Home Births

Good news: Our Home Birth service resumed on 21st October 2024. Please go here to read our latest update, issued on 10th September, 2024.

If you want to discuss anything  about your birth options, please contact your community team, the numbers for the teams should be on your maternity record or you can follow this link for contact details for each community midwife team. Information about the different birth settings is available here.

About home births

We know you feel most comfortable in your own home, so understandably you may want to give birth here.

Only around 5% of babies are born at home. But we know it can be an amazing experience for you and your family and we will support you the best we can.

We plan to always have a midwife with you throughout your labour and two midwives with you for the birth.

Transfer rates are similar to those seen in the Birth Centre at Neath Port Talbot Hospital. A quarter of first-time mums and just 8% of women who have given birth before are likely to need transferring to Singleton Hospital around the time of birth.

Need further help? This link takes you to a birth places decision leaflet.

We would ask you make contact with us as soon as you have any signs of labour, which will help us plan your care.

See below for further information and useful links.

Online antenatal course

FREE across Wales. For everyone around the baby: Mums, Dads, Grandparents, friends and relations.

Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby - Available 24/7

For more information on how to access the free online antenatal course, please follow this link. 

Social media

Go here to the Swansea Bay Maternity Services Facebook page.