St marys Melton Mowbray

I don't have any experience of St Mary's. All I would say about any birth centre is that there will be no doctors available. If you are low risk and have a complication free birth, that's no issue. If you develop any complications, they will have to call an ambulance to have you taken to the local hospital labour suite. Just something to consider.

I don't have a personal experience. However, my friend is a midwife and wanted to do her placement there due to the additional care and lots of good reports. Another friend has had 3 children and highly recommends there too. It's somewhere I'd like to consider should I stay low risk xx

Hi there. I live in Keyworth and I looked at St Mary’s as a possibility too. Although it looked good on the website, I was put off by the fact that there are no doctors or emergency medical facilities there, and if anything unexpected happens during birth which would require more advanced medical treatment, they would have to transfer you to a hospital. The hospital is likely to be one in Leicestershire, and because we live in Nottinghamshire, I thought it would be easier for my husband, family etc having to go across-county from Notts to Leics if I end up in hospital.

I live in Melton so had all my anti natal appointments here, I didn’t give birth there but I transferred from Leicester after my c-section to the post natal ward for feeding support and stayed there for 4 nights. As others have mentioned it is for low risk natural births only, only gas & air so any complications or need for epidural would see you transferred back to the main hospital. But in terms of the care I received, I cannot fault it, the midwifes actually have time to sit and provide help when feeding and come round regularly to check you are OK, which I feel I didn’t get at Leicester, so I definitely recommend it from that point, I am sure the care when birthing would be equally as good!