https://babyexpert.drfoster.co.uk/birth/
Someone put that link on here a while ago (thanks whoever it was!). If you put your hospital in and then click on 'facilities' on the left hand side it lets you know if your partner can stay with you after birth or not (it does on mine anyway). Not sure how it works though, it says mine can but that there are wards with 22 beds on?! Maybe they can if you're luck enough to get one of the 8 rooms they have instead?!
this is a really good site, my hospital says this:
Princess of Wales Hospital, BridgendConsultant Led Unit
Facilities at the unit
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Most labour units are made up of an antenatal ward, mainly for women who are in the early stages of labour or who have come in for assessment, a postnatal ward for those who have already given birth, and several labour beds, which are nearly always in single rooms.
Some units will also have amenity rooms that can make your antenatal or postnatal stay more private and comfortable. Where they are available, it may be possible to rent these rooms, or they may be allocated without charge on the basis of clinical need and availability. A few hospitals have single rooms that are used for both delivery and postnatal care, usually called Labour, Delivery, Recovery and Postnatal (LDRP) beds. Many midwife-led units also use beds in single rooms for antenatal care, labour and postnatal care. We have surveyed units to find out how many LDRP rooms are available.
Sometimes you may be required to come into the antenatal ward as labour approaches - if for example your waters have broken. Often women would like their partners to be able to stay with them if this happens but many units do not allow this, which can be distressing, but ensures that the ward is women-only during the night.
Maternity units are increasingly keen to dispense with the intimidating environment of a traditional labour ward and offer a greater range of birthing options such as home-from-home rooms complete with comfortable furniture and tea-making facilities. Water birth is an established alternative to the labour bed, and though many units now offer this service, not all midwives are trained in water births and this service may not be available.
* How many labour wards/ rooms are there:: 6
* Number of beds in each labour ward/room: 6
* How many postnatal wards/rooms are there: 27
two 6 bedded bays plus 3 single rooms and an overflow 6 bedder for ante/postnatal beds
* Number of beds in each postnatal wards/rooms: 27
* Number of LDRP rooms: (Single rooms used for delivery and postnatal care) : 0
* Number of single rooms available for women to recover following birth: 3
Facilities in LRPD or single rooms
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* Use a private bath/shower attached to their room (en suite): In some rooms
* Use a private toilet attached to their room (en suite): In some rooms
* Have bean bags, pillows and mats provided in their room: In no rooms
Amenity Rooms
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* Do women have to pay to have a room they do not have to share: No
Facility for womens partners to stay in the same room with them
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* Before they go into labour: Yes
if side room available they can stay
* When they are in labour: Yes
* After the birth: Yes
if they are in a side room
Security Measures available
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* Ankle bands for the baby: No
* Cot alarms: Yes
* CCTV: Yes
* Restricted access: Yes
* Additional measures: No
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More information on shared units
Shared midwife and consultant units: This is the traditional hospital-based maternity unit staffed with doctors and midwives which account for the vast majority of births in the UK. These units have consultant obstetricians on staff and are able to deal with both complex and straightforward pregnancies and deliveries. Many will offer a choice of being under the supervision of a doctor or a midwife, although if there are complications you will almost certainly be put under the care of a doctor. These units are capable of carrying out all medical interventions in childbirth and can offer a full anaesthetic service, including epidurals.
Midwife-led units: These maternity units do not have consultants working in them and offer services for women who show no signs of having any difficulty giving birth naturally. Most of them are staffed entirely by midwives although in a few GPs with training in obstetrics also provide care.
By and large these units offer a very different style of care compared with consultant units. In general there are no anaesthetists to administer epidurals and no surgeons to perform caesarean sections. Interventions are very limited. Midwife-led units can provide an environment in which women are given support to give birth without medical intervention or high levels of drugs for pain relief. However, if you do get into difficulties at one of these units, you would be quickly transferred to a large hospital.
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) and the second night as well. On the third night, i was a wreck because I thought i was going to be discharged and wasnt, and he finally spent the night! LOL
