Holistic Tongue Tie Midwife

28/05/2025

Tongue Tie Assessments now available in Settle, North Yorkshire ✨

🔸 Appointments available to book on Monday 2nd June

Hi, I'm Dani and I am an experienced Midwife and Tongue Tie Practitioner providing warm, gentle and empathetic feeding support for families navigating life with their new little ones.

Get in touch if you or your baby are experiencing any of the symptoms listed or please share with any new parents you know who may be struggling with feeding their baby 💕

For more information, visit my website or feel free to contact me, I am more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

www.holistictonguetiemidwife.co.uk

🤱🏻 Infant feeding support
👅 Tongue tie assessment and frenulotomy
💭 Trauma resolution (Rewind Process)
🌙 Closing the Bones Ceremony

27/05/2025

I am happy to announce that I am now offering appointments at the wonderful Jenni’s House in Rossendale, Lancashire ✨

Hi, I'm Dani and I am an experienced Midwife and Tongue Tie Practitioner providing warm, gentle and empathetic feeding support for families navigating life with their new little ones.

Please get in touch if you or your baby are experiencing any of the symptoms listed or share with any new parents you know who may be struggling with feeding their baby.

I am also hoping to start a free Feeding Support Group at Jenni's House soon! Like or comment to let me know if this is something you would like to attend - all feeding methods, partners and other littles will be welcome 💚

23/03/2025

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Qualified Tongue Tie Practitioners are specially trained to diagnose a tongue tie following a thorough assessment. This involves taking a detailed history of your unique pregnancy, birth and feeding journey, completing a feeding assessment and observing a feed if required, and most importantly, carrying out a full oral examination which includes assessing the *function* of the tongue.

Tongue function is crucial to diagnosis as many babies (whether fed by breast or bottle) can be significantly impacted by a frenulum that, at a glance, does not look like a tongue tie.

So if you and/or your baby are experiencing any number of the symptoms listed and would like to explore whether your baby may have a restrictive tongue tie, then please get in touch 💕

07/03/2025

✨ After some oh-so-precious time away welcoming my own sweet bubba into this magical and chaotic world, I am now back walking alongside other families as they navigate the joys and challenges of life with their own new tiny people.

👣 As an experienced Midwife and Tongue Tie Practitioner, I am currently offering tongue tie assessments and releases, and holistic feeding support in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

If you are having any difficulties feeding your baby, or you suspect your baby may have a restrictive tongue-tie, then please get in touch.

🤱🏻 Infant feeding support
👅 Tongue tie assessment and frenulotomy
🌙 Closing the Bones ceremony

10/07/2022

Our culture has really embraced the idea of due dates.

We accept that they are a ‘thing’ even though they are totally man made.

We allow due dates to dictate many of our actions, thoughts, conventions and conversations around pregnancy.

But many women and families will tell you that they and everything that goes along with them can be a source of considerable stress.

It’s really disheartening to know your due date but to have a professional (or, worse, a machine) insist on changing it.

It’s immensely stressful to have to fight to not have an induction when you KNOW your baby isn’t ready to be born.

As I wrote in In Your Own Time, “Assigning a due date, allowing a machine to change it and then using that date to determine the end point of pregnancy sends a very clear message.

It conveys the idea than medical science knows more about when a baby should be born than either the baby herself or the woman whose body has created, grown and nourished her baby.”

But, when you look closely at what we know about the length of pregnancy, you find something rather curious: you find that it isn’t based on good evidence. In fact, you find – as I have done over the two decades that I have been researching this area - that, “the policy of induction at a certain point in pregnancy is largely based on fear, tradition, fashion and some outdated, misogynistic ideas rather than sound evidence.”

If you’d like to know more, visit www.sarawickham.com/time

22/05/2022

I recently went to visit a new mama with a two-week-old baby. This mama wasn't a client of mine but rather the daughter of a friend whom I offered to look in on. When I arrived with a pot of soup and some lactation slice in my bag, I found her trying to make a snack for her boisterous three-year-old whilst juggling a fussy newborn in her arms. Her husband was at work and would be till late, there was washing piled up waiting to be folded, she hadn't eaten breakfast or had a shower even though it was nearly midday.

As I took over the snack making duties and put the soup on to warm, I asked how she was getting on even though I had a fair idea just by the look in her eyes. She forced a smile as she spoke about how she was 'ok' and 'a bit tired' but I could see the tears gathering in the corner of her eyes and it broke my heart to see her try to put on a brave face, trying to cover up a situation that was far from ideal. This was a new mother who was alone, isolated, lonely, exhausted and overwhelmed and despite all of this, was still trying to pretend as though she was coping and even enjoying this time.

I also noticed that the house was full of cards and bunches of flowers ...... dead ones ......

When I mentioned all of the gifts, cards and bouquets she said 'yes, people have been so kind'.

Hmmmmmm I thought. They might have been kind, but they've also been completely thoughtless.

This new mother didn't need cards and bunches of flowers to slowly wilt and die on the mantelpiece. She needed support, she needed love, she needed another pair of hands to take the weight off her shoulders. She needed healthy food, she needed a caring touch, she needed a listening ear and she needed practical help.

I'm sorry but dead flowers don't cut it ....

The care of new mothers and parents is so woefully underappreciated and overlooked that cards and flowers rather than support and practical help have become the norm in our culture. However, as I explained to this new mama as I folded her washing and cuddled her baby so she could eat her lunch, if she had lived in India or China it would have been totally different. Historically in these cultures (and in most other indigenous cultures worldwide), there would be no snack making for the toddler or washing to fold. Instead, she would be snuggled in bed resting with her baby as others took care of her every need. She would be having a daily massage and have her belly bound for comfort. There would be delicious and nutritious meals served to her and her toddler would be amused and cared for by others giving her time to rest and recover from her birth and to fall in love and breastfeed her newborn.

