Home Birth
If you are healthy and your pregnancy is advancing normally, why not think about having your baby at home?
Mendip Birth Centre
Mendip Birth Centre is a midwife-led Unit situated along the corridor from the Central Delivery Suite at Southmead Hospital, providing a quiet and tranquil environment for labour and birth.
Central Delivery Suite
The Central Delivery Suite, Southmead Hospital, is a consultant-led unit. If you have a medical condition, have experienced problems in a previous pregnancy or if complications arise during this pregnancy, you will be advised to have your baby in a consultant-led unit.
Southmead Maternity Virtual Tour
This tour allows you take take a virtual walk through Southmead Hospital Maternity Unit.
Unassisted Birth
We encourage you to continue to engage with the maternity team and work towards building up a sound relationship in partnership together so that you feel fully supported in your wishes for labour and birth.
Read information about birth place options on NHS.uk
Where to give birth: the options
Choosing your birth location. You can give birth at home, in a unit run by midwives (a midwifery unit or birth centre) or in hospital.
Your options about where to have your baby will depend on your needs, risks and, to some extent, on where you live.
Obesity and pregnancy
Being obese when you're pregnant increases the chance of some complications such as gestational diabetes. Make sure you go to all your antenatal appointments so your pregnancy team can monitor the health of you and your baby.
Contact North Bristol NHS Trust Maternity
Contact a midwife to book for antenatal care or leave a message on 0117 4146743
Antenatal Clinic (Appointments)
Telephone: 0117 4146924
Antenatal Clinic Midwives (Monday - Friday)
Telephone: 0117 4146929
Gestational Diabetic Team
Telephone: 0117 4141072
Percy Phillips Ward (Postnatal Ward)
Telephone: 0117 4146821 or 0117 4146822
Transitional Care Ward
Telephone: 01174145730
Maternity Triage Line
Telephone: 0117 414 6900
The Maternity Triage Line is available 24/7, 365 days a year for any urgent concerns for all pregnant and birthing people from 20 weeks pregnant through to 6 weeks postnatal, including if you are in labour. This replaces any numbers that were in use before 27 January 2026.
For all non-urgent and general enquiries, please contact your community midwife or relative department (eg Antenatal Clinic).
If you believe your concern to be an emergency , please dial emergency services.
Southmead Hospital Switchboard: 0117 9505050