Lotus Midwife

Lotus Midwife Lotus Midwife is an Independent Midwifery Practice, provides antenatal care, support during your baby's birth, and postnatal care for six weeks.

Berkshire Independent Midwifery Practice is a new service launching in January 2016. I am Sarah March, registered Midwife, International Certified Lactation Consultant and Tongue-tie Practitioner. A Birth mother myself to three children, (one Vaginal Breech Birth, one Homebirth, one Premature Emergency Cesarean), and I am also blessed to have two grown up children who complete my Family. I offer t

ailored Antenatal care, unhurried and relaxed in your own home; this can be one off appointments in addition to your NHS care, or part of a complete package. For your Labour and Baby's Birth, I am experienced in Homebirth and Waterbirth, however can accompany you to your hospital birth if desired. Most hospitals do not provide insurance for independent midwives, therefore if you chose a hospital birth, (or we transfer there in the event of a complication) I can accompany you as your advocate. Postnatal support is available for six weeks following the birth of your baby, I visit you at home daily to start, and can assist you with all aspects of feeding and caring for your newborn. As a Lactation Consultant, I specialise in Breastfeeding support and can offer one to one breastfeeding antenatal and postnatal sessions, also as a one off appointment or as part of your pregnancy package. I specialise in tongue tie assessment and am qualified to perform frenulotomy (the division of the tongue tie) in babies up to six months old. Other services include:

Support and Advocacy for Consultant appointments,

Birth Plan preparation,

Previous Birth Debrief,

Pregnancy Belly Casting and Birth Art! Please do call for a chat if you feel an independent midwife might be right for you, i would be happy to answer your questions!

13/04/2026

๐ŸŒŸ How does a silicone Hakka style breastpump work?

๐ŸŒŸ These are not just milk collectors, but neither are they breast โ€˜pumpsโ€™

๐ŸŒŸ They use negative pressure to stay in place, and this same pressure pulls breastmilk out of the breast. So they donโ€™t just collect the โ€˜let downโ€™ they take that and a bit more.

๐ŸŒŸ They can be useful, but they can also cause oversupply (because of the drawing out of the extra milk) so should be used with caution โค๏ธ



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๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

06/04/2026

๐ŸŒŸWhy does your baby turn their head downwards when you are trying to latch them onto the breast?

๐ŸŒŸ Most often this is because your finger accidentally their cheek during the latch, so your baby thinks that your finger is the ni**le and they turn their head towards it

๐ŸŒŸ If you try to remember to keep your fingers hooked over their shoulder under their ears, then this should help โค๏ธ



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๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ DO NOT BUY A HOME DOPPLER๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿป If you have concerns over your babyโ€™s movements in pregnancy, please go straight to you...
03/04/2026

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ DO NOT BUY A HOME DOPPLER

๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿป If you have concerns over your babyโ€™s movements in pregnancy, please go straight to your maternity unit.

๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿป Just hearing a heartbeat does not indicate that all is well- there are two heartbeats going on- yours and your babyโ€™s. A trained midwife will be able to distinguish between the two.

๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿป A full medical check up will ensure that you and your baby are well, the presence of a heartbeat is not the full picture.

๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿป You are NEVER a bother or a burden to the midwives โค๏ธ

๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿป Please follow .count for more information, but please do not buy these products. This advert appeared on my feed as I am involved in the baby world and the scaremongering language used in it is dangerous. ๐ŸŒŸNEVER BUY A HOME DOPPLER ๐ŸŒŸ babysmovements midwife antenatal

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๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

๐ŸŒŸ Itโ€™s finally happened! Iโ€™m now able to retire ! Been saving ยฃ1 every time I heard a mum be told that sore ni**les are ...
01/04/2026

๐ŸŒŸ Itโ€™s finally happened! Iโ€™m now able to retire ! Been saving ยฃ1 every time I heard a mum be told that sore ni**les are normal ๐Ÿคฃ

๐ŸŒŸ Happy 1st April ๐Ÿฅฐ

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๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

31/03/2026

๐ŸŒŸ Shorter, more frequent pumping sessions will yeild more milk than a long pumping session that happens less frequently ๐ŸŒŸ



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๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

29/03/2026

๐ŸŒŸ I donโ€™t have a good track record with placentas ๐Ÿคฃ



๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

28/03/2026

๐ŸŒŸPostnatal wards are positively tropical ๐Ÿ๏ธ in temperature-this is to protect vulnerable mothers and babies from temperature drops due to shock, and helps babies to adjust to outside world temperatures.

๐ŸŒŸ Although immediately after birth it is important to keep baby dry and their head does take up a large proportion of their overall surface area-newborn babies who are kept skin to skin will benefit from the thermoregulation of their mothers body and will be kept warm enough.

๐ŸŒŸ Hats can interfere with the gorgeous smell of them, and itโ€™s their smell which helps to boost your milk supply, kindles the bond between you and stimulates the mothering hormones for love and protection.

๐ŸŒŸ The ideal temperature when at home is somewhere between 18 and 23 degrees Celsius.

๐ŸŒŸ Before coming home from hospital, babies are checked by maternity staff to see if they are coping well with adjusting their body temperatures to the outside world. So as long as they are well enough to be sent home-you donโ€™t have to keep a hat on.

birth

๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

27/03/2026

๐ŸŒŸ What can you really expect in the first 24hrs following your babyโ€™s birth?

๐ŸŒŸ Regardless of the type of birth you have, you may feel very tired-social media may portray this first day as magical, and in some ways it is-but it can also be overwhelming and you may worry about whatโ€™s normal.

๐ŸŒŸ Itโ€™s normal to have some bleeding, expect to continue to wee (urinate) frequently, but you may not open your bowels for a few days-and this is normal.

๐ŸŒŸ We expect baby to have four feeds minimum in the first 24hrs, one per and one meconium poo.

๐ŸŒŸ Keep this first 24hrs simple-keep baby skin to skin, and just keep sniffing the top of their gorgeous head ๐Ÿฅฐ



๐ŸŒŸ This is information I wish every new parent hadโ€ฆ save it ๐Ÿ“Œ Share it ๐Ÿ’Œ tag someone who needs to hear it ๐Ÿฅฐ

๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

26/03/2026

๐ŸŒŸWhat do you do if your baby is only a few days old and they havenโ€™t had a poo?

๐ŸŒŸThe first thing is to assess the efficiency of a feed-particularly if you are breastfeeding. Count the number of sucks per swallow- you want a maximum of 4 sucks per swallow when your baby is breastfeeding. If they are doing more than that-the latch may not be as efficient as it can be.

๐ŸŒŸ The second thing is to give some extra milk, if you feel your babyโ€™s latch is inefficient. If you are breastfeeding, prioritise breastmilk if you can with expressing or using breast compressions.

๐ŸŒŸ You must speak to your midwife if you are concerned about your babyโ€™s wet and dirty nappies.



๐ŸŒŸ This is information I wish every new parent hadโ€ฆ save it ๐Ÿ“Œ Share it ๐Ÿ’Œ tag someone who needs to hear it ๐Ÿฅฐ

๐ŸคฑSarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

๐Ÿ“ž 07557008478
๐Ÿ“งsarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
๐Ÿ›œWww.lotusmidwife.co.uk

Address

Independent Midwifery Practice
Windsor
SL46LY

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 9pm

Telephone

+447557008478

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