August 4, 2025

Elective Caesarean If you are having a planned Caesarean section at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, you will have had this explained to you during…

August 4, 2025

Emergency Caesarean Around 1 in 4 (25%) births are caesarean births. Some of these are planned, however some happen in labour and this…

August 4, 2025

Your options of where to birth Where you give birth is up to you, it is a very personal choice and there are…

August 4, 2025

Assisted vaginal birth An assisted vaginal birth (also known as an instrumental delivery) is when a forceps or ventouse suction cup are used…

August 4, 2025

Pain relief options for labour and birth Nobody knows exactly how labour will feel until it starts. Some find that labour is bearable…

August 4, 2025

Monitoring your baby in labour and birth What is Fetal Monitoring and why do we offer it? As well as checking on you…

August 4, 2025

When to call triage in labour Working out whether you are in the early stages of labour or not can be very confusing.…

August 4, 2025

Early signs of labour and the latent phase Working out whether you are in the early stages of labour or not can be…

August 4, 2025

Having your baby – labour and birth These pages provide you with information on labour and birth, as well as some of the…

August 4, 2025