The Mummas Village - Camberley & Fleet

22/10/2025

📆 November 2025 Timetable 📆

Booking is open for my final term of 2025 Antenatal and Pregnancy Yoga classes!

Come and join me for one of our Midwife-led antenatal courses. It takes a village to raise a child, come and find yours.

Our class sizes are always small to keep us all safe and make lasting friendships, so spaces may be limited.

Our antenatal classes are AMAZING - 👩‍🏫 Facilitated by me, Anna - a mum of 3 children and a practising midwife!
ℹ️ Lots of information so you can make the empowered choices that are best for you
💜 Hypnobirthing breathing & relaxation techniques
🤰All birth options discussed including water births to planned ceasereans
🍼 All feeding options discussed
👋 Meet like minded parents-to-be & build your supportive village
📧 Weekly class emails
📱WhatsApp class group
🌍 Online Private FB Village Community network

💞 Or if you would prefer something 1-1 in the comfort of your own home please do get in touch to discuss further.

You can book via https://bookthatin.com/BookingWidget?id=1853&mode=1

E: anna@themummasvillage.co.uk
M: 07876 41828

Come and join our wonderful village! ###

13/10/2025

🤍BABY LOSS AWARENESS WEEK 2023🤍

Today we share the story of our amazing Haslemere teacher Rachel who is pictured here with her rainbow baby, born after miscarriage.
"I fell pregnant with my first son very easily and looking back, I was lucky to have had a straightforward pregnancy and then a somewhat trickier birth, but all in all, Teddy’s was a very positive story.

When he had just turned 2, we decided that it was time to think about trying for a second baby. Again, we fell pregnant in the first month and began to feel very excited about having two summer babies.

I had many of the same symptoms as I had done with Teddy, but there were also some little niggles and worries this time and I almost seemed to sense something wasn’t right. I called the pregnancy advice line a couple of times with questions and they assured me that if I had positive tests then it was a great indicator, but the lines seemed too faint to me. I couldn’t shake my concerns and worries, then began to fear it was an ectopic pregnancy or something was wrong and so I went to A&E.

I had to go in my own because we had no one to look after Teddy and I can still recall the loneliness and fear I felt as I walked through those doors. The staff who looked after me were incredible. They found me a quiet place to wait away from everyone else and came to check on me frequently while I waited. Eventually I went through to a bed and had bloods taken and they took my urine sample. I lay there with my fingers crossed, clutching my little bag of umpteen pregnancy tests and prayed. Sometime later a doctor appeared to do an ultrasound. He looked for ages and then turned to me and said he couldn’t see a heartbeat. Then he said my levels in my tests were so low that he thought I was probably going to lose this baby.
I felt numb. Tears slowly dripped down my cheeks. As it was the weekend, there were no specialists there and they needed the bed so I was moved to a chair in another quiet place to wait for some more information. Then I drove myself home.

The next morning I felt the cramps and saw the blood. It was nothing like period pains. These felt like contractions. The hospital had said to come back if I started miscarrying, but I didn’t want to be on my own there. I stayed at home and lay on the sofa and cried. We called our parents and sobbing, shared that our joy from the last calls about this pregnancy was no more.
Those days that followed were a blur. The bleeding and cramps were almost a comfort as they were the connection to our pregnancy and made it still real. I felt another wave of grief when they ended because that little, much loved baby really was no more. My emotions were all over the place. I felt grief, pain, anger, disappointment and failure.

I will never forget the people who held me up literally and metaphorically in those darkest of days. Those people who heard what I needed and were there without question. Thank you will never be enough.

Something that I found really comforting in the weeks and months that followed, even to this day really, was having something tangible that would commemorate our baby. I have a little red woollen heart, small enough to fit in the palm of my hand or in my pocket and I hold that and think of my baby. It’s a cliche too, but time does heal. As time passed, I found when I thought of our baby, I pictured them at the beach on a beautiful sunny and warm day. They’re standing at the water’s edge with their back to me, paddling and watching the waves. When I close my eyes and picture the scene, there’s an overwhelming sense of peace and happiness which brings comfort to me.

