Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar,
Co. Westmeath Ireland

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Mullingar Maternity Department

Current Beds

• 4 Antenatal
• 26 Postnatal
• 4 Delivery Rooms
• 16 Gynae Beds

Currently have 40.5 wte midwives and 3 wte health care assistants in total for all service including gynae.

Deliveries 2005

• 1956 Singleton births, 19 sets twins

• Vaginal deliveries 61%

• C/S 24.18%

• Forceps 2.2%

• Ventouse 12.3%

Services in Mullingar

• Antenatal

• Midwives Booking Clinic

• Antenatal education Co-ordinator

• Standardised information leaflets

• Antenatal classes

• Teenage classes - one to one if requested

• Early pregnancy clinic

• Colposcopy

• Urodynamics - planned for 2007

• Fetal assessment in business plan for 2007

• Labour

• Birth companion welcome all times

• Birth plans facilitated (Plan of labour consultation mother, midwife, obstetrician). Midwifery/Mother led care if no complications.

• Fetal Monitoring continuous in active management

• Routine ARM

• Mobilization encouraged

• Baths encouraged during labour if no srom

• Epidural available over a 24 period

• Tens available

• Birthing Balls

• Alternative positions for delivery

• Skin to skin

• Breastfeeding within first hour

• Suturing carried out by midwife - on-going training

• Midwives undertaken A.L.S.O. Course

• Neo-natal resuscitation Course

• Student midwives coming 2007

• Postnatal

• Rooming-in

• Breastfeeding on demand

• Hospital part of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

• Postnatal classes

• Breastfeeding Lactation Consultant

• SCBU

• S.T.A.B.L.E. Course - SCBU Nurses

• Postnatal depression advice and contacts

Working hours

39

Shift times

• 8.00am - 8.30pm

• 8.00am - 2.00pm

• 2.00pm - 8.30pm

Average number of weekends worked per month: One to two.

Education opportunities

• Breastfeeding 18hrs

• Manual Handling

• N.N.R.

• C.T.G. Study day