Freya is baby 1000 at birthing unit
Posted: 8 December 2011 by Rob Dabrowski
A hospital birthing unit has seen its 1000th baby born in the year since it opened last December.
Photo of Vikki, Adrian, baby Freya and her big sister Eva with Alison Eagle, midwifery manager and student midwife Tina Cunningham
Freya Denbow was delivered on 30 November at the Oasis Birthing Unit, Princess Royal Hospital, Farnborough.
She was delivered by midwife Julie Holton – who also delivered the first and hundredth babies born at the unit.
Freya was given a Winnie the Pooh bear after her birth and her mother Vikki was given flowers.
Vikki, from Elmstead Woods, said: ‘We have been overwhelmed by the support we’ve received here and utterly delighted that our daughter has made her mark on the world already.
‘The experience was wonderful; it could not have been better.
‘I felt like I had three midwives there the whole time giving me different suggestions to get the baby out which I felt was really helpful.
‘We'd like to thank the midwives for the care we received.’
The hospital’s chief midwife, Donna Ockenden, said: ‘Congratulations to Vikki and Adrian on the birth of your beautiful baby girl.
‘And congratulations to the midwives on the Oasis Unit on reaching this number of births during a very successful first year.’
The birthing unit was opened on 8 December last year to give women and their families a comfortable and calm environment in which to birth their babies.
It has five en-suite birthing rooms, two of which have birthing pools.