Whenever we go to the beach I walk to the water and talk to my baby and let them know I’m thinking of them and I always take a photo of the sea, my way of taking a photo of them. It brings me so much comfort.

We were then lucky enough to fall pregnant again. Throughout that pregnancy I was so anxious, so fearful of something going wrong. I didn’t relax and enjoy it. Getting to every milestone - an early scan, 12 week scan, 20 week scan, 24 week viability, feeling them move and then reaching full term at 37 weeks - gave some more reassurance, but I don’t think until I held Rupert in my arms that I truly believed he was going to be here and ok.

Miscarriage changed me. I will always wonder who that little baby, our little Poppet, would be and what they would be like. I adore Rupert and feel so unbelievably happy he is here, but we’ll always think of that baby who wasn’t able to stay with love and sadness.
I have 2 babies here in my arms and another held forever in my heart"

26/09/2025

📆 Day 4️⃣ of Black Maternal Mental Health Week was yesterday but I was sleeping off my nightshift but better late than never for such an important cause ❤️⬇️

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It’s Day 4 of Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK 2025 🩷 Today’s theme is Inclusion, Access & Communication.

What should that look like?
✨ Valuing lived experience and creating spaces where Black mothers are heard and respected.
✨ Compassionate, holistic care that integrates physical, emotional, and social wellbeing.
✨ Services that offer childcare, flexible appointments, and outreach that meets mothers where they are.
✨ Perinatal mental health care that is equitable, culturally competent, and trauma-informed.
✨ Professionals who listen first, build trust, and communicate with respect.

All of this makes Black mothers visible in services — and ensures we receive what every mother deserves: safe, high-quality maternity and mental health care.

23/09/2025

👀 Black Maternal Mental Health Week day 2- look at this amazing infographic showing practically what good care actually looks and sounds like….as well as what it doesn’t! It shouldn’t need to be spelled out, but sadly we know that it does - we are grateful to for their tireless work in this field and are proud to support them ❤️🫶🙌⬇️

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What does listening look like for Black mothers?
It looks like giving our stories respectful attention and space.
It looks like believing our experiences as truth.
It looks like turning our words into real change.

And what is it not?
It’s not interrupting or dismissing our concerns.
It’s not demanding “proof” before taking us seriously.
It’s not listening politely but then doing nothing.

As part of Black Maternal Mental Health Week, Day 2 is about making Black mothers visible by showing what true listening REALLY requires.

22/09/2025

🚨 Today is IMPORTANT

It is day 1 of Black Maternal Mental Health week and we are delighted to be supporting, amplifying and cheering on the amazing work of in support of this week.

This is why it is essential that Black Maternal Mental Health is given the spotlight it deserves ❤️🙌👏⬇️

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8 Reasons Why Visibility of Black Maternal Mental Health Matters ✨
1. To confront hidden disparities
2. To break stigma and silence
3. To humanise the statistics
4. To shape services that work
5. To amplify community solutions
6. To embed anti-racist care & cultural competency
7. To rebuild trust
8. To highlight links to maternal mortality

Bonus two:
9. To show intergenerational impact
10. To elevate Black women’s leadership

Every statistic represents a mother, a baby, and a family. Visibility makes Black mothers impossible to ignore.

Like. Share. Repost. Help make Black mothers visible.

20/09/2025

🍃 New Birth Reflection Service 🍃

I wanted to share my news about my new Birth Reflections Service that I'll be offering very soon.

Watch this space for more info about the service in the next couple of weeks.

Message me if it's something you want to find more about as you know I'm always happy to chat!

08/09/2025

Antenatal Classes can.... blow your mind!

At The Mummas Village we pride ourselves in knowing that in ALL of our antenatal classes we want you to be prepared as knowledge is power and helps you make the informed choices that are right for you and your birth journey.

For over 7 years I have been teaching antenatal classes (alongside being a midwife) with the huge focus on supporting new parents so that they can be being prepared for this exciting journey into parenthood. Sometimes birth journeys are a bit like google maps, there may be a few shortcuts or diversions but the end goal is the same however we get there. Sometimes we know what we want we just need to feel empowered to make the choices right for us!

