My amazing friend and client, Bethan, shares with us the story of Bodie's home birth. With her first birth experience being rather speedy (4.5 hours!), Bethan naturally expected second time round to be even quicker, however this wasn't the case. Bethan explains how she put trust in her body, understood her birth rights and made decisions that felt right for her throughout her labour, and these were respected by the amazing Northampton Home Birth midwives. Bethan's birth partn

The incredible Steph & her newborn daughter My gorgeous client, Steph, shares her epic second birth story with us. Steph first joined The Birth Base for my Northampton group hypnobirthing course during her first pregnancy. She absolutely smashed her first labour, and of course, went on to do the same with her second! She truly is superwoman. Often people talk about labours, especially first time ones, being very long and drawn out. But this was not Steph’s experience at all!

My beautiful client, Harriet, shares her amazing birth story with us. After joining my Northampton Group Hypnobirthing course, she decided to book in for a home birth with the Kettering Community Midwives team, hoping for a home water birth with as little medical intervention as possible. Harriet beautifully describes how peaceful and calm her labour was at home. Before birth then took an unexpected turn and the decision was made to transfer into hospital for the safe deliver

Looking after yourself when you’ve had a caesarean birth is SO important and something that is often overlooked. Unfortunately society...

Mary's Baby Shower (a gorgeous client of mine), at Cafe Marseilles Are you pregnant and looking for ideas of where to host the perfect...

My beautiful client Amy shares her two incredible birth stories. First, Amy looks back on her first birth which was a positive induction...

Back in October 2022, I was newly pregnant with my second baby and excited for my first midwifery appointment. What I didn’t know, was...

More places to explore in Northamptonshire & surrounding areas… Since becoming a Mum I’ve discovered so many amazing places I never knew...

What does a Doula do? The dictionary definition of a doula is…. ‘a woman, typically without formal obstetric training, who is employed to...

As I come to the end of my second breastfeeding journey (and possibly my last!), I’ve been reflecting on all the things I’ve learnt, the...

Maternity leave dreaming of sitting in a cafe with a hot cup of coffee, a delicious slice of cake & (hopefully!) a sleeping baby? I am...

If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen me talk about my baby boy’s eczema. Although his eczema isn’t cured, I have done a LOT of...

I recently said on my Instagram that the worst part of being a mum (or a mum to be) is having to figure out what to feed your family for...

One of my incredible private clients, Georgie, shares her birth stories, and how she went from feeling traumatised after her first birth,...

Pregnant? Here are the best things to plan to do in Northamptonshire on maternity leave! Now my baby is 8 months old I have looooved...

So maybe you’re pregnant & wondering where to spend your time on maternity leave? Or perhaps your babies are already here and you’re...

Emily & Lucas share their incredible home birth story of their second daughter. Despite being told baby was ‘big’ throughout pregnancy,...

For this year’s world breastfeeding week I am delighted to share Amy & Fergus’ incredible NICU breastfeeding journey. Amy had booked onto...

In lockdown April 2020, I had our first baby boy by emergency caesarean section. Hypnobirthing got me through an intense 42 hour labour...

My wonderful online hypnobirthing clients, Katie & Jethro, share their beautiful daughter Etta Iris Warren’s incredible birth story with...