Optimum Bumps

05/03/2026

After 3 weeks off, Optimum Bumps is back!

Our topic for this evening's session is hospital bags. What should you pack in your hospital bag? Can you take more than one bag? Do you really need disposable knickers? What should you take in the way of snacks? Will you need cash? Should you take my own birth ball? Or your own pillows? What toiletries should you take?
Even if you're planning a home birth, it's a good idea to have all your 'birthy stuff' kept in one easy to access place.

Although the sessions are free to attend, you do need to book your place, as spaces are limited.

To book your free space on this, or any Optimum Bumps session, follow the link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/optimum-bumps-2377469

02/03/2026

You don't technically have to have a bump to attend Optimum Bumps! I know that in our description it says, "anyone with a baby bump", but you are welcome to come along even if your bump hasn't yet started to show yet. You can come along any time from the day you get that postitve test result, right up until the day you give birth!

01/03/2026

26/02/2026

This coming Sunday (1st March) Optimum Bumps, along with a host of other pregnancy, birth, baby and toddler service providers will be at the Birth Network North Wiltshire's Chippenham Baby Show.

The event is free to attend, and there's even freebies up for grabs!

23/02/2026

There's no session this week. But here are the topics we've got coming up. Anyone currently growing one or more new humans inside them is welcome to come along to any, or all, of our sessions. Just follow the link, to book on: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/optimum-bumps-2377469

08/02/2026

There's no Optimum Bumps this week, or for the two weeks after that. But we'll be back on 5th March. See you then :-)

30/01/2026

Induction of labour is one if the topics we cover. It's an important one to cover, as currently around a third of all labours are induced.

If you want to read up on the subject, Dr Sara Wickham's website www.sarawickham.com is a great source of up-to-date information. Or if you prefer a book to a screen, I have copies of her books available to borrow.

27/01/2026

Congraulations to Lucy, who has given birth to a baby boy :-)

01/01/2026

No session this evening, as it's New Year's Day. But here's the topics we've got coming up. Anyone currently growing one or more new humans inside them is welcome to come along to any, or all, of our sessions. Just follow the link, to book on: www.eventbrite.com/cc/optimum-bumps-2377469

02/12/2025

Out topic for this week (Thursday 4th) is pain relief.

There are many options for pain relief during labour from self-hypnosis to epidurals, as well as a huge variety of other methods. This is a opportunity to discuss the various options available to you and how they might affect both you and your baby.

Although all Optimum Bumps sessions are free to attend, you do need to book, via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/cc/optimum-bumps-2377469

27/11/2025

Sorry, but I am going to have to postpone this evening's session, as I'm not well, and no-one wants my germs!

The session will now take place on 11th December and will be our last session, before we take our Christmas break.

If you had booked onto the session, there should be an email, about the change, in your inbox.

23/11/2025

North Wiltshire HomeBirthers has a meet up meet up this afternoon, Sunday 23rd November.

The meet up is for anyone interested in homebirth, whether you have had a homebirth, want a homebirth or are just considering a homebirth. Ask lots of questions if you're a 'homebirth hopeful' or a 'homebirth contemplator' and share your experiences if you're a 'homebirth veteran'.

They will be meeting in the Lansdowne Strand Hotel (in Calne), in the Harris Room, which can be found by turning left after entering the main doors.

Birth partners and children are more than welcome, as are birth workers (doulas, midwives and antental teachers).

Whether you want to ask people about their experiences of giving birth at home, discuss local birth pool hire options or just or chat to others who are interested in home birth, do come along to this informal meet up.

Our meetings are open to anyone within the North Wiltshire area, from Swindon and Chippenham, to Trowbridge and Marlborough, and everywhere in between.

Although you do not need to book, it would be helpful if those planning to do so, did register their interest, by following the link: