Midwife-led baby unit celebrates 100th arrival
A new midwifery-led birthing centre is celebrating the birth of its 100th baby since opening in the summer.
Renesmae Jane Bain-Carr was born at 4:40am on January 24 - weighing in at 6lb 15oz - at the midwife-led unit at South Shields District Hospital.
She is the second child for Shannon Bain, 22, of Boldon
Colliery and her partner, Leon Carr, 23, and a little sister for Crystal-Louise Bain-Carr, who is aged 19 months.
Shannon said: “The midwives here are very supportive and they kept me very calm.
“The atmosphere is really nice, its relaxing and you feel more at home and comfortable. I would definitely come back if I had another baby.”
Jacqui Ramshaw, midwife and manager of the centre, said: “Delivering our 100th baby is a real milestone for the midwifery-led birthing centre.”
The opening of the midwifery-led birthing centre in August has meant more choice on where to give birth for local women across South
Tyneside and Sunderland.
Women who have a lowrisk pregnancy which is problem-free now have the option of:
*Using the midwiferyled birthing centre at South Tyneside District Hospital.
*Giving birth at Sunderland Royal Hospital in the consultant-led maternity unit.
*Using another maternity unit of their choice in the region. *Giving birth at home Women who have a high risk pregnancy, for example, if they are expecting twins or have experienced complications in this or a previous pregnancy, are advised to use the consultant-led unit at Sunderland Royal Hospital.