A MIDWIFE at a Southampton hospital is appealing to the mum of a newborn baby to get the urgent medical they need following the discovery of a placenta. 

The plea from the director of midwifery at University Hospital Southampton comes after a human placenta was found at Holly Brook Park on Wednesday morning.

A cordon remains in place at the entrance to Lordsdale Greenway off Dale Road in Shirley.

Medical staff are urging the mum to make contact with a nurse or doctor so they can be checked over and ensure they have the physical and emotional help they might need.

Director of midwifery Emma Northover said: "We are all worried about you and we want you to get the midwifery support that you may need.

"If you have given birth unattended, without the overview of a midwife, you may be in pain, you may be suffering from bleeding or an infection which could be potentially life-threatening if left untreated.

"It’s important that your baby is also checked over to ensure that everything is ok and that they don’t need any input from the hospital team.

"If you’re not sure where to go, please come to see us at Princess Anne Hospital so we can take care of you. Alternatively, you can walk into any hospital, GP, or walk-in centre; please come forward and get the care and help you need."

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Chief Inspector Marcus Kennedy from Hampshire police, said: "We don’t know what you have been through; however, we expect that this must be a really distressing time for you if you have gone through this birth alone.

"That is why it is so important for you to speak to a nurse or a doctor so that they can make sure you are okay.

"We remain keen to speak to anyone who has concerns for someone they know who has been pregnant or recently given birth. Your information could be the key to making sure this mum gets the help that could be desperately needed."

A police cordon is still in place as the search for a missing mum and newborn baby enters its second week.

Anyone with information should call 101, quoting reference incident 1723 of June 23 or report online quoting OP Holdo.