What We Offer

You will get to know both Katy and Debs throughout your pregnancy, always being able to contact one of us. We also work with other Independent Midwives covering the North of England and they may provide back up care for you.

• Home birth
• Hospital birth
• Water birth
• Twin and Breech Birth
• Breast feeding support
• Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC)
• Postnatal Care
• Support in working through previous experiences.
• Private Individual Service.

Please contact us to discuss your individual needs.

Your Choices

• Are you aware of the choices available for your maternity care?
• Is it important for you to know your midwife?
• Would you like to talk through previous pregnancy/birth experiences?
• Are you experiencing difficulties obtaining the type of care/birth you want?
• Would you like to receive non-biased information about aspects of your pregnancy, such as breech birth, vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC), posterior presentation babies, induction of labour, twins, waterbirths or homebirth?
• Is a confidential service with anonimity essential to you?

Consultation

This is your opportunity to discuss your personal needs. You may wish to explore such issues as your previous birth experience, hopes and fears for this pregnancy and birth and your personal beliefs.

Consultations and all other visits take place in your home.

Before Birth

• Booking visit, which may take up to two hours.
• Antenatal care tailored to meet your individual needs all of which take place in your own home.
• Antenatal screening and testing information can be discussed and arranged at your request.
• We explore with you your options for birth, such as the place of birth, who will be present and the type of birth experience you would like.
• We will be available for you to contact us between visits.

Labour and Birth

• From 37 weeks pregnant we will be on call for you 24 hours a day for your birth. You will be given clear instructions of how to contact us.
• We will help and support you and your baby's well being in your chosen way.
• We will stay with you throughout your labour and birth and up to three hours following the birth of your baby.
• If, however, we feel transfer to hospital is necessary we will accompany you and stay with you throughout this time.
• We do not have contracts to work within the hospitals so our role would be to act as your advocate/birth support.
• We carry emergency drugs along with adult and neonatal resuscitation equipment.

After the birth

• We will provide postnatal visits to meet your own individual needs for up to 6 weeks.
• We will facilitate and support your chosen method of feeding your baby.
• We will help and support you in your transition to parenthood, as we understand it can be a tiring and emotional time.