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Abigail latif experienced Midwife providing education, support & empowering content 🏡

02/01/2026

💫It’s Friday we made it💫

Friday FUN ✨🙌

💫I was back in AN clinic today and in reality I didn’t know what day it was, I wrote 2025 all day long 🙈
💫Feeling out of sorts and contemplating my future in midwifery….where will this year take me?
💫I know who will support me, with a small minority that don’t, it had me thinking what personal changes I can make this year…..
💫Also going to mentally prepare myself for more campaigning with my midwifery sisters 👯‍♀️
💫I’m now in my perimenopause era, and whilst I know hand on heart I always choose love ❤️ and kindness, I’m going to be less ⬇️

TOLERANT and more fierce 🔥🔥🔥

💫I don’t have time for women who want to pull other women down, I work hard on my self development and don’t need energy zappers, So that’s my word, inspired by post

✨What’s your WORD and why? ✨

01/01/2026

💫Happy new year💫

To you all 🎇🙏✨

💫I’m forever the optimist ✨
💫Let’s see what happens to maternity services 2026
💫I’ll continue to support these wonderful women ⬇️

campaign for safer working conditions for midwives sign it ✍🏼 link in her bio

💫I’ll continue to work with ⬇️

💫To improve maternity services over all….💫✨

Starting 2026 feeling hopeful ✨🙏💫

💫What would you wish for?

HNY ❤️Abigail

31/12/2025

💫A Home birth story💫

In Polaroids 📸 swipe ➡️

A huge thankyou to ⬇️

(Laura)

🌸Baby lsla 6lb 7oz

💫No words only images
💫This woman hired my pool & wanted to share beautiful images
💫She later told me

“My birth was better than I could ever imagined”

💫Her birth was long, which is absolutely normal for a first time mother
💫A lot of midwives where involved due to the length of time, to ensure care was safe note the day and night images ✨
💫A student midwife soon to be qualified witnessed her first home birth and stayed to support Laura 🏡
💫I adore this idea, to me the images tell the story, I think it’s a beautiful idea and memento for any type of birth 💕

💫What do you love about these images? Tell me ⬇️⬇️⬇️

29/12/2025

✨When women truly support women✨

🌟We are powerful 💪

came into midwifery because I believe in women supporting women 🤍👶🏽

But along the way, I’ve seen how toxic behaviors between midwives can creep in — comparison, judgment, lack of support, competition instead of collaboration , toxic leadership & worst - control and bullying 😔⚠️

And the hardest part?
It doesn’t just affect us.
It also affects the families we care for 🫶🏽🏡

When midwives feel unsupported or unsafe, that energy shows up in communication, confidence, and continuity of care. Families deserve better. They deserve calm, trust, and unified support 🌿✨

So moving into 2026…
I’m choosing differently 🔄

I’ll have less tolerance for toxic behaviors 🚫
More boundaries 🛑
More intention 🌱

I surrounding myself with positive, like-minded midwives who uplift, share, and genuinely want to see each other thrive 🤍🤍

Because when we support each other, families feel it.
And that’s the midwifery I stand for ✨👩🏽‍⚕️👶🏽

I hope you can do the same and feel supported I suggest you follow amazing midwives &!movements like ⬇️⬇️⬇️ that want to improve the way we work!

What’s your thoughts?

⬇️Tell me ✨

Abigail ❤️🙏

24/12/2025

🎄✨ Christmas looks different for so many…

Huge love and thanks to our incredible NHS staff & midwives working through Christmas, and to the amazing women birthing babies on Xmas eve & Christmas Day 🤍👶🏼🎁

So grateful for the magic, families , and the new beginnings ✨🙏🎄
Wishing all my followers a very Merry Christmas ❤️

Meanwhile over here… Christmas Eve baking with my girls 🧁🎄💖 Swipe for pjs, new sofa & home bakes
Flour everywhere, full hearts ✨

18/12/2025

🎄Born on Christmas Day? 🎄

♥️Around Christmas babies are even more eagerly anticipated, especially when your due date is on those key dates, the NOT knowing if your baby will arrive before Xmas day, or around it can drive people crazy!
Also no one wants to be in hospital 🏥 on that day!
But really it is like any other day to us midwives..but with a extra twinkle ⭐️ ✨👶🏽

👼We must also remember those angel babies born🤍✨🙏their grieving parents 😥

🤶But here’s some fun facts, if your birthday is Christmas Day your extra special 💫⚡️✨

🎅 Christmas Day is one of the RAREST birthdays in the UK
Only around 1,400 babies are born on 25th December each year — hospitals don’t usually schedule planned births on holidays! Compared with the busiest days around 2000 on the busy days in the uk 🇬🇧

📉 Boxing Day is even rarer
Yep… 26th December often takes the crown for least common birthday.

📈 Most babies are born in September
Late September is baby BOOM time 💥 (hello Christmas & New Year conceptions 👀🎉).

📊 Most common birthday: around 26th September
📅 Least common birthdays: 25th & 26th December

So if you share a birthday with Santa’s arrival 🎅 or just missed him — congratulations, you’re statistically unique ✨

💫In my caseload at the moment I have 3 people due on 23rd & Xmas eve, and one Xmas day, 0 Boxing Day🙏in my whole career I’ve supported 2 xmas day births, and my first home birth qualified was a NYE labour and NY day birth🥳

Who do you know with a Christmas birthday? 👇🎁💬and would you change it if you could?

Midwives & students tell me your Xmas baby stories ✨

Is your due date around Xmas? Tell me ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Abigail ♥️✨

🎂📈

13/12/2025

✈️ Flying During Pregnancy: What You Need to Know

✈️A very FAQ for community midwives, my own experience is ⬇️

💙I’m a NHS midwife
❌Cabin crew
🤰🏽Flew during each of my 3 pregnancies

Flying this Xmas? Quick guide to flying safely and confidently 💺🌍

✨ Most airlines allow travel:
• Average to 34 weeks for single pregnancies
• twins or multiples
(Some airlines may vary slightly)

📄 Medical letters:
• Usually not required before 28 weeks
• Often required after 28–32 weeks, stating:
– Due date
– That the pregnancy is uncomplicated
– Fit to fly

⭐️Some midwives & GPs won’t issue fit to fly, sometimes you have to pay?

🛫 Best time to fly:
The second trimester (14–27 weeks) is often the most comfortable 🤍
Less nausea, more energy, and a smaller bump.

🧦 Comfort & safety tips:
• Wear seatbelt low across the hips
• Walk and stretch regularly 🚶‍♀️
• Stay hydrated 💧
• Consider compression stockings
• Choose an aisle seat for easy movement
•Alert crew if you feel unwell in any scenario
•Take your pregnancy notes or app

🚨 Check before you book:
• Airline-specific rules & policies
• Travel insurance that covers pregnancy
• Destination healthcare access

💬 Always check with your midwife or doctor before flying — especially if you have complications.

Pregnant and travelling? You’ve got this 💪✨
Save this post for later & Tag someone packing their hospital bag AND a suitcase 💼🤍

Did you go abroad during pregnancy ? What was your experience?

PS cabin crew are trained to deliver babies, and I have known them to be born on board 🙈🙈🙈

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