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Nurturing Together

Nurturing Together is a welcoming, supportive space for parents in Harrogate to connect, reflect, and share their experiences from pregnancy to parenting and beyond.

Join us on Tuesday 19th November at Harrogate Neighbours Community Hub in Starbeck.

Come along to this relaxed session, where you can:

🌸 Chat with other parents and share your journey
🌸 Give feedback to the Maternity Voices Partnership to help improve future birthing services
🌸 Get information on things to do with your little one

Date: Tuesday 19th of November
Location: Harrogate Neighbours Community Hub, 16 High Street, Starbeck
Time: 10 am – 12 pm

Social isolation is tough, especially after having a baby. Your world changes, your routine shifts, and it’s hard to find the energy to meet up with friends. This event is a great opportunity to begin building that much-needed support network in a nurturing, warm environment. 🤱💗

Take the first step and come meet your community. We’re here to support you! 🫶

📢 Help Us Overcome Social Isolation – Share This With Any New Parent You Know! 👶

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Focus Group – Supporting Neurodivergent people in pregnancy and birth

We are currently working with the team at Harrogate Hospital to review how they support Neurodivergent people during pregnancy and birth.
If you are neurodivergent we would really appreciate your thoughts via our survey. No questions are compulsory so fill in as much or as little as you’d like.
If you would prefer to chat to someone rather than fill in this form we can arrange that. Please contact us via email – [email protected].

Fill in the survey here.

We will be reviewing the results of this survey and agreeing next steps on Wednesday 3rd July 9 – 11am, venue TBC.

We would love to hear from service users so if you would like to join this meeting please email us – [email protected]

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MVP Meeting

Join us for our virtual Maternity Voices meeting on Monday 17th March 7:30 – 9pm.

We’ll be talking through key themes from recent feedback and our priorities for the year with NHS staff and service users.

We would love to hear from more service users so message us on social media or email us ([email protected]) if you’d like to join.

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MVP Antenatal Stall

Representatives from Harrogate Maternity Voices Partnership will be in the Antenatal Clinic at Harrogate District Hospital on Tuesday 18th June.

Come chat to us about your experience.

  • Share feedback on your maternity journey
  • Chat to us about what you think is working well
  • Let us know what could be improved

If you feel passionate about making positive changes to our local maternity services, come talk to us about how you can be involved.

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Maternity & More

Maternity & More is an event for pregnant people in the Harrogate area.

Join us in the Antenatal department in Harrogate District Hospital on Wednesday 18th September between 6:30 and 8pm.

Come meet our healthcare professionals. Find out more about birth planning, pelvic health, breastfeeding, and safe sleeping.

We’ll also have an Ask a Midwife stall so you can ask any questions you have.

No need to book, just come along!

 

🗓️  Wednesday 18th Sept 2024

⏰  6:30 until 8pm

📍 Antenatal Department, ground floor of  Harrogate District Hospital

🌟  No need to book just come along

 

Take a look at our event set up here

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August 2022

A quick snapshot of some of the tasks we have completed over the past few months in Harrogate.

Over the last eight months, we have made some fantastic progress.

Together, we have:

  • Gathered extensive feedback from service users across the area.
  • Worked to convey this feedback to the relevant people within the healthcare profession.
  • Developed our social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram), so we now have a strong online presence with a growing following.
  • Held regular coffee mornings to support our local service users and help volunteers get to know each other.
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Experiences using the maternity services in Harrogate – Rebecca M

Here you can find stories from parents who have used our services across the local area.

Rebecca M:

My waters had been leaking for a week (misdiagnosed as urine by first midwife) so I had to be rushed onto delivery suite for antibiotics and an oxytocin drip induction – my nightmare situation! I had hoped for an intervention free homebirth but despite this my husband and I used hypnobirthing techniques to keep us calm and the room peaceful. I managed 10 hours without pain relief before the midwives managed to persuade me to have an epidural and wow what a difference it made! I absolutely loved the epidural and it made the experience a really positive one. The midwives were incredible throughout and my son was born without any further intervention. I had such a good experience I was thrilled when I needed to be induced with my second (again waters broke labour didn’t follow) and opted for an epidural straight away.

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Experiences using the maternity services in Harrogate – Louise H

Here you can find stories from parents who have used our services across the local area.

Louise H: 

I had my daughter at Harrogate, and everyone was incredibly supportive from the start of my pregnancy all the way through to the birth. I was able to use the birthing pool, and our midwife, Hayley, was also our hypnobirthing instructor so we had a bond right from the beginning. I felt understood, respected, and the health of myself and my baby was paramount.