Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond

Including Cesarean Birth & Health Visiting

We want to hear your honest opinions on the care you received during your pregnancy, during birth and in the postnatal period with your midwife, health visitor and any other specialist services you may have accessed (i.e. Infant feeding, Mental Health, Pelvic health etc)

The information we collect will be used to identify themes so they can be shared with the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) Programme Board and our service providers so we can help to influence the improvement of our maternity and neonatal services across BaNES, Swindon & Wiltshire.

If you would like further information before completing this anonymous survey, please email us on info@bswmaternityvoices.org.uk

For easier reading, we have used ‘baby’ rather than baby/babies - if you have had, or are expecting, twins, triplets or more, please use open text boxes to share your experiences in further detail.

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* 1. Enter the first half of your postcode (i.e. SN25)

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* 2. Who is completing this survey?

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Please describe your Ethnicity / Nationality

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* 4. Do you consider yourself disabled

Yes

Prefer not to say

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* 5. What Month was your baby born/Is your baby due?

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* 6. What year was your baby born/Is your baby due?

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* 7. How many weeks pregnant were you/your partner when you gave birth? (If applicable)

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* 8. Which trust did you receive your care from?

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Where do you plan to / did you give birth? (If applicable)

Home Birth

Frome Birth Centre

Chippenham Birth Centre

Royal United Hospital (Bath)

Great Western Hospital (Swindon)

White Horse Birth Centre (Swindon)

Salisbury Foundation Trust / District Hospital

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Was this your first baby?

Yes

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* 11. What was good about your care?

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* 12. How did your midwife/sonographer/doctor support you to make decisions about your care? eg. Did your care provider explain the benefits and risks of any procedure they offered?

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* 13. What antenatal education/birth preparation did you receive? (e.g. discussions with your midwife/antenatal classes/online classes or videos etc)

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* 14. How would you describe your relationship with your care providers (midwives / doctors) during labour & birth?

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* 15. If you could change one thing about the care you received, what would it be?

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* 16. Tell us about the care you received from your health visitor

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* 17. Did you send this feedback direct to your midwife/health visitor/neonatal unit/GP

Yes - I attended a Birth Reflection/Birth Matters

Yes - I contacted PALs

No - I wasn’t aware I could contact maternity services after I’d been discharged

No - I didn’t want to make a formal complaint

No - I completed a Friends & Family form

No - I didn’t feel comfortable speaking to my midwife about the issue

No - I was concerned it would affect my care in this pregnancy or in future pregnancies

Other (please specify)

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* 18. Is there anything else that you would like to tell us? (About your care or how you think services could be improved)

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* 19. Our surveys are anonymous, however if you would like to be contacted by the MVP lead for you area please leave your name / email here:

Name

Email Address