Ward

Labour ward

Yeovil Hospital

Our labour ward at Yeovil Hospital provides midwifery-led care and consultant (senior doctor) led care depending on your needs.

If you choose to give birth on the labour ward, you will be cared for by our midwifery team and, for those with more complex needs, an obstetrician will take the main responsibility for your care, but you will still be looked after by a midwife during your labour.

Our facilities include:

  • six dedicated birth rooms with ensuite facilities.
  • room with a birthing pool
  • one emergency theatre and a theatre for planned care

We offer all forms of pain relief for your birth from transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS a method of pain relief involving the use of mild electrical current), Entonox (gas and air), Diamorphine (injection) to Epidurals. We also provide the use of the birthing pool on the labour ward, if it is safe for you to use it (depending on your medical/obstetric history)

We have a range of birthing aids to help you remain mobile and active throughout labour and to manage your pain as naturally as possible. You are encouraged to bring your own music and pillows with you – whatever may help you feel comfortable and as at home as possible.

If for any reason you need a caesarean birth (either as an emergency or planned) or instrumental delivery (forceps or ventouse) our theatre is within the main labour ward and we will discuss this with you, answering any questions you have.