Midwifery

Private Antenatal Care

All scans and appointments subject to non-refundable deposit payable on booking.

Antenatal appointments with Senior Registered Midwife Laura Gardner either exclusively or shared care with the NHS.

Private Midwife & Pregnancy Ultrasound Scans

Inclusive Pregnancy Care Bundles

Starlight offers a range of pre-paid or all-inclusive pregnancy care bundles with options for early pregnancy only or more comprehensive care throughout pregnancy.

PREGNANCY CARE BUNDLES

Private Midwife Packages

If you are interested in private antenatal care alongside ultrasound scans, please take a look at our private midwife packages.

Private Midwife Packages

Pregnancy Scans

If you are looking for diagnostic pregnancy or reassurance scans or private antenatal care follow the below links to the relevant sections

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Private Midwife Manchester

Midwife Fetal Doppler Antenatal Reassurance (£40)

At any point during your pregnancy FROM 16 WEEKS for reassurance you can arrange for a midwife to listen in to the fetal heart with a handheld Doppler at our premises.

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Antenatal Check (£80)

Should you wish to have an antenatal check with a Registered Midwife in addition to (or instead of) your NHS midwife checks you may do so at our premises.

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Antenatal and Ultrasound Scan (£140-£170)

An antenatal check with a Registered Midwife to include blood pressure, urine check, bump measurements along with an ultrasound scan performed by a Clinical Specialist Sonographer.

£20 surcharge for twins.

Book at Bury clinic for £140 with £30 deposit Book at Hale clinic for £170 with £30 deposit

Antenatal Services

Non-Invasive Pregnancy Test (NIPT) (from £425)

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) uses cell-free DNA (cfDNA) derived from the pregnancy to evaluate possible chromosomal conditions in a pregnancy. NIPT is a prenatal chromosomal screening test that can be performed as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy using a single blood draw.  

We offer the Illumina VeriSeq v2 NIPT for £425 (which has replaced Harmony) with a complimentary courier service to take your sample directly to the UK-based laboratory for speedier turnaround which is usually 5 working days.  We also offer IONACare (£450-£515) which has additional SCA and AA tests (costing an extra £65 so costing £515 in total) - IONA's lab is in Manchester and if sample is hand delivered can return results in 2-3 working days.

Price for both Illumina VeriSeq v2 and IONA NIPTs includes the blood test and an ultrasound scan with scan prints.

Book £425 Illumina VeriSeq v2 NIPT test with £90 deposit book iona nipt test from £450 with £90 deposit

Antenatal home visit

Please call to arrange this as we should be able to accommodate most requests.

Standard availability applies within a 4-mile radius of Starlight’s premises in Bury town centre and Hale village with full payment required on booking. Additional charges apply including out of hours or additional travel time but Laura covers Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire and elsewhere on request so please check with us.

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Blood Tests

We offer a range of fertility and pregnancy related blood tests, swabs and other tests, with a complimentary courier service taking your sample direct to the lab in Manchester and many services have a 4-hour turnaround meaning same-day results.

You may book any test with a £25 deposit and the balance is payable in clinic. Please confirm the tests you require prior to attending your appointment.

These are the prices for a single test of some of the more common blood tests but different, lower prices apply when several are taken together.

Beta HCG - £75

Full Blood Count (FBC) - £70

Blood Group (ABO) - £90

Ante-Natal Profile (ANTE) - £425

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Antenatal Services

Group B Strep Check & Testing (£65)

We can offer you testing for Group B Streptococcus which is not offered by the NHS

It can be done at any point in pregnancy but we suggest it at around 36-37 weeks.

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Urine Chemistry (£65)

Starlight can send off a urine sample to check for urine infections

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Vaginal Swab (£56.50)

Starlight can obtain swab results quickly from a lab in Manchester

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Additional Private Services

Should you require a Fit-to-Fly letter, a Not-Fit-To-Travel letter or other letters or documentation for work, travel or insurance purposes or otherwise, these must be requested and paid for at a cost of £50. Depending on the type of letter or correspondence required, you have to attend an appointment for an ultrasound scan and/or antenatal check.