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Birth Support

The right support can make a meaningful difference during birth. Continuous care from a familiar, trusted presence helps you feel calm, safe and supported. Research shows that families who receive continuous labour support often experience shorter labours, fewer interventions and greater satisfaction with their birth experience.

With a background in nursing and extensive experience in maternity care, my approach blends professional knowledge with calm, practical support. Birth support begins well before labour, with antenatal education forming a key part of preparation, ensuring you feel informed and confident before the on-call period begins.

All antenatal education is planned to be completed by 36 weeks. This allows time for understanding to settle, questions to arise naturally and confidence to build without the pressure of labour feeling close.

Once your deposit has been paid, I am available throughout pregnancy for guidance and reassurance via WhatsApp or email during normal office hours. This support is there to help you feel supported and steady as things arise in the weeks leading up to birth.

From 38 weeks, support shifts to on-call availability. We stay in close contact as changes begin, and when labour is established, I join you when the time feels right.

During labour, my focus is on you and your experience. I offer comfort measures such as supporting breathing, suggesting position changes and providing reassurance and gentle touch where helpful. I also support your partner, helping them feel confident in how they can support you. At times this is quiet presence. At others it is practical help such as fetching drinks, creating a calm environment or offering grounding reassurance.

I work alongside your midwives or medical team. They provide clinical care and oversight. My role is to support you emotionally and practically, help you understand what is happening and ensure you feel heard, supported and never alone.

After your baby is born, I remain with you for a short time to help you settle. This may include supporting your first feed, helping you feel comfortable, bringing food or drinks and gently tidying the space so you can rest and take in the first moments with your baby.

Birth support is not about directing or replacing care. It is about being alongside you, offering steady, informed support so you can move through birth feeling prepared, supported and cared for.

foundation | £1900

Every family’s needs are different, but all deserve the same steady, professional support through labour and birth. The Foundation package brings together early preparation and continuous birth support, with clear structure and boundaries so you know what to expect and when.

 

What’s included:
Introductory Meeting:
An informal meeting once you book, giving us time to get to know one another, discuss your preferences, current ideas and any questions you may have, and plan your antenatal education.

 

 

Antenatal Education:
Two antenatal education sessions (2 sessions | 4 hours), completed by 36 weeks, to ensure you feel informed and prepared before the final weeks of pregnancy.

  • The core session: covers how labour works, what is normal and how to make informed decisions as things change.
  • One elective session of your choice, allowing you to focus on what feels most relevant to you:
    • Pain and Comfort: how labour feels and how to cope.
    • Practical Preparation: getting ready without feeling overwhelmed.
    • Variations: when birth takes a different path, including induction, caesarean section and VBAC.
    • Feeding: understanding how feeding works and how to feed your baby.

 

Birth Support:

  • On-call availability from 38 weeks.
  • Continuous support throughout labour and birth.
  • Postpartum debrief within the first week after your baby’s arrival.

 

For families who would like deeper preparation, additional education, photography or extended postpartum care, the Nurture and Embrace packages build on this foundation with added depth and continuity.

NURTURE | £2480

Comprehensive care before, during and after birth.

(Package value £3260-save £780)

What’s included:
All the essentials of the Foundation package, plus:

  • Additional Antenatal Education (3 sessions | 6 hours): One further antenatal education session, bringing your total to three sessions. This allows you to explore two elective modules alongside the core session, giving you more time and space to prepare in the areas that feel most relevant to you. Elective modules can be chosen from:
    • Pain and Comfort: how labour feels and how to cope.
    • Practical Preparation: getting ready without feeling overwhelmed.
    • Variations: when birth takes a different path, including induction, caesarean section and VBAC.
    • Feeding: understanding how feeding works and how to feed your baby.
  • Birth photography: Full birth coverage in still images from labour through to the first moments with your baby, carefully edited to capture the movement, connection and emotion of their arrival. Photography is woven around your birth support so your care and experience remain fully supported and uninterrupted.

EMBRACE | £2845

The ultimate support package, with extended postpartum care.
(Package value £3825-save £980)

What’s included:

All the essentials of the Foundation package, plus:

  • The Full Education course (4 sessions | 8 hours): Four antenatal education sessions in total, delivered in the comfort of your own home. This package includes all antenatal modules, allowing time to fully prepare for labour and birth, while also being the only package to include dedicated education focused on life after birth. In addition to the core session and antenatal elective modules, Embrace exclusively includes education on:
    • Newborn Care and Behaviour, including settling, sleep and understanding normal newborn patterns.
    • Postpartum Recovery, covering physical healing, hormonal changes and emotional wellbeing.
    • Early Family Adjustment, expectations, protecting recovery and navigating the first weeks together.
  • Birth photography: Full birth coverage in still images from labour through to the first moments with your baby, beautifully edited to capture the movement and connection of their arrival. Photography is woven around your birth support so your experience remains fully supported and uninterrupted.
  • ‘The Dutch Way’ postpartum care: Nine hours of postpartum support, provided in flexible visits of at least three hours each. We will agree a loose plan for postpartum visits before birth so time is protected for you, while keeping flexibility to adapt once your baby arrives.

How do i support you during your birth?

  • Emotional support: continuous reassurance and a calm presence before, during and after birth.
  • Physical comfort: guidance on positioning, breathing, relaxation and comfort measures.
  • Knowledge and advocacy: evidence-based information to support informed choices and clear communication of your wishes.
  • Partner support: enhancing rather than replacing your partner’s role, helping them feel confident and involved.
  • Continuity of care: being with you throughout, without shifts or handovers.
  • Postnatal care: gentle guidance with feeding, recovery and settling into life with your baby.

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