What is a Birth Centre?
Birth Centres are small units which are staffed by midwives and maternity support assistants. They offer a comfortable environment where birth is treated as a normal process and in a less clinical way than in hospital, and are suitable for women who have been assessed as having a straight forward pregnancy.
Research findings from the Birth Place in England Study 2011, which studied more than 62,000 women with a straightforward pregnancy, found:
- Birth Centres are just as safe as hospital for ‘low risk’ women
- Women who give birth in a Birth Centre are more likely to have a straightforward birth with less medical intervention (such as caesarean or instrumental birth)
- Women who give birth in a Birth Centre are more likely to be satisfied with their birth experience and are also more likely to breastfeed successfully
Contact us
Maidstone Birth Centre
- Main switchboard – 01622 220160 / 220161
Crowborough Birthing Centre
- Main switchboard – 01892 654080 / 664643