Maternity Services

Pregnancy is a special time for the family, as the arrival of your baby brings new joy and bonding. This is also a time when you will make the vital selection of the doctor and hospital to help you through your pregnancy and delivery.

We have a wide range of services and facilities to care for you and your newborn.

• Maternity Facilities/Services
• Maternity Tour
• The Private Suite
• Delivery Suite
• Hospitalisation Services
• Antenatal FAST Scheme
• Nursery
• Birth Registration
• Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Antenatal Diagnostic Clinic/Antenatal Monitoring Clinic
  • Antenatal Risk Assessment Unit
  • Perinatal Audit & Epidemiology Unit
  • Peripartum Unit
  • Obstetric Ultrasound & Prenatal Diagnostic Unit
  • Obstetric Day Assessment Centre

Maternity Tour

Motherhood is always an exciting period. At KK Women's and Children's Hospital, we fully understand that a mother-to-be may have many questions regarding this memorable journey. Our customised Maternity Tours, conducted every Friday afternoon from 2.00pm to 3.00pm, provides a guided walk-through with additional insights into the hospital facilities which a mother-to-be would be utilising during pregnancy and birth.

A Typical Maternity Tour covers these essential areas:

• O&G (24-hour) Clinic
  • First and Only O&G (24-hour) Clinic in Singapore
  • Located at Basement 1 of the Women's Tower

• Delivery Suite
  • With 32 individual private delivery rooms, our Delivery Suite has the largest number of private delivery rooms in Singapore
  • Located at Level 2 of the Women's Tower

• Private Wards and 5 / 6-bedded Wards
  • Wide range of ward choices
  • Located at Levels 3 and 8 of the Women's Tower

• Admissions
  • For all general enquiries
  • Includes a convenient 1-stop counter for registration of births
  • Located at Level 1 of the Women's Tower

Signing up for the Maternity Tour

Interested parents-to-be can sign-up with our Patient Education Centre at 6394 5038 or email PEC@kkh.com.sg. The Patient Education Centre is located along the KK Women's and Children's Hospital Retail Mall at Level 1 (next to McDonald's).

Registration Hours at Patient Education Centre: 9.00am to 6.00pm (Monday to Friday)
                                                                                       9.00am to 12.30pm (Saturday)

The Private Suite

Introduced to meet the modern woman's preference for exclusive, personalised care by the obstetrician of her choice, the Private Suite offers friendly service hours (including evening and weekend clinics) that fit into every busy schedule.

As a Private Suite patient you will receive

• Personal, undivided attention from your obstetrician at the exclusive Private Suite designed to make your every consultation a pleasant experience.
• Friendly service hours including evening and weekend clinics that fit every busy schedule.
• Personalised care from your obstetrician at the delivery suite.
• The expertise and comprehensive facilities of a tertiary women's hospital, including round-the-clock emergency services, and strong neonatal, paediatric and anaesthetic support from our team of professionals.
• Priority bed bookings to private wards.
• Fast track service for investigations.
• For enquiries, please call our friendly staff at The Private Suite, hp: +65 8121 7813. Or you can send us an email at ThePrivateSuite@kkh.com.sg.

Delivery Suite

With 32 private delivery rooms, our Delivery Suite witnesses the births of 15,000 babies a year.

Each room comes with a single bed, attached bathroom with shower facilities, couch-bed, and a telephone to keep anxious family members updated on the baby's arrival.

The nurses, all experienced midwives, work closely with the obstetricians, anaesthetists, neonatologists and physicians to help mothers through their deliveries.

Another important partner in the entire experience is none other than the father-to-be. We encourage the husband or significant other to provide moral support to the mother.

Hospitalisation Services

The hospital offers both Classic and Premier Hospitalisation packages.

For Premier Hospitalisation Package

• Your chosen obstetrician will provide you private and personalised care during labour.
• Your chosen obstetrician will conduct the delivery. Medical students will not be involved in the labour and delivery.
• Patients will receive priority in bed booking.

For Classic Hospitalisation Package

• A team of trained doctors on duty will be involved in the assessment of labour.
• Your chosen obstetrician will conduct the delivery. Medical students will not be involved in the labour and delivery.

Class A1 (single-bedded) Packages

Type	Length of Stay	Package Price in SGD *
Normal Delivery	Two days	$1,659
Caesarean Delivery	Three days	$2,461

Class B1 (four-bedded) Packages

Type	Length of Stay	Package Price in SGD *
Normal Delivery	Two days	$984
Caesarean Delivery	Three days	$1,819

* Package prices shown are inclusive of GST and are effective from 1 January 2009. All rates are subject to revision without notice.

