MY STORY
A moment in a corridor changed everything
I had my daughter at eighteen. I'd read everything I could get my hands on during my pregnancy — this was 1997, so that meant hours in the library — and I knew I wanted a waterbirth. My doctor told me my baby was big, the shoulders would likely get stuck, and I should have an epidural. I was terrified.
When I arrived on the labour ward, scared and alone in a corridor, a familiar face appeared — the midwife who had run my antenatal classes. She put her arm around me and offered to look after me.
"If you want a waterbirth, get in that pool. You can always get out. If there's going to be a shoulder problem, it's more likely to happen if you're on your back."
Two and a half hours later, my daughter was born in the water. No issues. What she did for me that day, I have never forgotten. She took my wishes seriously when I was too frightened to hold onto them myself. She had the knowledge to position me for the best possible outcome, and the conviction to use it. That moment changed my life completely. I had to pay it forward.
She was my warrior in the room — she made me feel safe, informed and completely in control at the most important moment of my life.
— Your Bespoke Midwife client
WHAT MAKES ME DIFFERENT
22 years of experience, still evolving
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EPIGENETICS & FETAL PROGRAMMING
What you consume and how you live during pregnancy can influence your baby's gene expression — their lifelong health, starting before birth. This is rarely spoken of in standard care. I'm determined to change that.
02
10 YEARS IN BIRTH CENTRES & HOMEBIRTHS
Hundreds of births. All different. All with a woman at the centre — powerful and proud. My background in physiological birth means I understand how to support the body to do what it was designed to do.
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PRENATAL NUTRITION
Standard care hands you a list of foods to avoid and a supplement recommendation, and rarely speaks of it again. I take a very different approach — supporting you to nourish yourself and your baby through whole foods, reducing toxic load, and building the right nutritional foundations from the start. Because what you eat and how you live in pregnancy matters more than most women are ever told.
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SPECIALIST SCREENING BACKGROUND
A decade as a specialist screening midwife gives me a depth of clinical knowledge that most independent midwives simply don't have. When complex questions arise, I'm ready for them.
HOW I WORK
Collaborative, evidence-based, and completely yours
Private midwifery care isn't about working against the NHS — it's about working alongside it, or instead of it, depending entirely on what you need. I collaborate with your wider care team where you want me to, ask the informed questions you may not know to ask, and help you propose alternative plans where the standard pathway doesn't fit your circumstances or your wishes.
I work with a small number of women at any one time so that I can be fully present for each of them. I cover Yorkshire and parts of Lancashire and Derbyshire
TRUE CONTINUITY
From first appointment to postnatal care, you have me, not a rota.
Always informed
I educate you about your body, your choices, and every option available.
At the end of the phone
When I'm not with you physically, I'm a call away.
Emotionally safe
Clinical expertise and genuine human care, in equal measure.
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