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I provide a full birth preparation programme in order for mums to have positive and calm birth.

08/12/2025

International Volunteers Day - 5/12/2026

A little late on the posting side (I do have an excuse that it was also my birthday! 🥰)

The other day marked International Volunteers Day. Throughout this year, I have started volunteering in three seperate roles, all of which I love 🥰❤️

For nearly a year now, I have been volunteering on the post-natal ward at East Surrey Hospital
This has involved helping to answer the call bells from mums beds and assisting with helping mums with what they need, as well as helping the MSWs and midwives where possible. I adore this role and always look forward to going in.

Back in the summer, I also qualified as a Peer Supporter with the amazing Cafe Milk! 🥰 This is a wonderful charity who help families with feeding support. Each week, clinics are held across various locations across East Surrey. I volunteer at the Redhill clinic on a Wednesday. As a Peer Supporter, I lend a listening ear and shoulder so that families can be heard and get the support they deserve.

As well this year, I also became a volunteer for
They do such incredible work listening to families and collating feedback from services across the board, and from this, ensuring that changes are made in order to improve services and family experiences.
Throughout the year, I have promoted and shared to make sure families do provide feedback and have also shared feedback myself.

I love doing all three roles and being part of a wonderful community to make parenthood a smooth journey as possible for everyone.

Hope to meet more wonderful families soon and in the new year! 🥰

26/11/2025

It's a Christmas episode!! 🥰🎄

In this episode. myself and the lovely Emma chat all about what to expect if you are due your baby around Christmas time.

We discuss the potential pressures, including induction chat, you may face and how you can navigate this and the options available to you.

We also chat about one of our favourite words, oxytocin! How this is the perfect time of year to boost this lovely hormone and all the lovely Christmassy things you can do to naturally boost this.

So sit back, enjoy, and maybe have a mince pie or two whilst you are listening! 🥰

To listen to episode, search 'The East Surrey Bump to Baby' on your podcast streaming platform.

Alternatively copy and paste the following link:- https://open.spotify.com/episode/2kd2hhOxWhahA4dDYZ4D3a?si=eYUBFnwYRBikegKa4NzHaQ

Link to our podcast is also available in my bio.

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄

15/11/2025

✨️ My amazing work colleagues! ✨️

These two come everywhere with me when I teach 🥰 they are both such an integral part of my teaching when I do my hypnobirthing & antenetal education.

I look at these two and it reminds me how incredible women are! How incredible our bodies are!

Something that is really important to me is that mums-to-be fully understand what happens during birth and how contractions work. The biomechanics of birth and what the uterus needs to do to birth baby and what it requires in order to do this. This where my trusted Phylis the Uterus comes to my aid 🥰

I also like to cover breastfeeding support and what to expect in the first few days/weeks postpartum and how to support this. This where my trusted knitted b**b helps 🥰

Whenever I bring these two it always puts a smile on my parents-to-be faces. Including mine ☺️. I like to think they have helped many a parent-to-be & hopefully will continue to do so.

If you would like my support (with knitted friends included) please get in touch 😊

05/11/2025

Sometimes, its worth remembering that going back to basics and doing the simplest things can really make such a difference to your birth.

Whether you have a vaginal or belly birth, using your breathing/relaxation techniques, adapting your environment, having the right people beside you and making decisions which feel right for you are all simple but the most effective tools you can use.

All simple tools but with maximum positve effects.

When birth planning, bear these points in mind and think about how you would apply them in different sceanarios. How you would make sure to use these tools no matter how you give birth. How would you transfer these if things changed.

We cover all of these things during my courses. For more details please get in touch 😊

19/10/2025

✨️ New Episode!✨️

In this episode, myself and Emma talk to the lovely Steph who is a infant sleep consultant from Moonchild Hoslitic Sleep

Steph is a certified holistic sleep coach, having trained with Lyndsey Hookway on the Holistic Sleep Coaching Program. It’s the most comprehensive, evidence-based, responsive sleep coach approach which promotes attachment and a gentle sleep approach, staying away from the 'cry it out' method.