Package Features:

• Your are provided standard procedures and supplies.
• The charges cover eight hours’ usage of the Delivery Suite or 30 mins usage of Operating Theatre.
• If you have a normal delivery, the charges for the Delivery Suite will be waived after the 12th hour.
• If you have initially signed up for a Normal Delivery Package and need an Emergency Lower Segment Caesarian Section (LSCS) Delivery, the charges for the first two hours of the Delivery Suite will be waived. However, a flat rate of SGD$380 (A Class patient)/SGD$323 (B1 Class patient) will be charged for subsequent usage.
• If the actual length of your stay is shorter than the package's stipulated coverage, we shall offer a rebate for the unconsumed ward and daily treatment fee only.

The Maternity Package is not all-inclusive. The package does not include the doctor's professional fees and all neonatal related charges. All other procedures and investigations that have not been included in the package will be charged based on usage.

For more information on our Maternity Packages, you may email to maternity_package@kkh.com.sg or call us at our 24-hour hotline +65 6394 1881.

For more information on estimated total bill size for various hospitals, please visit MOH website:

• Normal Delivery
• Normal Delivery (with severe complications)
• Caesarean Delivery
• Caesarean Delivery (with severe complications)

Antenatal FAST Scheme

Our Antenatal FAST Scheme brings you greater convenience by allowing you to skip the payment and appointment-booking queue. It does so by deducting the cost of your visit from a SGD$488 deposit paid at the start. When the deposit runs out, patients will make payments using a pre-authorised GIRO or credit card. Your bill and your next scheduled appointment is mailed to you within seven working days. Available to all private obstetric patients, the Antenatal FAST scheme covers consultation, treatment and laboratory charges. The deposit can be paid via NETs, cash or credit card.

Apart from saving time in queues, you will receive a SGD$100 shopping voucher from our pharmacy upon your delivery, to celebrate the arrival of your little bundle of joy.

For more information on the scheme, please call +65 6394 3739 or visit our staff at the clinic counters.

Nursery

Babies who are well and who do not require special medical attention can stay with their mothers in the obstetric (maternity) ward.

"Rooming-in" helps parents to bond with their newborn babies and learn baby's habits, likes and dislikes. More importantly, it provides a good opportunity for parents to learn how to care for the baby, so that they can tap on the vast experience of the hospital's nurses while still in their care at the hospital.

Every obstetric ward has a Nursery, where specially trained nurses care for the baby. A team of doctors monitor the baby's health each day.

The Nursery is most suited for babies who need regular monitoring by the medical team, and babies whose mothers may not be able to care for them (e.g. immediately after a caesarean section).

Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR) Test

Before being discharged from the hospital, the baby undergoes a hearing test - the Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR) test. This test helps to detect hearing loss at birth to facilitate early intervention and treatment.

Safe and painless for the baby, it involves applying jelly tab sensors to the head, which allow a computer to receive and record the baby's response to sound. A soft earphone delivering clicking sounds will elicit response from the baby.

Birth Registration

As a proud parent you can register your newborn baby at the Birth Registration Counter located inside the Admissions Office at Level 1, Women's Tower.

You are required to register your child's birth within 14 days from the date of birth, including Sundays and public holidays. Please bring the following documents:

• Completed Notification of Live Birth Form
• Both parents' identity cards
• Original marriage certificate
• Entry permit (yellow card) if parents are permanent residents
• Passport and work permit/social visit card for non-residents
• Registration fee of SGD$39.40, inclusive of GST

Maternal Fetal Medicine

One third of the babies born in Singapore are delivered at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. All our patients enjoy a high level of coordinated care by a team of specialists in Maternal Fetal Medicine. These include obstetricians, clinical nurses, genetic counsellors and neonatologists.

Range of Services

Our Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine also specialises in the management of high risk obstetrics and the screening of fetal anomalies, and is a tertiary referral centre for complicated pregnancies.

Its ultrasound facilities and services are accredited by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Radiologists in the United Kingdom.

Antenatal Diagnostic Clinic/ Antenatal Monitoring Clinic

Antenatal Risk Assessment Unit

Perinatal Audit & Epidemiology Unit

Peripartum Unit

Obstetric Ultrasound & Prenatal Diagnostic Unit

Obstetric Day Assessment Centre

Postnatal Home Care