Preparing to birth your baby in hospital can feel overwhelming! We know that birth is becoming more and more medicalised, caesarean births are at an all-time high, and everyone knows someone who has a horror story about induction, which they love to tell anyone who’s pregnant!

Yet for many people, hospital is still where they feel safest to welcome their baby into the world…

Congratulations! You are having a baby! This blog post is about where you can choose to birth your baby if you live in East Kent.

Your main options for birthing in East Kent are: At home, in a labour ward, in a midwife led unit, or you can travel slightly outside of our trust to access maternity services in Medway. Let's look at what each of these offers in more detail…