Sam Rhodes Midwife

25/08/2025

If you know of anyone wanting a community midwife whose baby is due in September or early December this year, I have some spaces available! I also have some spaces in February 2026.

I can take 2 women in September, 2 women in early December and 3 women in February 🩷 I support mums in hospital, Bethlehem Birthing unit and at home if low risk.

I also have spaces every month to support mums who are planning to have an elective caesarean.

Message me on 0226996404.

22/08/2025

🥲

We are saddened to hear news of the passing of Michel Odent, whose vision and writing reshaped the way we understand human birth.

Michel Odent reminded us that birth is not a medical procedure to be controlled, but a primal rythm to be respected. He advocated for home-like maternity units, warm water births, protecting the birthing woman's privacy and honouring her instincts, undisturbed contact between mother and newborn; he was among the first to discuss the importance of the microbiome, and question many of the practices that had (and have) become normalised in overmedicalised maternity systems globally.

Michel Odent's legacy lives on in every dimmed, quiet birthing room, and in every midwife his words and work inspired to join our profession.

Thank you, Michel, for your passion, vision and committment to women and newborns.

Photo: Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA

27/06/2025

Follow her!

12/06/2025

Wow!

During pregnancy, fetal cells migrate out of the womb and into a mother’s heart, liver, lung, kidney, brain, and more. They could shape moms’ health for a lifetime, Katherine J. Wu reported in 2024:⁠ https://theatln.tc/qozjIdje
⁠
The presence of these cells, known as microchimerism, is thought to affect every person who has carried an embryo, even if briefly, and anyone who has ever inhabited a womb. The cross-generational transfers are bidirectional—as fetal cells cross the placenta into maternal tissues, a small number of maternal cells migrate into fetal tissues, where they can persist into adulthood. ⁠
⁠
Genetic swaps, then, might occur several times throughout a life. Some researchers believe that people may be miniature mosaics of many of their relatives, via chains of pregnancy: their older siblings, perhaps, or their maternal grandmother, or any aunts and uncles their grandmother might have conceived before their mother was born. “It’s like you carry your entire family inside of you,” Francisco Úbeda de Torres, an evolutionary biologist at the Royal Holloway University of London, told Wu.⁠
⁠
Some scientists have argued that cells so sparse and inconsistent couldn’t possibly have meaningful effects. Even among microchimerism researchers, hypotheses about what these cells do—if anything at all—remain “highly controversial,” Sing Sing Way, an immunologist and a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, told Wu. But many experts contend that microchimeric cells aren’t just passive passengers. They are genetically distinct entities. And they might hold sway over many aspects of health: our susceptibility to infectious or autoimmune disease, the success of pregnancies, maybe even behavior. ⁠
⁠
If these cells turn out to be as important as some scientists believe they are, they might be one of the most underappreciated architects of human life, Wu writes.

12/06/2025

💙 ONLINE 💙

Would you like to learn some breastfeeding basics or looking for a helpful refresher to boost your confidence on your breastfeeding journey?

Join Liora Noy, The Village NZ expert educator and Lactation Consultant for a relaxed, online Zoom class designed to support you on your breastfeeding path!

✨ What to Expect:
- Essential breastfeeding techniques and tips
- Support for common challenges and questions
- A welcoming, supportive space to connect with other mums
- Open Q&A to address your personal concerns

🔗 Register for the class through the link in the comments.

06/06/2025

👶🏼👶🏻👶🏽👶🏿👶🏼👶🏻👶🏽The BOP Multiples Asc has independently fundraised for this incredible offer for all their multiples members.
You can contact me directly (I’ll sort the backend stuff) if you are a current or soon to be current member of The Multiples Asc and I’ll provide 2 sessions fully funded with you, in your home.

These are tailored to your specific needs, are not means-tested and have been super beneficial to the clients I’ve worked alongside.
Everyone wants to hold the baby(s) but who holds the mother?
I do. ♥️⚓️

“Sarah is awesome! I didn’t really feel up to engaging with visitors much in the postpartum period, but within a few minutes of her first visit, I felt like I’d known her for years. Having newborn twins can feel like a constant juggle and emotions are high, so when Sarah was around with a listening ear and helping hand for burps, I felt totally at ease. Can’t recommend her highly enough!”
- Lizzie

Email me: sarah@anchormepostpartum.com
👶🏼👶🏿👶🏽👶🏻👶🏼

22/04/2025

Pretty cool animation of baby's growth. No wonder our pelvis can get sore!

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/169qqaE9H2/

18/03/2025

23/02/2025

A bit of immunisation in pregnancy info below for all the mammas!

23/01/2025

23/01/2025

Back to work tomorrow 24th Jan in our new clinic. See you soon!