My Birth Support

My Birth Support Award winning perinatal mental health support for parents, carers and the whole family. In Canterbury and online. Find support here 👇

We're delighted to invite you to be part of our Winter 2025 SisterZ Advocates Programme: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/...
10/10/2025

We're delighted to invite you to be part of our Winter 2025 SisterZ Advocates Programme: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1783830508069

Our four week course will help you learn practical advocacy tools so you can feel more confident and capable when managing your health and that of your family.

We will meet over four Thursday mornings at Canterbury & District Early Years Project, 11A South Street, Canterbury CT1 1EA:

* 6th November at 9.45 for refreshments for 10-11.30am session
* 13th November at 9.45 for refreshments for 10-11.30am session
* 20th November at 9.45 for refreshments for 10-11.30am session
* 11th December at 9.45 for refreshments for 10-11.30am session.

This support is free for women of all ages and stages in Canterbury District thanks to grants sourced by and will be delivered by Aileen White from
We're really looking forward to meeting you!

Mums Matter monthly breakfasts, for all mums: * Expectant Mums & New Mums* Experienced Mums and Grandmas* Foster & Adopt...
09/10/2025

Mums Matter monthly breakfasts, for all mums:
* Expectant Mums & New Mums
* Experienced Mums and Grandmas
* Foster & Adopting Mums
Book your place now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1731635601699

This month, Mums Matter Breakfast with Autumn Craft Making 30/10/25 is for YOU and your little ones can come too! We will supply some toys for them to play with.

Thanks to grants you can book your place for free and we ask for donations on the day when you arrive. At this breakfast you can also enjoy making some autumn crafts, helping you to meet and make friends with other mums as you create.

08/10/2025

Coercion and criminalising language have no place in maternity care. Yet too many women and birthing people are told their choices are “out of guidance” and face threats of safeguarding, social services referrals, or even police involvement. ⚠️

Midwives who support personalised decisions are also being silenced, bullied, or reported. These practices create fear, mistrust, and push some towards unassisted birth out of pressure, not preference.

Birthrights is launching a campaign to end coercive practices in maternity care and protect the rights of pregnant women and birthing people — and we need your input.

📣 Have you experienced pressure, threats or coercion in your care? Or are you a midwife or birthworker who has witnessed this?

Please share your experience in our short survey for women and birthing people at: https://bit.ly/BR_WBP (link in bio) or if you are a healthcare professional, please go to: https://bit.ly/BR_HCP (link in bio). 

Your voice will help us to challenge these practices and push for systemic change.

08/10/2025

What a wonderful morning yesterday at our Route 23 Stay and Play group! It was wonderful to meet new families and catch up with regulars. To support each other with parents discussing weaning and breastfeeding.

We enjoyed making some wooden autumn coasters together.

Aswe do each fortnight, learning tool for regulating our nervous system. This week, learning why a longer outward breath, with an open mouth can make a big difference to:
💙calm a fight/flight response, also
💜cope in birth,
💚cope when stressed,
💗get to sleep and also
❤️deal with constipation! 😅😳💩

Try it! It works for kids and adults!

Join us in a week's time on Zoom, with mums from across the UK. It's time to book your place now on Eventbrite: https://...
06/10/2025

Join us in a week's time on Zoom, with mums from across the UK. It's time to book your place now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723573377369

Every session includes:
* Space to relax and just breathe.
* Time to meet and make friends in our interactive gathering over Zoom
* A guided relaxation and visualisation which will lead you into a relaxing journalling activity
* Time to share and be heard
* A poem or reflection to finish
* Chill out time at the end to stay online and socialise

We have PAYG and membership places available. Members who block book receive a gorgeous free journaling gift in the post with everything you need to join in the sessions and carry on journaling at home. Members also get a discount because they book a block of 4 sessions together.

Become a member of our circle today!

Are you looking for a smaller Stay and Play group? Somewhere where you can just play with your child or get out of the ...
05/10/2025

Are you looking for a smaller Stay and Play group? Somewhere where you can just play with your child or get out of the house to meet a few other parents, but there is no pressure? We have the place for you!

This Tuesday (and every Tuesday in term time) we co lead a small Stay and Play group for those who find large toddler groups a bit too much at Spring Lane Neighbourhood Centre in Canterbury. It's ideal if you feel for vulnerable, anxious, are or .

Join Aileen and the Route 23 leaders this TUESDAY MORNING in Spring Lane , 9.30-11.30.

Thanks to grants sourced by My Birth Support and Route 23, this support is free for all.

Hey mums, are you looking for ways to meet and make friends with other mums? Perhaps it feels a bit daunting to go to a ...
04/10/2025

Hey mums, are you looking for ways to meet and make friends with other mums? Perhaps it feels a bit daunting to go to a baby/toddler group? This is why we offer monthly pamper breakfasts just for mums, with or without your little ones!

This month, Mums Matter Breakfast with Autumn Craft Making 30/10/25 is for YOU and anyone who identifies as a mum, whatever age or stage of parenting.

Thanks to grants you can book your place for free and we ask for donations on the day when you arrive: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1731635601699 At this breakfast you can also enjoy making some autumn crafts, helping you to meet and make friends with other mums as you create.

29/09/2025

How do you take time to rest, care for yourself, to do something fun?!

I remember when my kids were little it felt almost impossible! A morning sleep in was short but a luxury, a place to start.

Now my two are older I try to take a week off once a year to do something fun for me. One week when I don’t need to look after others but can visit somewhere I've never been and feel inspired for the year to come.

So this week our socials will be quiet, but I look forward to being back next weekend with our October newsletter and catching up with you all then!

Join us in 2 weeks on Zoom for October Maternal Journal Circle on Zoom 13/10/25 on Zoom from Canterbury, with mums from ...
28/09/2025

Join us in 2 weeks on Zoom for October Maternal Journal Circle on Zoom 13/10/25 on Zoom from Canterbury, with mums from across the UK: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723573377369

This is a great place to find like minded parents who can become friends. Book your place now on Eventbrite 👆👆.

We have PAYG and membership places available. Members who block book receive a gorgeous free journaling gift in the post with everything you need to join in the sessions and carry on journaling at home.

This month's session includes:
* Space to relax and just breathe.
* Time to meet and make friends in our interactive gathering over Zoom
* A guided relaxation and visualisation which will lead you into a relaxing journaling activity.
* Time to share and be heard
* A poem or reflection to finish
* Chill out time at the end to stay online and socialise

We're delighted to invite you to our monthly breakfast which is for anyone who identifies as a mum, whatever age and sta...
28/09/2025

We're delighted to invite you to our monthly breakfast which is for anyone who identifies as a mum, whatever age and stage of parenting. YES that's:
* new mums,
*fostering/adopting mums
* experienced mums,
* grandmas and
* great grandmas are all warmly welcome.

Babies and little ones are also invited, there will be toys for them. Book your place for free and we ask for donations on the day when you arrive: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1731635601699

Many places will be celebrating Halloween that week, but at our our event we will be celebrating autumn together instead. You can enjoy making some autumn crafts alongside breakfast, helping to you also meet and make friends with other mums.

This is a great place to come if you've never been to a group before and feel a bit nervous. We always have new mums each month so we offer a very warm and non cliquey welcome! It's also an ideal place to invite mum friends and you can enjoy breakfast together in a place that more warm, welcoming and more affordable than a coffee shop! We look forward to welcoming you!

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