Service 04

Maternal Health

One pathway from a positive test to your baby's first birthday — with a midwife you can reach between appointments.

Named midwife
Start to finish
Between visits
Direct line
Ultrasound
On site
Postpartum
12 months
Midwife checking on an expectant parent during a prenatal visit
Newborn baby resting during a wellness visit
The overview

Continuity matters most when things feel uncertain

Maternity care is where fragmented systems hurt the most — repeating your history to a stranger at 34 weeks is nobody's idea of reassurance.

You're assigned a named midwife at your first appointment and she stays with you through pregnancy, delivery planning and the year that follows. She has a direct line you can use between scheduled visits, and she'd rather you called about something small than sat at home worrying about it.

We work alongside your hospital of choice for delivery, sharing records directly so the team on the day already knows your history.

The pathway

What happens, and when

A typical schedule for an uncomplicated pregnancy. Anything higher-risk gets a denser plan, built with you.

1st
Weeks 4 – 13

First trimester

Confirmation, baseline bloodwork and the conversations that set up everything after.

  • Booking appointment (60 min)
  • Dating ultrasound
  • Full blood panel & screening
  • Named midwife assigned
2nd
Weeks 14 – 27

Second trimester

Monthly checks, the anatomy scan, and planning decisions while there's time to make them calmly.

  • Anatomy ultrasound at 20 weeks
  • Monthly growth & BP monitoring
  • Gestational diabetes screening
  • Birth preference discussion
3rd
Weeks 28 – 40+

Third trimester

Visits move to fortnightly then weekly, with the practical logistics locked down early.

  • Fortnightly then weekly visits
  • Position & growth assessment
  • Birth plan finalised
  • Records shared with hospital
4th
Birth – 12 months

Postpartum year

The stage most services drop. Ours runs a full twelve months for both of you.

  • Home visit in first week
  • Lactation & feeding support
  • Newborn wellness checks
  • Perinatal mood screening
Beyond the clinical

Support that isn't on a checklist

Perinatal mental health

Mood screening at every trimester and again postpartum. Roughly one in five parents needs this support and almost nobody volunteers it unprompted.

Feeding & lactation

Two certified lactation consultants with same-week availability, because feeding problems don't keep for a fortnight.

Partner inclusion

Partners are welcome at every appointment and screened for postpartum mood too — it affects them more often than people expect.

Pelvic floor recovery

Referral into physiotherapy at six weeks as standard, rather than only when someone thinks to ask for it.

Nutrition guidance

Practical, non-judgemental advice on iron, folate and what actually matters versus what the internet insists matters.

Loss & bereavement

Dedicated appointments away from the main waiting area, and continuity with the same midwife if you choose.

Your team

The midwifery team

Six midwives and one obstetrician. You'll meet the whole team over your pregnancy, but one of them is always yours.

Naomi Oyelaran, senior midwife

Naomi Oyelaran, RM

Lead Midwife

Fourteen years in community midwifery. Runs our postpartum home-visit program.

Dr. Hana Petrov, obstetrician

Dr. Hana Petrov

Obstetrician

Oversees higher-risk pregnancies and holds joint clinics with the midwifery team.

Clara Bähr, lactation consultant

Clara Bähr, IBCLC

Lactation Consultant

Certified lactation support, including tongue-tie assessment and pumping plans.

Questions

Maternal health, answered

Our midwifery team is reachable during clinic hours for anything not covered here.

Ask Our Team

As soon as you have a positive test. Booking appointments ideally happen between weeks 6 and 9, which gives time for baseline screening and a dating scan without rushing.

We provide antenatal and postpartum care and share records with your delivery hospital, but births take place there under their team. Your midwife stays your point of contact throughout.

Dr. Petrov holds joint clinics with the midwifery team, so you get obstetric oversight without losing continuity. Genuinely complex cases are co-managed with hospital maternal-fetal medicine.

The direct line covers clinic hours. Outside those, use the 24-hour helpline — it reaches a clinician with access to your notes, not a generic call centre. For emergencies, always call 911.

Twelve months. Most services stop somewhere between six and eight weeks, which is roughly when postnatal depression peaks — so we deliberately don't.