host our second UHSussex Birth Worker collabora...
05/08/2026

🙏 Birth worker event at UHSussex Maternity

We were delighted to recently host our second UHSussex Birth Worker collaboration event at our Royal Sussex County Hospital site in Brighton, bringing together UHSussex midwives and non-NHS birth workers from across our local maternity community.

❤️ Hosted by the UHSussex Consultant Midwives, the well-attended event provided an opportunity to build relationships, strengthen networks, and discuss how we can work together to support women, families, and one another in the current midwifery climate.

We also were able to take the attendees on a tour of our maternity unit, showing the different ways that the environment can be adapted to support women and people in their birthing choices.

🫶🏼This event marks another important step on our journey to creating stronger partnerships across our birth worker community, fostering collaboration and shared learning.

Thank you go everyone who came, and brought such passion and care and interesting perspectives to the conversations that we had. What was clear, was that we all had in common the drive to support birthing families to have personalised care and support at the highest standard possible.

We took feedback from everyone about the day, and will use this to improve the next ones.

👉 We are really looking forward to continuing these conversations at our next quarterly event, which will be hosted at St Richard’s Hospital in October – date to follow!

Comment below tell us what other kinds of events and collaborations that you would like to see happening in the UHSussex maternity areas. 👇

✨Happy World Breastfeeding Week 2026!✨This World Breastfeeding Week, we're celebrating the support available to families...
05/08/2026

✨Happy World Breastfeeding Week 2026!✨

This World Breastfeeding Week, we're celebrating the support available to families throughout their infant feeding journey. 💛

Whether you're preparing for your baby's arrival or navigating feeding after birth, we're here to help every step of the way.

🤰Before your baby/babies arrives:

• Check out our Flying Start Guide and padlet. These will help you prepare for breastfeeding and nurturing your baby.

• Free breastfeeding workshops are available both virtually and face-to-face - book via link in comments. If group sessions aren't right for you, we can arrange a one-to-one session with a midwife instead.

🤱After your baby/babies are born:

• Contact your local Infant Feeding Team for advice or support when you're home.

🟡 Worthing - call 07808 099816

🟡 St Richard's, Chichester - call 07808 099829

🟡 Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton & Princess Royal Hospital, Hayward's Heath email: [email protected]

👉 For out-of-hours help, please contact our 24/7 Maternity Triage: 01903 285269

• We can arrange a home visit or appointment in our breastfeeding clinics for families who need extra support.

• Our more complex cases can be referred to our Specialist Infant Feeding Midwives or to our Tongue-tie clinics.

• All of our Specialist Infant Feeding Midwives are International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs).

• We have a range of leaflets available to you on Badger Notes and on our Flying Start padlet to help you on your feeding journey.

• The Health Visitors run drop-in MILK clinics - Infant Feeding Support and MILK! - Sussex - Sussex | Health for under5s

Every family's feeding journey is unique. Whatever your goals, we're here to provide evidence-based, compassionate support to help you meet them.

🏥 WORTHING HOSPITAL (Worthing) 🗓️ May 2026Here is a little snapshot of some of our frequently asked about statistics. W...
12/07/2026

🏥 WORTHING HOSPITAL (Worthing)

🗓️ May 2026

Here is a little snapshot of some of our frequently asked about statistics.

We have added some context around the Induction of Labour and Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal birth figures with our rundown of the top 5 reasons each month:

Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal Birth:

1. Previous caesarean section
2. Maternal request
3. Little or no progress in the 1st stage of labour
4. Concerns with Fetal monitoring during labour
5. Multiple pregnancy - twins

Induction of Labour: (24%)

1. Prolonged rupture of membranes and no labour
2. Hypertension - concerns with maternal blood pressure
3. Recurrent Reduced fetal movements
4. Concerns with fetal growth - small
5. Post dates - over due

The pie chart breaks down numbers of Assisted delivery, Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal birth, Vaginal Deliveries but here you can see those numbers:

Assisted Delivery: 22

Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal Birth: 75
Planned Caesarean: 40
Unplanned Caesarean: 35

Vaginal Delivery: 53

🚗 In transit or before arrival of a midwife.

⚖️ Birth weights are taken from term babies (over 37 weeks gestation)

👶🏼 Breast milk within 48 hours includes breast milk from a breast feed, or expressed breast milk from a syringe, cup or bottle.

🗓️ Day that has the most number of babies birthed in 24 hours

🖥️ The data is pulled from our computer systems used to log births.

Please ask if you have any questions about any of this…

🗓️ We will be updating these figures each month

Do you and your baby fit anywhere into these May stats… let us know!

We love to hear from you ♥️ 🖊️

🏥 ST. RICHARDS HOSPITAL (Chichester)🗓️ May 2026Here is a little snapshot of some of our frequently asked about statistic...
12/07/2026

🏥 ST. RICHARDS HOSPITAL (Chichester)

🗓️ May 2026

Here is a little snapshot of some of our frequently asked about statistics.

We have added some context around the Induction of Labour and Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal birth figures with our rundown of the top 5 reasons each month:

Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal Birth:

1. Maternal request
2. Little or no progress in the first stage of labour
3. Previous caesarean section
4. Concerns with fetal monitoring in labour
5. Malpresentation - Fetal position not compatible with vaginal delivery

Induction of Labour: (29%)

1. Post dates - over due
2. Hypertension - concerns with maternal blood pressure
3. Prolonged Rupture of membranes and no labour
4. Recurrent Reduced fetal movements
5. No reason inputted

The pie chart breaks down numbers of Assisted delivery, Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal birth, Vaginal Deliveries but here you can see those numbers:

Assisted Delivery: 9

Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal Birth: 63
Planned Caesarean: 37
Unplanned Caesarean: 26

Vaginal Delivery: 86

🚗 In transit or before arrival of a midwife.

