It's important for you to make informed choices about the sort of care you would like and where you would like to give birth.
These choices can be discussed with your midwife beforehand and will be incorporated into your birth plan.
There is a dedicated anaesthetic rota for the delivery suite at St Helier Hospital. This means that an anaesthetist is on call, 24 hours, purely for women in labour who may request an epidural.
Complex problems are reviewed at the anaesthetic antenatal clinic (to which you may be referred or can request to be seen).
There are currently three new birthing pools at St Helier Hospital and a high dependency unit.
