Blossom: Classes With Midwife Rachel

20/08/2025

Summer Holiday Toddler Yoga ☀️

We had such a fun morning! 🙏🏻
Our little yogis got to have a go at some breathwork, asanas & shavasana all toddler style 😆

We also got to go on a Summer adventure with Kirsty - so much fun! 🫧

All future Toddler Yoga classes will be shared on here! Watch this space 👀

18/08/2025

Birth of your placenta - my top tips! 🤍

Did you know you have choices around this part of labour?!
Here are some things to consider:

✨Do you want it to be physiological or active?
Physiological means waiting for a spontaneous urge to push it out, Active means having an injection to assist it, with gentle cord traction from the midwife. Read around the differences. Consider your situation (e.g risks for bleeding), and talk to your midwife.

✨ An undisturbed first hour.
Yes, it’s not always possible but where you can, aim to have this first hour undisturbed (that means leaving baby on your chest to go through their natural process to find your breast). Weighing and Vitamin K administration can wait if you & baby are well.

✨ Delayed cord clamping.
Read about it. A baby has approximately a third of their blood in their placenta still at birth. The definition of ‘delayed’ is waiting more than a minute, but can we wait longer? (This applies to active third stage. In physiological, cord pulsation stops when complete).

✨ Any requests?
Do you want to see it? Take photos? Encapsulate?

✨ Skin to skin and maybe feed whilst you wait. The oxytocin you produce here will only help with the delivery of your placenta.

✨ What do you want in your ideal birth, and in other situations?
E.g if you have an unplanned caesarean you can highlight that you want delayed cord clamping for as long as is appropriate to your situation.

The key theme that runs through all of this? COMMUNICATION!
Learn what to consider and how to communicate it best in a Group Antenatal Hypnobirthing Course with me - booking in bio 🤍

16/08/2025

Here’s some ways you can connect to your little one in pregnancy and when they’re born. 🫶🏻

Building connection with your baby, with yourself and with other mums is one of the things I love about pregnancy yoga and mum & baby yoga 🥰

All classes available to book via https://bookwhen.com/blossomwithmidwiferachel

04/08/2025

Mum & Baby Yoga ✨
Fridays • 12:30-1:45
New Block starting 12th September (5 week course)
£60 (discount available for hypnobirthing or pregnancy yoga Mamas)
Trial option also available!
Suitable for 2-12 months postnatal

Come and join me for a beautiful class of breathwork, movement & connection. We’ll spend some time doing some yoga for us Mums, whilst your little love is by your side (or playing close by!).
Some of our movement can be done together with your baby, and they can enjoy our relaxation to close (bubbles, lights & sensory parachute). 🫧

As a Mum, I get the anxiety that can come with new groups/classes. Please be reassured that I encourage you to be led by your baby’s needs - feed, cuddle, change as you need to.

Optional coffee and a chat to other new Mums at the end to help you build connections. ☕️

Booking in bio 🤍

02/08/2025

Here’s some things you’ll hear me saying about breastfeeding 👆🏻

My other biggest tip, naturally - education. Learn about positioning & attachment and what to expect before your little one arrives. Because, it’s a journey, and you can get it all off to a better start this way 🤍

28/07/2025

I see you, expectant mama 💗

Come and spend an hour doing something for you!

Pregnancy Yoga in Brackley
• Saturdays 9:30-10:30am
• Wednesdays • Egerton Hall •. 6:30-7:30pm

Booking in bio 🫶🏻

16/07/2025

☀️ SUMMER TODDLER YOGA ☀️

Wednesday 20th Aug • 10:30 • Brackley

This class is perfect for your little one (ages 1-5) - yoga has so many benefits for children and we’ll be spending our morning moving & stretching! You can get involved too! 🙏🏻

We’ll also be joined by Kirsty from - she’ll be using songs & props to add to the Summer Fun! 😎

We can’t wait to see you there!
Booking in bio 🫧

✨ siblings under 1 go free
✨ refreshments provided
✨ no pressure on your child - they can be involved as much as they like!
✨ limited spaces

14/07/2025

11/07/2025

I’ve been quiet on here lately as we’ve been enjoying our first trip abroad with our boys 🥰

The algorithm will probably hate me for it 🙄 so here’s a little reintroduction! 👋

Over the Summer I’ll have classes running including:
🩷 Pregnancy Yoga (Wednesdays & Saturdays)
🩷 Group Antenatal Hypnobirthing Course (August 31st & Sept 6th) *1 SPACE LEFT*
🩷 Parent & Baby Yoga is back in September (booking now open, including a TRIAL CLASS option)
🩷 Toddler Yoga session in August, details coming very soon 👀

Booking link in bio! ✨
Thank you for following my page!

Rachel 🫶🏻

09/07/2025

Okay so this trend is probably not ideal for me as 1. I do care about your feelings and 2. I’m always aware of how what I say affects others so I’m never going to be that blunt 😂 but here’s some honest truths from me!

If you want to more about birth, I have 1 space left on August / September Group Antenatal Course. Spaces next in October ✨

07/07/2025

Can you believe this?! 😮

Thankfully, many midwives and obstetricians now know better! But as a society, we have been conditioned to think birth looks like this (birthing on your back on a bed).

Here’s a reminder to follow your instincts when it comes to movement, and laying on your back probably isn’t it.

Want to know more about birth and how to prepare & what to expect?

Join a GROUP ANTENATAL HYPNOBIRTHING COURSE with me! Link in bio ✨