That is why our Antenatal courses are totally AMAZING. We want each and every one of our parents to be prepared so that they can enjoy and choose their birth journey and feel empowered and full of knowledge to made the right decisions for them.

At The Mummas Village we want to make sure that EVERYTHING is discussed so that nothing will come as a surprise and if things do go off plan then you feel prepared.

We discuss
- Induction of labour
- Instrumental Births including episiotomy
- Planned and unplanned Caesarean births
- How to have a positive birth through feeling empowered in your own choices and decisions
- All aspects of infant feeding, breast, formula, expressing
- Newborn care
Our classes are hugely unique as you also get the following as part of the package
- Small classes so you can chat and make lasting friendships
- Continuity of teacher throughout your classes
- Lots of continued support from me!
- WhatsApp group so you can all chat at 3am when up feeding
- Access to our closed FB Village community group which is a wealth of information for our Village mums across Surrey and Hampshire

Do get in touch with any questions- send me a text or DM, give me a ring or email me 🙂

☆ Anna 07876 418208
☆ anna@themummasvillage.co.uk

&fleet

14/05/2025

📆 June 2025 Timetable 📆

Booking is open for my next term of June Antenatal and Baby classes!

Come and join me for one of our Midwife-led antenatal courses which include a fabulous couples class or a mums only pregnancy yoga and relaxation Friday night special! I also run baby classes which offer you and your baby fun and engaging sessions that will aid their development and support you through parenthood. It takes a village to raise a child, come and find yours. Our class sizes are always small to keep us all safe and make lasting friendships, so spaces may be limited.

I'm really excited to be running baby classes in Fleet together with continuing classes in Camberley 🙂

Our baby classes are AMAZING value for money:
⏰-Hour long sessions (other than Tiddlers & Toddlers which is 45 minutes)
🙋- Small class sizes so as not to overwhelm and to encourage connections.
👶- Age appropriate content.
🤸- Benefits baby's physical and cognitive development.
👬- Encourages socialising and language skills.
💑- Helps to build parental bonds.
🌍- Community support.

You can book via https://bookthatin.com/BookingWidget?id=1853&mode=1

E: anna@themummasvillage.co.uk
M: 07876 41828

Come and join our wonderful village! ###

24/04/2025

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🥳 New FREE resource for neurodivergent parents & carers 🎉

We are delighted to announce that PANDAS have collaborated with Birth to provide a new FREE online resource for neurodivergent people (including professionals and their networks) to help better understand how to access and advocate for support, including knowing your rights and what "reasonable adjustments" are and how they can help.

We are so proud of this free resource, and really hope it will be well used. Please do share around your networks to ensure it reaches as many people as possible ❤️ 🙌

As Victoria White, Founder and Director of ND Birth says

"We created this resource as a guide to supporting neurodivergent perinatal mental health by understanding and managing sensory and executive functioning challenges, and by communicating support needs with health professionals and supporters in line with equality legislation. We hope it will provide much-needed validation for neurodivergent people and their perinatal experiences."

Annie Belasco, CEO of The PANDAS Foundation adds

"PANDAS Foundation have noticed an increase in people who may be neurodivergent struggling with their pregnancy and beyond journeys because of a 'one size fits all' model, for their healthcare. Most noticeably, communication styles, and a lack of adjustments made to make the processes easy to understand and process. I am delighted we are able to start to acknowledging the support that parents should have to meet their needs."

To access the resource head over to the comments for the link

Thanks to for the art work, and we also want to say a HUGE thanks to the wonderful team at for helping us create this free resource - we couldn't have done it without you guys! Special thanks to Clea, Yan & Jordan ❤️ 🙏 🙌

[ID - illustration of a mother sitting on the floor cuddling her baby on its back. There is a clock on the wall in the background pointing to 1pm and a sign on the wall that says "Monday, 10am - coffee with Emma, 12pm - baby group]

04/04/2025

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