Juno Midwives, Folkestone (2025)

22/07/2025

Ordered some replacement stock because we go back on call soon & discovered a Freddo in the box among IV cannulas (rarely used but handy in an emergency!), gloves (always useful) & urine dipsticks (offered at each antenatal appointment).

Needless to say the Freddo did not make it into birth bag, but a belly! 👀

💌 Book your free initial consultation to find out how we can support you on your pregnancy, birth & postnatal journey (Freddos optional).

21/07/2025

🙌 We are big fans of birth plans.

🤔 They help you figure out what’s important to you for your birth.

🙋🏼‍♀️ They communicate your wishes to your healthcare providers & help your birth partners advocate for you if needed.

✍️ They are never a waste of time and they absolutely should be more than a tick-box exercise at 36 weeks.

⬇️ Comment ‘Birth Plan’ & we’ll send you a free template to get started.

👩🏽‍💻 And if you’re looking for more support, we offer in-depth birth planning sessions where we can explore all your options & help you navigate the maternity system.

16/07/2025

Sophie shares…

🤱🏻 After almost a year of breastfeeding, these are things that helped us. It hasn’t exactly been easy…but in the same breath, I’m grateful we’ve had an overall smooth experience. These things don’t just apply to having twins!

🙌 Hiring as a lactation consultant & postnatal doula was hands down the best investment we made.

👶🏽 You can also access support from:
- NHS Infant Feeding Teams (our local team are great!)
- Breastfeeding support groups - check out
- Children’s centres
- The Breastfeeding Network’s 24/7 helpline: 0300 100 0212

🫂 The theme is…Support. Good support is key to your breastfeeding journey. Swotting up a bit too beforehand also helps!

(Also not sorry for using the song 🥤)

What helped you on your breastfeeding journey? Comment below ⬇️

05/07/2025

🙋🏾‍♀️ We bang on about this because it’s important. Going with the flow of the maternity system isn’t improving maternal or neonatal outcomes.

💁🏻‍♀️You are allowed to make choices during pregnancy that your midwife, doctor, friend, family member, doula, partner, dog etc. disagree with.

🙅🏼‍♀️ Being pregnant doesn’t mean that you hand over your bodily autonomy to other people.

🔗 Read the blog, ‘Am I Allowed?’ to find out more - the link’s in our bio.

❤️ We offer full continuity of care - from pregnancy, to birth & up to 4 weeks postnatal. We also offer birth planning sessions if you’re looking for a second opinion or support navigating the system.

📞 Get in touch to see how we can support you.

03/07/2025

🤰🏽 In our latest blog, we share what you need to know about your first midwife appointment.

🏥 We’ve worked in the NHS, so we know how the system works. Your booking appointment can set you on a path during pregnancy that you may not have anticipated or wanted.

🔗 Read the blog to find out more - the link’s in our bio.

❤️ If you’re looking for exceptional midwifery care that sees you - YOU! - as the wonderful individual you are, get in touch today & let’s have a chat about how we can support you.

30/06/2025

🗓️ Got a baby due in January 2026?

👶🏼 Our books are open for you!

💕 If you are looking for pregnancy care but are feeling a bit lost in the system, or planning a home birth and want to guarantee midwives will be there for you - independent midwifery might just be for you.

📞 Get in touch to book your free initial consultation & let’s transform your pregnancy, birth & postnatal experience.

27/06/2025

🍒The information we receive during pregnancy informs our decision making, which is problematic if we are being given cherry picked information.

📈 I was sent this graph showing an increased risk of fetal & infant death in uncomplicated twin pregnancies after 40 weeks.

🤓 I went and found the research article because I needed more information. 200 out of what??

📚When I read the paper, I could see that yes there was an increase in risk of fetal & infant death - but I found a table that gave me actual numbers. I also found that this study didn’t differentiate between the chorionicity of twins - so all types (DCDA, MCDA & MCMA) were included in the study population of 454’626 twins.

🔢 For me, seeing the numbers was useful - because I interpreted the data as still meaning that I was more likely to not experience fetal or infant death.

⏱️ Birth is never without risk. I wanted to give myself & my babies the best chance of having a physiological birth - because of the benefits for both me & them, so I chose to decline induction & wait.

🤷🏻‍♀️ We’re all different. Someone else in my shoes might feel that the benefits of having an induction or c-section at 37ish weeks outweighs the risk of fetal and infant mortality.

🧠 The point…as always…is that you need to be given all the information help you make an informed choice. Not just a graph with no context.

Graphs from the AJOG article:
‘The risk of still out and infant death by each additional week of expectant management in twin pregnancies’ (2015) Page et al. (Link to full text in stories!)

25/06/2025

😕 We’ve had this conversation a lot…

⏰ You go past 41 weeks of pregnancy, but the pressure of a hospital induction has been looming from 39 weeks (at the very latest), when your community midwife starts offering you membrane sweeps (FYI that’s a method of induction).

🏥 You really, really, really don’t want an induction of labour. So you feel that your only option is to have a caesarean section, which isn’t really a choice if you’ve been backed into it.

🎃 What’s not been discussed with you is the option to await events, instead perhaps you’ve been told your placenta will stop functioning at 42 weeks on the dot. Perhaps you’ve been told your baby will die if you don’t act.

🫂That’s not how we roll. As your independent midwives, we will discuss all your options with you and provide you with the best possible information to help you make that choice.

❓Want to wait for labour to start past 42 weeks? Fine by us.

❓Want to plan a caesarean section? Fine by us.

❓Want to talk about induction of labour, or don’t want to speak about it at all? Fine by us.

🤷🏻‍♀️ You can’t make an informed choice without knowing all the options that are available to you.

💌 Book your free initial consultation to find out what we offer & how we can support you.

19/06/2025

🥵 It’s pretty hot down in Kent at the moment, which got us thinking about hospital policies relating to newborn hats.

👒If you’ve been with us for a while, you know how we feel about hats on healthy term newborns who are indoors. Clue: we’re not into them.

👎 It’s not just that we’re not into them, but that they have the potential to cause harm.

🤔 Putting a hat on a healthy term newborn baby indoors can cause them to overheat, which is a risk factor for SIDS. It also disrupts the oxytocin olfactory pathway - which in normal person speak means you can’t sniff your baby’s head & sniffing your baby’s head gives you a big oxytocin boost.

🧠 Oxytocin - well that’s the key player hormone in everything related to birth, mothering and breastfeeding. You want to maintain high levels of oxytocin after birth because it will help your uterus to contract, which prevents heavy bleeding and also because it promotes bonding between you and your baby.

🤓 So, if a midwife is coming at your baby with a colour-coded hat moments after they’ve been born, please know that you can say no / take it straight back off again and you don’t have to explain why, but read our blog post if you want to find out more!

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