Overview

Each new life we help bring into this world receives only the finest medical care. That's because we at Life Healthcare believe that only the best is good enough for mother and baby.

The specialists and nursing staff at our 36 maternity facilities will walk the extra mile to smooth your transition into motherhood, and make the birth of your baby a memorable experience. Fathers are not forgotten, and are encouraged to share fully in the birth process.

Life Healthcare is well known for quality care. Our specialists and staff are dedicated to providing patients with the highest quality service.

Our maternity facilities are modern. Accommodation is generally offered in private, semi-private and smaller general wards – thus providing new mothers with choice to suit their specific needs. Neonatal intensive care or high care facilities are usually on hand for premature or full-term babies who may need specialised care.

The safety of the babies in our care is of the utmost importance to us, and parents can have peace of mind knowing that our facilities are fully secured and that the strictest safety measures are applied at all times.

Our hospitals monitor their patients' views on all aspects of their service on an ongoing basis, in order to ensure that their service continues to satisfy patients' needs.

So, if you share our view that only the best is good enough for mother and baby, make sure that you book into a Little Life maternity units for your confinement.

Facilities

Click here for list of Life Healthcare hospitals offering maternity facilities and services.

Please click on the hospital in which you are interested, for more information on its maternity facilities and services.

Botswana

• Life Gaborone Private Hospital

Eastern Cape

• Life Beacon Bay Hospital – East London
• Life Isivivana Hospital – Humansdorp
• Life Mercantile Hospital – Port Elizabeth
• Life Queenstown Private Hospital
• Life St George’s Hospital - Port Elizabeth
• Life St Mary’s Private Hospital – Mthatha

Free State

• Life Rosepark Hospital - Bloemfontein

Gauteng

• Life Bedford Gardens Hospital – Bedfordview
• Life Brenthurst Hospital – Parktown, Johannesburg
• Life Dalview Hospital – Brakpan
• Life Carstenhof Hospital – Midrand
• Life Eugene Marais Hospital – Pretoria
• Life Flora Hospital – Roodepoort
• Life Fourways Hospital – Fourways, Johannesburg
• Life Genesis Clinic – Saxonwold, Johannesburg
• Life Robinson Private Hospital – Randfontein
• Life Roseacres Hospital – Germiston
• Life St Mary’s Women’s Clinic – Springs
• Life Suikerbosrand Hospital – Heidelberg
• Life The Glynnwood – Benoni
• Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital – Roodepoort
• Life Wilgers Hospital - Pretoria

KwaZulu-Natal

• Life Chatsmed Garden Hospital – Chatsworth
• Life Empangeni Garden Clinic
• Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital – Phoenix
• Life The Crompton Hospital – Pinetown
• Life Westville Hospital

Mpumalanga

• Life Cosmos Hospital – Witbank
• Life Midmed Hospital – Middelburg

North West

• Life Anncron Hospital – Klerksdorp
• Life La Femme Clinic – Rustenburg

Western Cape

• Life Bay View Private Hospital – Mossel Bay
• Life Kingsbury Hospital - Claremont, Cape Town
• Life Knysna Private Hospital
• Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital – Pinelands, Cape Town
• Life West Coast Private Hospital – Vredenburg

Baby gallery

As part of our value-added services, parents have the option to have their newborn baby’s picture published on our website. This enable them to share this memorable experience with their loved ones, near or far.

Contact your hospital for more information or visit the Little Life website.

Your pregnancy

Preparing for the birth of your baby is an exciting time.

Our ‘Names for Life’ tool will help you in choosing a name for your baby, and the pregnancy calendar to determine your due date. Pregnancy-related articles featured in our Life Magazine will provide you with relevant information on topics such as premature babies and different birth options, to name a few.

Names for life & pregnancy tool

Falling pregnant

Ovulation calendar

One of the tools you can use to improve your chances of conceiving, is the ovulation calculator. This will help you determine the dates when you are most fertile and hence, are most likely to conceive.

You cannot fall pregnant unless you are ovulating. If your menstrual cycle is regular, then you are almost certainly ovulating regularly. The length of your menstrual cycle will determine when you are likely to ovulate. The best way to conceive is to have intercourse around the time that you are ovulating.

To find out when you're most fertile, enter the first day of your last menstrual period and then the numbers of days of your cycle (usually between 20 and 45 days). Before trying to fall pregnant, keep a detailed diary of when your periods fall to determine the length of your cycle. This calendar will act as a guide. There are no guarantees that you will definitely ovulate between the days given, or that, if you do, you will necessarily fall pregnant in that particular cycle.

Ovulation calculator tool