Personalised pregnancy care, from your first visit to birth.

You can contact an obstetrician once you know you are pregnant. Your first antenatal visit helps confirm and understand your pregnancy, review your medical history, discuss any symptoms or concerns, and plan the scans and tests you may need. Starting antenatal care early also gives you time to understand nutrition, activity, medications and what to expect during the different stages of pregnancy.

Antenatal care is the regular medical care and support you receive during pregnancy before your baby is born. It includes check-ups to monitor your health and your baby’s growth, along with appropriate scans, tests and screenings. It is also an opportunity to discuss nutrition, physical activity, pregnancy changes, warning signs, emotional wellbeing and preparation for birth. Regular antenatal care helps your doctor follow how your pregnancy is progressing and identify concerns that may need additional attention.

Both usually involve giving birth vaginally, but the approach to labour and pain management may be different. Normal delivery generally means vaginal birth and may include medical support or pain-relief options such as an epidural when needed or chosen. Natural birth generally aims to allow labour and vaginal birth to progress with minimal medical intervention and without routine pain-relief medicines where possible and clinically appropriate. Support may include breathing techniques, movement, comfortable positions, relaxation and continuous physical and emotional support. The right approach depends on the mother, baby and how labour progresses, and safety always comes first.

Birth preparation can begin during pregnancy rather than waiting until labour or the final few weeks. As your pregnancy progresses, preparation can include understanding labour, discussing your birth preferences, staying appropriately active, pregnancy-safe movement or yoga, breathing and relaxation techniques, childbirth education, nutrition and preparing mentally and physically for birth. Preparation can help you feel more informed and confident, but no particular type of delivery can be guaranteed.

For some women, a vaginal birth after a previous C-section may be possible. This is known as VBAC — Vaginal Birth After Caesarean. Whether VBAC is appropriate depends on factors such as the reason for your previous C-section, the type of uterine incision, your previous birth history, your current pregnancy and the health of you and your baby. If you are considering VBAC, your obstetrician can review your individual history and discuss the potential benefits, risks and other birth options with you.

Yes. Birthwave’s pregnancy care goes beyond routine antenatal consultations by bringing together medical care with supportive services for pregnancy and birth preparation. Depending on your individual needs, your care may include nutrition guidance, pregnancy yoga and movement, childbirth education, birth preparation, pelvic health support and lactation guidance, alongside your regular antenatal care. This allows different aspects of your pregnancy journey to remain connected rather than being treated separately.

Holistic pregnancy care means caring for you as a whole person during pregnancy—not only monitoring your baby’s growth or completing routine tests. Alongside medical antenatal care, it considers areas such as nutrition, movement, emotional wellbeing, childbirth preparation, pelvic health and breastfeeding preparation. At Birthwave, the aim is to connect these different aspects of care so that you are supported through pregnancy, preparation for birth and the transition into postpartum recovery and newborn care.