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Spotlight on Maternity October 2022

  • 211 Babes born
  • 102 Boys and 109 Girls
  • 0 Sets of twins
  • 25th October was our busiest day for births with 11 babies being born on that day!
  • 2 babies were born at home
  • Lightest baby is 1710g
  • Heaviest baby is 4620g
  • 123 Vaginal births
  • 67 Caesarean Section births
  • 21 Assisted vaginal births
  • Breastfeeding initiation rate was 64.3%
  • Skin to skin was achieved in 83.4% of deliveries
  • 1:1 care in labour was 97.2%
  • Induction of labour rate was 44.55%
  • 1 baby was born sleeping - We'll always remember babies lost in pregnancy and those born sleeping.

Spotlights on Maternity are available from 2020 in the document library on this page.