HIVE Directory: Maternity Services

Our team of peer supporters and volunteers are here to support you throughout your feeding journey. Pregnant, combination feeding, expressing, exclusively breastfeeding, chestfeeding, newborn, toddler, ending your breastfeeding journey, debriefing feelings about a previous journey, whatever your situation we are here for you and everyone is welcome.

All our support is offered free of charge and we have both virtual and face-to-face options available.

Details of all our groups, and any last minute amendments are posted on our Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PompeyBreastfeeding and Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/pompeybreastfeeding/ pages.
We recommend liking and following our pages and checking them for any last minute amendments.

Early years are a crucial period of development for children. The NHS Birth to Five Guide covers a wide range of topics, providing lots of important information and tools to help parents through the different stages of child development

The Healthier Together programme relies upon patients and healthcare professionals working together to improve how local healthcare is delivered. The website provides advice for parents, young people and pregnant women, and clinical resources to support healthcare professionals – which means that your child is likely to receive consistently high-quality care, irrespective of which healthcare professional they see.

Informed Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond is a grassroots, not for profit community group.
We are committed to supporting families to create community and find the information they need when pregnant, birthing and finding their way as a new family.
We facilitate three peer support groups each month.
Portsmouth Group - Second Friday of Each Month at 10am.
Fareham and Gosport Group -Third Tuesday of Each Month at 10am.
Online Group via Zoom -Last Thursday of each month at 8pm.
We also have a Facebook Support Group for peer support through pregnancy, birth, postnatal recovery and parenting.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pregnancybirthandbeyondcommunitygroup

Services include:

Antenatal care
Postnatal care
Labour and birth care
Maternity theatres
Infant Feeding support
Parent education

However you feed your baby, it is important you receive good clear information to help you feel confident and reassure you that the feeding is going well.

Research shows that breastfeeding provides many benefits for babies and mothers, to find out more please visit the antenatal page to find out where you can access valuable information on antenatal breastfeeding classes and antenatal hand expressing.

If you have already had your baby and feel like you need extra support or information, whether breast or bottle feeding your baby please visit the postnatal page.

However you feed your baby, it is important you receive good clear information to help you feel confident and reassure you that the feeding is going well.

The Portsmouth Baby Bank aims to help alleviate child poverty and support families during times of financial and emotional stress, whilst reducing waste and promoting reuse of items.

We collect baby clothes, maternity items, toiletries, equipment, cots, prams and toys that are pre-loved, and pass them on to families in need.

Our service is provided free of charge and we receive referrals from a whole range of professionals who are in contact with families.