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Pre/Postnatal Consultations

(also available via Skype/ Zoom)

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I have over 30 years experience working with pregnant, birthing and postnatal women,  couples and babies.

I see childbirth as a profound and potentially empowering experience in a woman's life.

I feel passionate about helping women to grow within themselves during pregnancy and to become relaxed and confident as women during childbirth and motherhood. 

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Although my special focus has been natural, undisturbed birth, I am well aware of the challenges facing parents-to-be in achieving such a birth within the (often fear-driven) medical-based hospital system.

Because of my midwifery experience both in hospital and at home, I have many 'tricks up my sleeve' to share with expectant parents, wherever they choose to give birth.   

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I offer a wide range of consultations in person or via Skype / Zoom, including:

  • Childbirth, Breastfeeding and Parenting Education sessions 

  • Identify your options, needs and personal preferences about birth

  • Discuss fears and prepare positively for labour and birth 

  • Relaxation and breathing techniques

  • 3-6 hour private mini workshops available - Practical, empowering and important for birth partners

  • Debriefing / understanding previous birth experiences 

  • Preparing for vaginal breech birth, VBAC (vaginal birth after Caesarian) or elective caesarean birth

  • Avoiding or planning for induction of labour

  • Refresher classes and Sibling classes

  • Phone support during early or active labour

  • Breastfeeding support

I also offer:  

 

  • Baby massage classes - private or you can organise a small group

  • Pregnancy and Post Natal Massage, and Massage for Women (Shoreham by Sea)

  • Teaching partners how to massage the mother-to-be

  • Teaching pregnant women how to encourage their baby into optimal position for birth

  • Birth support / doula service

  • Breastfeeding / postnatal support  

  • Daily or occasional home visits as postnatal doula or short term Live-in Postnatal support, during the early days/weeks after birth

  • Planning or avoiding further pregnancies / natural fertility awareness

  • Pre- and postnatal photography and Birth photography

  • Professional development / in-service training for midwives, doulas, birth educators / Bowen and other Holistic Therapists/ Conference presentations

  • Birth education in schools

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"Thank you so much for our day with you last week - you were beautifully inspiring on birth, and my mental strength going into the birth now is strong and full of joy." 

Miranda

More testimonials

Appointments

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Private Consultations in Shoreham by Sea (near Brighton), West Sussex, UK

(75 minutes by train from London Victoria).

Phone / Skype / Zoom consultations available.

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£40 for first hour (for those in hardship £20 or by donation)

For sessions lasting more than 2 hours: £30 per hour.

If two or more couples do session together, £20 per hour per couple

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