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Support for women and families, online and face to face in the Highlands. ✨ I support women and families, online and face to face in the Highlands.

Hi, I'm Lucy, a mama of two little boys, a 3 Step Rewind practitioner and a student midwife.

19/05/2025

Need support after birth, during recovery, or preparing for a planned caesarean?

I offer gentle, in-person care for new parents — so you feel held, heard, and never alone. 💛

Whether you're navigating the fourth trimester, processing a difficult birth, or planning for a calm caesarean, I'm here to support you.

🌿 Postnatal Support – £25/hour (2-hour minimum)
💬 Emotional support, practical help, and time to rest — care that’s centred on you.
👶 For when you need someone to talk to, or simply hold the baby while you shower.

🌿 3-Step Rewind – £160 (3 online sessions)
🕊️ A gentle, trauma-informed approach to help process a birth experience that felt overwhelming, frightening, or unresolved.
No pressure, no re-telling — just space to heal.

🌿 Elective Caesarean Birth Partner – Free
🤝 Support by your side on the day your baby is born.
🌸 Calm, reassuring care so you feel confident, prepared, and supported.

📍 Based in Inverness
📩 Message me to book or ask questions
🌐 www.rainbowbirthing.com

However birth or early parenthood is unfolding for you, I’m here to walk alongside you. 💛

16/04/2025

Birth and grief can sometimes go hand in hand.

I know that April can sometimes be a tricky month for me, I see lots of posts on social media talking about caesareans. And it reminds me of the absolute trenches I was in after both of my babies emergency caesareans. It’s not something I celebrate.

I love my tiny humans so much but their births make me feel sad and both births were extremely traumatic. I don’t celebrate caesarean awareness month, I just try not to think about it.

But I want you to know that if it’s also difficult for you, that’s okay.

It’s ok to grieve for the birth you wanted but didn’t get. I know I do, all the time. It’s less intense than when they were first born but I still find myself thinking about how nice a water birth would have been.

I will promise you this though, it gets easier.

11/04/2025

Whether it’s in work, studying or motherhood. Your progress will always upset someone, probably someone who is insecure within themselves and feels the need to tear others down.

Let them be upset! Focus on yourself and the progress you’re making. And take no notice of the negative Nellies or negative Normans 😆

Keep shining bright and making the world a better place! 🌟

27/02/2025

⭐️ week eight of placement ⭐️

Week eight of ten nearly done. I’m a very tired mama. I’m really enjoying the new placement area, it’s lovely and the staff are so nice. But the travel and time away from home is starting to get to me. Just a few weeks to go then I’ve got two weeks of annual leave and I intend to do NOTHING except drink coffee and watch eastenders 😆 ✅

Highlights so far-

- Gaining confidence in neonatal checks. I’ve really enjoyed doing these and learning more about escalating concerns.

- Exploring the placement area has been quite nice, I’ve discovered some new coffee spots.

- Managed to put on my first CTG successfully after not having done one in two years. The midwife I did it with was so lovely and helpful.

- Learning more about medication has been really interesting.

Low points so far-

- Leaving my suitcase that contained all my uni stuff, on the train. Having to make a 3 hour round trip to collect it from Glasgow, before then taking a 3 hour train home 🥲🥲. -10/10 do not recommend ever leaving a suitcase on the train.

- Feeling like I’m missing things at home, my toddler can now walk confidently whereas he was still stumbling like a drunk baby before I was away for a few shifts.

On a more positive note, I bought this book recently after another midwife telling me about it. Turns out I recently worked with the midwife Maria, she was so lovely and the book is excellent. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a new book to read.

15/02/2025

Sometimes you’ve just got to do it, even if you’re scared.

A few weeks ago I witnessed my first caesarean birth. It was an elective caesarean and it was so beautiful.

Although I’m in the second year of my midwifery training, up until now I’d not seen a caesarean birth. So the only experiences of theatre and caesarean births were my own two emergencies. The thought of being in theatre again filled me with panic and I would physically start sweating at the thought of going into theatre. My own births were terrifying and I didn’t have any memories of theatre that were nice, however I wanted to try and get past this feeling of panic and create new memories. After having a uterine rupture during my second birth, if I have any more it will need to be an elective caesarean birth, so I was also curious as to how different emergency and elective caesarean births were.

So when the opportunity came up to help support this mum, I took it. I am so glad I did because it was the most beautiful and almost healing experience for me. There was classical music playing, everyone was calm and the staff were lovely. It helped to reshape my view of theatre and caesareans.

