The Rotunda Hospital, with our partners The Rotunda Foundation and KBC Bank Ireland, are having our second Maternity Open Day on Sunday 6th October, from 10am to 2pm.
Tickets are free and available through Eventbrite. Register for Free Now
Throughout the day, visitors can get a behind the scenes look at some of our maternity services, with virtual tours of the various Departments at The Rotunda Hospital.
There will be numerous talks throughout the day and information sessions hosted by our expert staff for prospective parents and mums to-be.
There will be obstetricians and midwives, fertility specialists and sonographers, dietitians and physiotherapists available on the day.
Prospective parents and mums-to-be will be able to get information on the diverse range of services that makes the Rotunda Hospital the Maternity Hospital of Choice.
We will have staff on the day to talk to you about the Hospital’s clinics and services, and the team from the Rotunda Private will be on hand to provide you with information on private and semi-private options. You can ask the community midwifery team about
services close to your home, and find out the benefits of breastfeeding from our Lactation Team.
Schedule 
10:15am: Male and Female Infertility: Investigations, Diagnosis and Treatments at the Rotunda Hospital
10:30am: Planning for Pregnancy/Preconception Care
10:45am: Choices in Antenatal Care
11:00am: Non-invasive Prenatal Testing
11:15am: Importance of Parent Education Classes
11:30am: A Pre-Pregnancy Financial Guide
11:45am: Healthy Eating during Pregnancy
12:00pm: Exercise during Pregnancy
12:15pm: Emotional Health and Wellbeing
12:30pm: Benefits of Preparing for Childbirth – Yoga & Hypnobirthing
12:45pm: Preparing for Labour and Birth
1:15pm: Role of Birthing Partner during Pregnancy with particular Emphasis on Labour and Birth.
1:30pm: Breastfeeding
1:45pm: Tea, Coffee & Light Refreshments
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Welcome to The Rotunda, the world’s longest running maternity hospital where close to one million Dubliners have been born and some 24 new babies are added to that number every day.
It’s a place of extreme highs and devastating lows. Agony and ecstasy, all happening second to second. Come behind closed doors with parents and staff as they meet in the most intimate of ways, experiencing moments that will change their lives and be remembered and retold for generations to come.
Over the course of 2018, Scratch Films and RTÉ followed the comings and goings of The Rotunda hospital in Dublin, 24 hours a day for a total of 21 days. It’s one of the most active maternity hospitals in all of Europe and the resulting series encapsulates a multitude of emotions that are part and parcel of the everyday life of this Irish institution. From euphoric highs to devastating lows.
Throughout, however, it is the humanity of the staff that shines through as we meet couples and learn about their own story together and share with them their personal experiences of bringing new life into the world.
The first episode airs Thursday 13th September, at 9.30pm on RTE 2.
In this episode, Grandmother to 18, Kay, accompanies her daughter Nicola in the labour ward in the hope of the safe arrival of baby Lar, who is to be named after his recently deceased grandfather. Also featured are young engaged couple Shauna and Daryl who are expecting their first child together and Monaghan couple Áine and Arno who have just discovered that their child in the womb has a life threatening condition that may mean he might not survive.
