Mental Health : Maternity Voices

It’s not unusual for women to experience mental health problems during or after pregnancy.

Talk to your midwife or GP, there is help, support and treatment available:

The Let’s Talk Service

Let’s Talk offer talking therapies to adults in Gloucestershire who are experiencing mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression. Contact them on 0800 073 2200 or use the online referral form. Find out more via their website here.

Please also see the leaflet Emotional Health in Pregnancy and After Giving Birth.

The Perinatal Mental Health Team

Find out more about the Perinatal Mental Health Team via our specialist services page or by visiting the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust website.

Home Start

Home Start provide advice and support to parents who are going through challenging times.

Find out more about the organisation closest to you:

Home-Start Stroud District (includes Quedgeley and Kingsway)

Home-Start Cotswold

Home-Start North and West Glos (includes Tewkesbury, Forest of Dean and Cheltenham)

PANDAS Foundation

PANDAS offer support and advice to any parent who is experiencing a pre or post natal mental health illness. Visit their website here.

Samaritans

Whatever you’re going through, you can call Samaritans free any time, from any phone on 116 123. Visit their website here.

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Gloucestershire Maternity Voices

3 days ago

Re-opening of the Aveta Birth Centre at Cheltenham General Hospital:In response to the continued reduction in community transmission and falling hospital admissions related to COVID-19, we're delighted to announce that the Aveta Birth Centre at Cheltenham General Hospital will be re-opening next week.The centre was converted to a temporary surgical ward during the COVID-19 peak in January to enable urgent cancer surgery to continue. We'd like to thank families and colleagues for their patience and flexibility in accommodating this temporary change.We are now informing patients of the good news and will share an exact date with you in due course. If you have any specific questions relating to your birthing plans, please contact the clinical team directly.Restrictions aimed at reducing the spread of the virus still apply. As currently, your partner or birth supporter can attend all scans and labour and birth and although some restrictions remain for routine antenatal appointments, your support partner can attend these appointments virtually. More here: bit.ly/3pHK5atGloucestershire Maternity Voices ... See MoreSee Less

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Gloucestershire Maternity Voices

3 days ago

Had a baby in January? Here's what they were a part of! *Low number of births at Aveta due to the unit temporarily closing during January. ... See MoreSee Less

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Gloucestershire Maternity Voices

4 days ago

Protecting your #baby from tobacco smoke is one of the best things you can do to give your child a healthy start in life.If you smoke, your midwife will check your CO2 levels and you'll be referred to Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire service - We know how hard it is but, with help, you’re four times more likely to do it.Call: 0800 122 3788 Find out more: www.hlsglos.org/our-services/stop-smoking/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Gloucestershire Maternity Voices

6 days ago

We have had a few queries recently asking about the different options for birthing within a hospital unit in Gloucestershire and what facilities they each have. I thought it might be useful to share this page, as it has virtual tours of each unit. Scroll down the page to the heading 'Wards' and then you can click through each option and view the videos. www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/our-services/services-we-offer/maternity/ ... See MoreSee Less

Gloucestershire Maternity Voices

1 week ago

Hi and thank you to everyone who watched the live chat this morning and asked questions. We will be going back to them later on, to give a written answer and take forward any we didn’t know about at the time. I also want to clarify, that support partners are able to visit the maternity wards, once they have a negative test. They will be tested daily and will then be able to visit the ward for the duration of visiting times. Sorry for the confused answer to this. ... See MoreSee Less

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