I’ve now seen three tiny humans being born and I cried like a baby at the first birth, but this baby’s birth is going to hold a special place in my heart because it helped to show me that despite my own experiences- caesarean births can be calm and beautiful too.

I’m also proud of myself because I didn’t faint, vomit or cry (until later in private 😆).

19/01/2025

Let’s talk about birth grief 💛

My births go like this;

-Miscarriage
-Miscarriage
-Failed induction, poor CTG, emergency caesarean
-Tried for VBAC, APH, uterine rupture, emergency caesarean, major PPH.

I feel so sad writing about them, I simultaneously want to give my past self a hug and feel annoyed at her for agreeing to an induction and not knowing more. And then I spiral down the rabbit hole of thinking if I’d known more the first time then my second birth wouldn’t have been directly impacted by the first. (A previous caesarean puts you at an increased risk of uterine rupture)

But I’m trying to be more gentle with myself and remind myself that I did the best I could with all the information I had at the time.

I still grieve though, I grieve for what could’ve been if things had gone differently or if I’d made different decisions. I wonder what type of woman I’d be, or what type of mum, or what type of midwife I’d be if I’d had the beautiful calm and relaxing births I so desperately wanted but didn’t get. Those thoughts used to keep me up at night but I’m learning to accept that I can’t change what happened. I can only use it to help other people.

To those dealing with birth grief, I’m sending you a big hug 💛

15/01/2025

Week one of labour suite complete ✅ (finished last week but I’m a busy mum with a baby who sometimes doesn’t sleep so better late than never 😆)

I had a really lovely time in the new health board. I helped two lovely mums welcome their little humans into the world.

My first ‘catch’ was very beautiful and I burst into tears as it was such an amazing experience. Mum and dad both gave me a big hug and asked to take a picture with me.

Overall I really enjoyed my week here. I know that over the next two years, situations will pop up that bring up certain emotions for me, but I’m going with the flow and taking it one day at a time.

To future me: keep going. 🌟

01/01/2025

🌟 Happy New Year 🌟

I’m feeling quite positive about the year ahead. I’m almost halfway through my midwifery training and that is SCARY 😧- scary good though.

I’m tired of assignments and hate doing a bloody reference list at 1am 🥲😆, so I’m excited to qualify soon and be done with university.

I start back on placement next week and have opted to try a different health board to help with my PTSD. I’m excited to get back into it but feeling nervous. I’ve never worked in a different health board and feel like it’s been ages since I’ve been on placement. Have mercy on me night shifts 😆.

Overall, I’m excited to see where 2025 takes me. And I’m so thankful to have my beautiful family around me to share this adventure with. 🥂

26/11/2024

Life isn't always going to feel wonderful and happy. Sometimes it really will feel like a little dark cloud is following you around, but I promise it will pass.

Cry, let it all out and find a safe space to feel those feelings and talk about them.

11/10/2024

‘I should have 4 babies, not 2’

I often wonder who they’d be and what they’d look like. What bedtime stories they’d like, what their favorite colour would be.

This baby loss awareness week has been particularly difficult for me this year. So I’m giving myself space to be sad and sit in my grief. Having some cake and some wine.

Sending a big hug to those dealing with their own sadness this week and every other week too. 💛

08/10/2024

⭐ Postpartum Tips ⭐

- Taking the time to heal. You've gone through a really big event and understandably it's going to take some time for your body to heal. Allow yourself the time.

- Put pads in your bathroom! This tip saved me so many times. It means you don't need to scramble about trying to find them when you need the toilet. This is especially important if you've had stitches or torn as you should be changing your pad each time you go to the bathroom.

- Meal prep 2 weeks worth of meals. Cooking once baby arrives will be the last thing you want to do, but also maternity leave can be financially straining for most people so ordering takeaway each night isn't an option either. We meal prepped a lot and it was such a lifesaver because we could have nice home cooked meals without the hours of prep.

- Having a drawer of snacks in your bedroom. However you decide to feed your baby, you will still be up in the middle of the night so having a little drawer of your fav snacks will bring you a little bit of joy at 3am.

- Communicating your needs and boundaries to your partner and loved ones. This is a really important one. Let them know what you need. And discuss boundaries. This is actually a really good thing to discuss while you're still pregnant to ensure you're both on the same page regarding things like visitors.

What are your favourite tips?

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