The difficult truth is that the leading cause of death for new mothers after birth in most Western countries is now su***de. Let that sink in for a moment.

It is my opinion that this devastating statistic is a direct correlation to our 'bounce back' culture that doesn't honour a 'slow postpartum' but instead insists new mothers rush back into their old lives, their old jobs, their old jeans. Insta perfect. But to what cost?

How have we got it so wrong? And what can we do to reverse this damaging trajectory?

I believe that education is the key. Education about the importance of the postpartum weeks. Education about the fact that a newborn baby cannot be optimally nourished and nurtured by a mother or parent who is exhausted and depleted and whose cup is empty. Education about the value we should place on the care of new mothers and parents so that they thrive rather than just survive the weeks following birth, setting them up for a positive start to their parenting journey.

I'm determined to make this happen. I would love for you to join my Slow Postpartum revolution. Let's make the world a better place, one mother, baby and family at a time ...

With love Jojo ###

PS: You can find out how to join my Slow Postpartum movement in the comments

30/12/2021

Number 6 of our Top 9!

“BEHOLD, My Mummy!

From 2 tiny cells she grew me. For nine months she kept me safe. She felt me, talked to me, trusted me. With every ounce of her strength, she brought me earth side safely. She will nourish me, hold me, teach me, love me. My mummy, my whole world.

She’s pretty astonishing, don’t you think?”

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19/04/2021

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Following last nights episode of Call the Midwife, which featured a Neonatal Death storyline, we would like to acknowledge that many of our followers will have been affected emotionally by these scenes. With this in mind we would like to remind you that our Supporting Arms Team are here to support you ###

Please reach out to us by:
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17/04/2021

Families of all shapes, sizes and colours of the rainbow are welcome here 🌈✨

Love and family should be at the heart of the pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey.

There is no room for hate or inequality on this sacred path to new life, in whatever form that path may take.

🌿 All birthing bodies are magnificent.

🌿 And all non-birthing bodies are magnificent too!

🌿 Everyone is innately spectacular ~ I feel that overwhelmingly at every single birth I am lucky enough to bear witness to 🙏✨

Because, for me, midwifery is not simply 'with-woman', it is about all the magnificent, spectacular humans our words and actions impact on and the ripple effect that has in our society 🌊

And I think a gentle birth with loving, empowered parents is a flippin' good start to life for all the new, spectacular humans joining our magnificent families🙌

"Peace on Earth begins with birth" 🕊️❤️
-Jeannine Parvati Baker

30/03/2021

✨ S I D E - L Y I N G R E L E A S E ✨

This simple technique is astounding.

It provides a stretch to the deep pelvic muscles, releasing tension in the pelvic floor that may be causing a restriction or imbalance.

This stretching softens and lengthens the pelvic muscles temporarily, which can make space for your baby to adjust their position to something more comfortable for birth.

Babies are intuitive. They use all space available to them to be born. So when tension is released and space is made, they will use that space to adopt a more optimal position for birth.

This technique can be done antenatally and/or during labour. It can simply be used for comfort or it may be helpful if there are concerns about the baby's position or labour 'progress'.

Recently, I have seen the side-lying release work like magic when a baby's head is 'tilted' (known as asynclitic). The uneven pressure from the tilted head can effect the pattern and flow of labour, and make it more difficult for the head to move down through the pelvis. Either during or shortly after the side-lying release (on both sides), the mothers often feel something shift, the waves become more powerful and rhythmic, and the instincts of birth unfold... ✨

I am immensely grateful to Molly O'Brien, from Optimal Birth, who shared this wisdom with me. Through her Biomechanics for Birth course, I learned many simple and effective techniques like this one, which help to support the natural physiology of birth and reduce intervention 🙏

The Side-lying Release can help labor progress, reduce pain, and calm a tense pregnant person using a “static stretch” to slightly enlarge and soften the pelvis.

03/02/2021

During pregnancy and birth, women open their mind, body and soul for another. A child is born, and so is a mother✨🌙 Women emerge forever changed, in so many ways it can be hard to put into words.

Closing the Bones ceremonies honour the new mama as she navigates this sacred transition. She is rocked, massaged and wrapped, and space is held for her as she returns to herself, physically and emotionally.

"Dani held the space most beautifully for the wonderful bone closing ceremonies. Each ceremony provided a real chance to pause and let sink in all that had happened since, it was a lovely way to honour my body for all of has done for my baby. The initial ceremony was especially grounding and moving because it was the first chance to truly acknowledge the last 9 months; all of the changes, challenges, his and firsts, from body, mind and spirit. It was highly emotional and healing for me. I felt mentally clearer, emotionally more settled and physically better after the ceremonies. All of Danis experience makes her a fantastic midwife and I would recommend highly the ceremonial massage with her beautiful soul"

Thank you, Sophie Wild Robin, for sharing your journey with me and for offering to share your experience with others 🙏💕

31/01/2021

I LOVE WOMEN! Magnificent, incredible beings 🙏✨

In the past few months, I have had the privilege to meet some amazing women, who trusted me to walk beside them on their journey 👣 👣

Witnessing their raw power, vulnerability and strength is, and will always be, an honour beyond words. I thank each of you from the bottom of my heart 💕

Now that we are in 2021, me and my partner have begun our newest adventure of moving to the gorgeous mountains of North Wales 🗻 🌿🍂

⭐️ I am overjoyed to say that this means I will now be able to support families all across North Wales, across Cheshire, Warrington and up to Manchester!

Love, Dani x