Annerley
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Annerley is a well established company offering a wide range of services for pregnant women and young families in Hong Kong. Having evolved from the former Annerley Midwives, the company has expanded from midwifery services to include a comprehensive range of courses, individual consultations and specialised services for antenatal care, the postnatal period and the early years of parenting.
Our staff are trained health professionals specialising in their particular areas of expertise. Annerley is jointly owned and run by Hulda Thorey and Deborah Taylor, two health professionals with many years of experience working in their particular fields.
Our maternity programme, based on the UK National Health Service, covers the period from pregnancy to 6 weeks after the birth and includes influences from Australia and Scandinavia, with the two leading midwives being from these areas. We work in partnership with our clients to ensure that they receive the best possible maternity care available in Hong Kong. We actively encourage partner participation as much as possible throughout the pregnancy, birth and particularly in the role of parenting. Our clients are our leaders, with safety and emotional wellbeing featuring as equally important factors in the process of birth and parenthood.
We offer the following services:
Early antenatal appointment:
A short introduction to Hong Kong's maternity services and options, lasting around 20 - 30 minutes. This consultation includes information about government hospitals and clinics, private health care, insurance and a short précis of our own services.
Antenatal clinic:
In co-operation with the services provided by private obstetricians or public hospitals, each appointment lasts 30 minutes and covers routine check-ups such as urine testing, blood pressure and listening to the heartbeat. A normal assessment of baby's size and position is made and the emotional and physical wellbeing of the mother is ensured. IF complications are detected, the mother is referred to an obstetrician. These check-ups are popular amongst parents that use the government system and who want additional information. It is also an opportunity to get to know your midwife and to cut down on the waiting time for appointments!
Antenatal Classes:
We are sound believers in natural childbirth methods. Therefore, we encourage and offer special classes for those wanting natural childbirth, with the sessions being based on deep relaxation methods. HYPNOBIRTHING classes have now proved themselves over and over with an almost 100 percent success record for those wanting a natural childbirth. However, we realise that this is not everybody's choice of coping methods for the birth, so we also run the more traditional group antenatal sessions, BABIES AND BEYOND. These popular classes offer more generalized information about birth, medical interventions and parenting. For those with busy schedules and work commitments, we also offer private or semi-private courses to better suit your availability. The Semi-Private FAST FORWARD Classes (limited to 4 couples only) are held on Saturdays and cover the same traditional topics of the larger group classes, but compact the 5-week timescale of the larger classes into two 4-hour weekend sessions. The Private Classes, whilst broadly similar to the Group Classes, are tailored to focus on an individual client's needs. Finally, for those expecting more than one arrival, we hold special classes for twin parents, according to demand.
Our staff are trained health professionals specialising in their particular areas of expertise. Annerley is jointly owned and run by Hulda Thorey and Deborah Taylor, two health professionals with many years of experience working in their particular fields.
Our maternity programme, based on the UK National Health Service, covers the period from pregnancy to 6 weeks after the birth and includes influences from Australia and Scandinavia, with the two leading midwives being from these areas. We work in partnership with our clients to ensure that they receive the best possible maternity care available in Hong Kong. We actively encourage partner participation as much as possible throughout the pregnancy, birth and particularly in the role of parenting. Our clients are our leaders, with safety and emotional wellbeing featuring as equally important factors in the process of birth and parenthood.
We offer the following services:
Early antenatal appointment:
A short introduction to Hong Kong's maternity services and options, lasting around 20 - 30 minutes. This consultation includes information about government hospitals and clinics, private health care, insurance and a short précis of our own services.
Antenatal clinic:
In co-operation with the services provided by private obstetricians or public hospitals, each appointment lasts 30 minutes and covers routine check-ups such as urine testing, blood pressure and listening to the heartbeat. A normal assessment of baby's size and position is made and the emotional and physical wellbeing of the mother is ensured. IF complications are detected, the mother is referred to an obstetrician. These check-ups are popular amongst parents that use the government system and who want additional information. It is also an opportunity to get to know your midwife and to cut down on the waiting time for appointments!
Antenatal Classes:
We are sound believers in natural childbirth methods. Therefore, we encourage and offer special classes for those wanting natural childbirth, with the sessions being based on deep relaxation methods. HYPNOBIRTHING classes have now proved themselves over and over with an almost 100 percent success record for those wanting a natural childbirth. However, we realise that this is not everybody's choice of coping methods for the birth, so we also run the more traditional group antenatal sessions, BABIES AND BEYOND. These popular classes offer more generalized information about birth, medical interventions and parenting. For those with busy schedules and work commitments, we also offer private or semi-private courses to better suit your availability. The Semi-Private FAST FORWARD Classes (limited to 4 couples only) are held on Saturdays and cover the same traditional topics of the larger group classes, but compact the 5-week timescale of the larger classes into two 4-hour weekend sessions. The Private Classes, whilst broadly similar to the Group Classes, are tailored to focus on an individual client's needs. Finally, for those expecting more than one arrival, we hold special classes for twin parents, according to demand.
