Walking With You Private Midwife

05/04/2025

If you have fertility treatment, it can feel very strange and lonely when you are discharged from the clinic which helped you become pregnant. I offer midwifery care and support from the very earliest days of pregnancy - walking with you - whatever that journey brings. I understand the challenge of balancing optimism with realism when your path to parenting has been tough. I understand the complex emotions. I am here for you.

29/03/2025

Sometimes pregnancy is hard. Sometimes it is frightening. Sometimes serious and life changing decisions have to be faced. As a private midwife with a special interest in complex pregnancy I am able to spend time with my clients and to spend lots of time thinking about them and considering how I can help them most effectively. Continuity of care can make a huge impact in coping with challenges. In cases of need I will always seek to offer reduced cost options so that people who would really benefit can access it. Please reach out if this is you - or share the info with those around you

22/03/2025

Trauma from pregnancy or birth makes many people avoid another pregnancy. I offer trauma informed care - to debrief, understand and process the experience and then to walk with you through a future pregnancy, birth and early days. It is an absolute privilege and joy to watch the transformation in a woman and her family. This is true midwifery.

19/03/2025

What should we feed children? What is “healthy”?

ICYMI

🗞️Fabulous (if depressing) feature on baby snacks, pouches and so-called growing up milks by in Saturday's

📗📘📙Draws on 🍐 reports on baby foods, ultra-proceesed foods & growing up/toddler milks and drinks (links in bio)

‘Manufacturers have done a spectacular job of convincing many parents that feeding a baby with highly processed pouches, powders and crisp-like snacks is not just the convenient option but the healthier and better one. Does your baby refuse greens? A pouch will provide all the veg they require. Worried about your child choking? Give them a “melty” snack’



❓🤑The million dollar question: ‘How bad do things have to get in the baby food aisle before the government finally decides to protect infants – and parents – from this flood of oversweetened and highly processed food and drinks?’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/15/ultra-processed-babies-are-toddler-snacks-one-of-the-great-food-scandals-of-our-time

10/03/2025

If you have had NIPT funded by the NHS please consider getting involved with this.

08/03/2025

Because “midwife “ is a protected title I am bound by the same registration requirements as all NHS midwives. Many people (including some NHS colleagues) don’t realise this. When you choose a private midwife you get a fully qualified, up to date, insured professional who has time and energy for you and your individual situation. In the 5+ years that I have worked outside the NHS I have learned so much that I never had time to even think about before! Working as part of the Private Midwives family gives me personal and professional support, excellent professional updating opportunities and clinical governance oversight of my work. If you want to know more please explore my website or reach out for a chat

01/03/2025

This is part of a very moving review from a client whose birth suddenly became very complicated. She writes that “knowing that Angie would keep me and my baby safe, she helped me through what suddenly turned into a very difficult and dangerous birth”. When I identified that things had suddenly changed from the very normal birth we were expecting, she trusted me implicitly. That trust was crucial in achieving a safe birth of her beautiful baby.

22/02/2025

The birth of your baby is the start of your new life. It can be wonderful, exhilarating, terrifying and exhausting all at once! Having a midwife you know visiting you at home in the early days can make an enormous difference to how you feel. As well as providing the physical checks, weighing baby, the bloodspot test, supporting with feeding and so on, a private midwife has time to listen to your concerns, to explain things and to help you work out how your family life will be. We support your preferences and help you to parent in the way that is best for you. Rest is vital, so stay at home. Get expert advice and information as well as practical support from one midwife who visits frequently.

15/02/2025

You don’t have to turn your back on the facilities and expertise the NHS can offer. As a private midwife I am delighted to be asked to share in providing professional support for your journey to becoming a parent. Like you, I want that journey to be as safe and enjoyable as possible. I can be the continuity even in the most complex pregnancy. I can walk with you, explaining, advocating for you and your baby/babies, carefully assessing the situation and providing advice and information that you need. I can attend NHS appointments with you, be with you during labour and birth in hospital, but also be with you at home. I am always happy to chat, within obligation at all, so please feel free to reach out if you want to know more

08/02/2025

Sometimes you need more time with a midwife than the NHS can readily offer you. If you have questions or concerns in pregnancy, want an extra check up or are seeking an alternative and personalised perspective on things you have been told- call me! If you would like postnatal care at home, at a time to suit you, I can provide the care you and your baby need. As a fully qualified and experienced midwife, working outside the NHS , I have time to provide truly personal care and aim to offer unbiased, evidence based information. Most appointments last around 2 hours.

04/02/2025

Some very useful advice here from Kathryn

01/02/2025

You don’t have to be planning a homebirth to benefit from continuity of care from a private midwife. As a qualified, experienced and insured midwife I can support you to birth your baby wherever (and however) is most appropriate for you. I also have plenty of time to help you consider the options. I’m always happy to chat if you live in Sussex and want to know more about my services.