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Ayurvedic wisdom ꕥ
📍Bristol, UK (and online)

14/08/2025

New logo ˚✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹

Theres been lots of behind the scenes happenings whilst I plan and create new ideas and offerings. Now I have a brand new, beautiful, logo to go with it.

Do you love it as much as I do!?

13/08/2025

Private midwives have just announced they are closing their services in the UK and Ireland. This is a heartbreaking loss of yet another service offering choice and alternative options to maternity care.

When will we see more value placed on providing choice for families?

Your birth matters.
Your choices matter.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this? Comment below.

11/08/2025

I’m aware of my bias when I talk about birth. I’m a Homebirth/birth centre midwife with a strong passion for physiology. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a deep respect for medical support if needed. And theres a big difference between necessary and unnecessary medical support.

Sometimes there’s a strong narrative - particularly on social media - that if we avoid all medical input then we’ll have straightforward births…a suggestion that all medical support is unnecessary.

But as a midwife I can confidently say that it simply isn’t always the case.

Let’s take a moment here…Yes, nature is incredibly clever. And yes interrupting uncomplicated pregnancies and births can cause a lot of issues. And yes, we need to change the fact that routine medicalised birth practices have become the norm.

BUT medical intervention has its place in providing safety and support for mothers and babies.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget this in pursuit of a physiological birth.

Sometimes events unfold in ways we might not be able to predict and the options are different than what may have initially anticipated.

Sometimes we may feel disappointed at having medical intervention even if it feels necessary.

It’s complex. Nature doesn’t always run smoothly.

I’ve cared for families who say they focused so much on trying to avoid it, they forgot it might actually be the best thing they could wish for in certain circumstances.

There’s no one way to give birth. It isn’t about proving anything. It’s all about feeling informed and understanding your options.

Do you agree? Did you prepare for this?

04/08/2025

When you go old-school midwifery in your clinic ✨ It’s been a fun morning of listening to babies hearts in the womb with my fetoscope and showing parents how they can hear too.

I’ll be honest I don’t usually use it as the electric sonic aid is much more common but as my sonic aid is currently being repaired I’ve pulled out the traditional tools and it’s been so refreshing going back to basics. Have you heard of this before? Any questions?

30/07/2025

My next Pregnancy Retreat Day has landed and tickets are already selling fast ✨

A day for you to rest, reset and connect with yourself, your baby and a sisterhood of other mothers. Expect tea, chats, yoga, art, hugs, seasonal food, relaxation and an exciting goodie bag! Plus cake. There is definitely cake.

Set at the beautiful in Bristol, come and be held in circle as you prepare for birth and postpartum.

See website for details or check out the link in my bio.

I can’t wait for you to join. Or maybe you’ve been looking for the perfect gift? Book now as spaces are limited.

28/07/2025

Throwback to some epic moments at the amazing retreat in Bali earlier this year ❤️

1. Welcome circle
2. Making affirmation flags
3. Learning rebozo with
4. Morning scenes at the Peace Kitchen
5. Temple prayers
6. Meeting a new family at Bumi Sehat
7. Spent a day at the birth centre
8. Moxibustion skills
9. Balinese prayer ceremony
10. Benkung belly wrapping training
11. Yoni steaming circle
12. Saying goodbye

What an incredible adventure this was. I’m still processing lots of it and happy to share more. Let me know if you have any questions?

23/07/2025

Here are the answers to the recent question box in my stories. I asked you to share how birth felt in one word and I’ve gathered the responses for you to see…

Remember there is absolutely no right or wrong answer! Each experience is unique and personal and each individual mothers truth. But I hope this selection of words helps you all the continue to explore the dynamic experience that is birth ✨

Let me know in the comments if you have more to add!

16/07/2025

So I turned 38 yesterday and also officially graduated with a masters in Global Maternal Health. Feeling grateful for getting older and a little wiser and continuing to follow my passion in midwifery care.

What a treat to be celebrated and surrounded by so much love and support ❤️

14/07/2025

Some musings about the current time in my life and all the recent changes and processing I’ve been doing.

I’d love to hear your thoughts. Let’s all hold space for each other as we navigate changing patterns, adapting, learning and growing 🌱

27/06/2025

Safety in birth.

Safety is a huge topic in birth preparation. I often hear the term brought up in decision making throughout pregnancy, particularly around where to give birth.

But it’s important to consider what safety actually means.
The truth is that the ideology behind ‘safety’ is very complex. And debatable. What one person considers safe, may not feel safe to others.

For some people, birthing at home can feel like the safest choice.

For others there is safety in being in hospitals and around medical equipment.

There’s no right or wrong. There are simply choices and decisions to be made. But I urge you to consider what safety actually means to YOU?

Oftentimes when I explore this deeper with families, safety is initially equated with physical survival.

So yes, of course, the absolute baseline is that you survive. The UK is considered a very safe country to give birth if we are only using the parameters of survival.

But birth is so much more than simply getting through alive. Safety is so much more than that. It’s about emotional safety and feeling held, heard and nurtured. It’s about physically being supported to optimise long term wellbeing and health. Safety needs to consider our whole selves.

Do you agree? What helps you to feel safe in pregnancy, birth and motherhood?

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23/06/2025

I’m SO excited to have become an official mother companion for the incredible

They are an organisation very close to my heart supporting refugee and migrant mothers through their journeys to parenthood here in Bristol. As a midwife I’ve referred many women to them over the past years and now I get to volunteer on the front line and support families directly. Here I am earlier today on my way out to visit an expectant mama as she awaits her baby’s arrival any day now.

Because every mother deserves to be heard and held and cared for.

If you don’t know them please go and check out their page and offer any support you can to keep this vital service going!

18/05/2025

I adore this quote from from a recent discussion during our time together at the retreat.

Such truth in these words. The experience of birth is beautiful and nuanced and a dance of life. It can’t be summed up in simple terms.

Do you agree?

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