Steph talks to us about her top tips and advice on infant sleep to help you with your little one's sleep struggles.

For more information and how to contact Steph, you can use the following links:-
Website:- https://www.moonchildholisticsleep.com
Email:- steph@moonchildholisticsleep.com

To listen to episode, copy and paste link:-
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TQAyys4E9mjIvUpQFKPN8?si=RWHy_lTwR4yUegs9xmqL-Q&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A32JslK5J8xNgMakVqZmuJH

Link is also available in bio. Or search The East Surrey Bump to Baby on your podcast streaming platform.

Happy listening! 🥰

10/10/2025

✨️ My promise to you ✨️

When I qualified as a hypnobirthing teacher 3 years ago, I felt passionately that there were things that I wanted to provide. Things I wish I had known and had access to that would have made my pregnancy and motherhood journey that much easier.

So this is my promise to you when you choose me:-

✨️ Birth education- that is real! Real in-depth education for pregnancy, birth and post-natal
✨️ An opportunity to truly relax and unwind. My pregnancy relaxation sessions give mums-to-be the opportunity to really relax, unwind and have that time just for her and bump
✨️ Time to find your village - myself and hold regularly coffee gatherings for mums-to-be at in Redhill each month. Time for mums-to-be to meet others and connect and build that motherhood village
✨️ Post-natal support - Earlier this year, I started volunteering in three roles. I volunteer on the post-natal ward at my local hospital and also at a local feeding charity called Cafe Milk as a peer supporter. I am also a volunteer for , helping to obtain feedback from parents which is then fed back to the Trust, helping to make positive changes.
I absolutely love doing these roles and giving that support to new mums and parents.

What I want is mums/parents to look back on their experience, knowing they had everything they possibly could have to make their journey as prepared for, empowered, supported, listened to, cared for, nurtured and positive as possible.

And however I can help you to achieve this, I promise I absolutely will ☺️💪

If you would like to chat more about how I can support you, please get in touch.

30/09/2025

✨️CTG Monitoring During Pregnancy and Labour: Benefits and Risks✨️

Cardiotocography (CTG) is a common method used during pregnancy and labour to monitor a baby’s heart rate and contractions during labour.

This is a picture of me being monitored when I was 8 months pregnant with my daughter.

I had been to a midwife appointment earlier in the day, and when they measured my bump, the measurement chart showed my bump hadn't grown to 'what it should be'

So I took my myself to the hospital and was hooked to a CTG monitor whilst waiting for my ultrasound scan.

Thankfully, all was okay, and it turned out my bump was measured wrongly during the appointment.

But in this instance, I was really grateful for the monitoring, and it was beneficial to make sure she was okay.

Like with everything, theres always benefits and risks with any form of monitoring or interventions.

Benefits include identifying early detection if baby is in distress, reassurance that baby is doing well and informed decision-making based on the readings.

Risks include false readings which could lead to unnecessary interventions. Reduced mobility during labour hindering UFO birthing positions. Increased intervention rates with no evidence of improved outcomes.

As with any form of monitoring/interventions, it's always important to ask the questions, get the facts and data, and make an informed decision that feels right for you.
This is where using B.R.A.I.N.S is a very useful tool in helping with decision making.

For more information or to enquire about my antenatal education packages, please get in touch

24/09/2025

Did you know that babies can recognise songs they were exposed to in the womb? Incredible huh!

Research has shown that babies develop hearing during the third trimester and can form memories of music. This can last for months or even up to a year after birth.
Babies have shown a preference to these songs and have even displayed different brain activity when the song was played again after birth.

The great thing about singing or playing music to your baby is its a wonderful way to bond with your baby whilst you are pregnant 🥰
It can also provide comfort and soothe baby after they are born.

Do you have a song you played lots during pregnancy? Has your baby recognised it?

Apparently my mum played lots of ELO whilst pregnant with me. And weirdly I have always loved their songs and get a buzzy feeling from them!

Share your songs in the comments 🥰

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