South Lakes Birth Centre

Maternity services at the South Lakes Birth Centre at Furness General Hospital (FGH) offer midwife-led and obstetric consultant-led care for both high risk and low risk women, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Within the new £12m South Lakes Birth Centre, there are fourteen labour, delivery, recovery and postnatal rooms, four of which have a birthing pool. There is also two dedicated operating theatres, a Special Care Baby Unit, a Maternity day assessment area, a Transitional Care facility, a skills lab for staff training, and a Bereavement Suite - the Rainbow Suite.

The pool rooms all have en-suite bathrooms, and are equipped with a variety of equipment, including:

• Low mattress
• Birthing stool
• Floor mats
• Birth balls

This equipment is designed to encourage your body to adopt comfortable positions during labour and birth.

Each of our birthing rooms at the South Lakes Birth Centre also has a bed for partners to stay over while supporting their partners and learning to care for their baby.

The South Lakes Birth Centre is located beside the main hospital building. There are limited drop off, blue badge, short stay and pay and display car parking spaces outside the South Lakes Birth Centre, as well as a bus stop within the main hospital grounds.

Additional Info

Our maternity services at Furness General Hospital (FGH) offer midwife-led and obstetric consultant-led care for both high risk and low risk women.

We aim to make your birth experience as special as possible, whilst also ensuring that it is safe and results in the best possible outcome for you and your baby.

Within the new £12m South Lakes Birth Centre, there are ten birthing rooms and four active birth rooms, along with two dedicated operating theatres, a Special Care Baby Unit, a Maternity Assessment area, and a Transitional Care facility.

We have four birthing pool rooms at FGH. Each room is large and airy, providing a comforting and relaxing surrounding for women in labour, and each has ensuite facilities.

For further information about Maternity Services at South Lakes Birth Centre, or to speak to a midwife, please call:
01229 491035

Dalton Lane
Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 4LF

Home Birth

Rather than coming into hospital to have your baby, many women chose to give birth at home. This option is available to women who are considered to be low-risk or have no underlying medical conditions.

You can request to have a home birth with your midwife. After the birth of your baby, care and support are provided in your home.

If you choose to have your baby at home, then the community midwifery team will be happy to support this - as long as no problems have been identified in your pregnancy. If there are additional risks which would suggest recommendation of birth in a consultant led unit, but you choose to have your baby at home, discussions can be facilitated by your named community midwife and Supervisor of midwives.