⚖️ Birth weights are taken from term babies (over 37 weeks gestation)

👶🏼 Breast milk within 48 hours includes breast milk from a breast feed, or expressed breast milk from a syringe, cup or bottle.

🗓️ Day that has the most number of babies birthed in 24 hours

🖥️ The data is pulled from our computer systems used to log births.

Please ask if you have any questions about any of this…

🗓️ We will be updating these figures each month

Do you and your baby fit anywhere into these May stats… let us know!

We love to hear from you ♥️ 🖊️

🏥 ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL (Brighton) 🗓️ May 2026Here is a little snapshot of some of our frequently asked about sta...
12/07/2026

🏥 ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL (Brighton)

🗓️ May 2026

Here is a little snapshot of some of our frequently asked about statistics.

We have added some context around the Induction of Labour and Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal birth figures with our rundown of the top 5 reasons each month:

Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal Birth:

1. Maternal request
2. Malpresentation - Fetal position not compatible with vaginal delivery
3. Concerns with fetal monitoring and no labour
4. Previous caesarean section
5. Unsuccessful induction of labour

Induction of Labour: (24%)

1. No reason inputted
2. Prolonged rupture of membranes and no labour
3. Hypertension - concerns with maternal blood pressure
4. Recurrent reduced fetal movements
5. Diabetes

The pie chart breaks down numbers of Assisted delivery, Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal birth, Vaginal Deliveries but here you can see those numbers:

Assisted Delivery: 18

Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal Birth: 92
Planned Caesarean : 37
Unplanned Caesarean: 55

Vaginal Delivery: 74

🚗 In transit or before arrival of a midwife.

⚖️ Birth weights are taken from term babies (over 37 weeks gestation)

👶🏼 Breast milk within 48 hours includes breast milk from a breast feed, or expressed breast milk from a syringe, cup or bottle.

🗓️ Day that has the most number of babies birthed in 24 hours

🖥️ The data is pulled from our computer systems used to log births.

Please ask if you have any questions about any of this…

🗓️ We will be updating these figures each month

Do you and your baby fit anywhere into these May stats… let us know!

We love to hear from you ♥️ 🖊️

🏥 PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL (Haywards Heath) 🗓️ May 2026Here is a little snapshot of some of our frequently asked about st...
12/07/2026

🏥 PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL (Haywards Heath)

🗓️ May 2026

Here is a little snapshot of some of our frequently asked about statistics.

We have added some context around the Induction of Labour and Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal birth figures with our rundown of the top 5 reasons each month:

Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal Birth:

1. Maternal request
2. Previous caesarean section
3. Malpresentation - Fetal position not compatible with vaginal delivery
4. Concerns with fetal monitoring in labour
5. Concerns with fetal monitoring antenatally

Induction of Labour: (29%)

1. Prolonged Rupture of membranes and no labour
2. Recurrent reduced fetal movements
3. Post dates - over due
4. No reason inputted
5. Hypertension - concerns with maternal blood pressure

The pie chart breaks down numbers of Assisted delivery, Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal birth, Vaginal Deliveries but here you can see those numbers:

Assisted Delivery: 23

Caesarean/Belly/Abdominal Birth: 85
Planned Caesarean : 41
Unplanned Caesarean: 44

Vaginal Delivery: 76

🚗 In transit or before arrival of a midwife.

⚖️ Birth weights are taken from term babies (over 37 weeks gestation)

👶🏼 Breast milk within 48 hours includes breast milk from a breast feed, or expressed breast milk from a syringe, cup or bottle.

🗓️ Day that has the most number of babies birthed in 24 hours

🖥️ The data is pulled from our computer systems used to log births.

Please ask if you have any questions about any of this…

🗓️ We will be updating these figures each month

Do you and your baby fit anywhere into these May stats… let us know!

We love to hear from you ♥️ 🖊️

Who is coming to our Birth worker event? maternity servicesWhen? 📍Tuesday 14th July 202610.00-13.00Where? 📍Meeting Room,...
08/07/2026

Who is coming to our Birth worker event? maternity services

When?

📍Tuesday 14th July 2026
10.00-13.00

Where?

📍Meeting Room, 6th floor
Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital
North Drive, Brighton, BN2 5BE
(located in: Royal Sussex County Hospital)

❤️ Passionate about birth work?

Join us for a gathering of birth workers in
Sussex! This in-person event is the perfect chance to
connect, share stories, and learn from each other in a
relaxed setting.

Doulas, midwives, antenatal and postnatal educators
and supporters all welcome. Book via eventbrite.

Link in comments or search “UHSussex eventbrite”

Whether you’re due, find out you’re pregnant, celebrating a birthday or anything in between…. we hope July is kind to yo...
01/07/2026

Whether you’re due, find out you’re pregnant, celebrating a birthday or anything in between…. we hope July is kind to you 💛

🖊️ Let us know if you are due or have your baby this month….

Here are some July facts:

☀️ July is the 7th month of the year

👶🏼 More babies are born in July in the UK than in any other month!!

🤴🏼 July is named after Julius Caeser - because his birthday fell in this month

💎 The birthstone for July is a Ruby

🌺 The birth flowers for July are Water Lily and Larkspur

♋️ ♌️ The star signs for July are Cancer (until July 22) and then Leo

🇺🇸 Any American followers will be celebrating Independence Day on 4th July!

🍉 🍦 🌭 July is recognised as National Watermelon Month, National Ice Cream Month and National Hot Dog Month!

⚽️ This year, the World Cup Final is held in July

🎾… and Wimbledon continues!

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