Skegness continuity of carer midwives team

15/11/2025

15/11/2025

11/11/2025

We know it’s early, but we’re already planning this year’s Advent Calendar — and we’d love to feature real photos and messages from across Lincolnshire! If you’d like to be part of it, drop us a message.

11/11/2025

Cluster feeding is a normal and temporary phase when your baby wants to nurse very frequently — often every 20–30 minutes — usually during the evening or before a long stretch of sleep. It often happens during growth spurts (around 2–3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 3 months) when your baby’s body and brain are developing rapidly.

While it can feel exhausting, cluster feeding helps stimulate your milk supply and provides your baby with comfort and reassurance. During these periods, try to stay hydrated, rest when you can, and trust your baby’s cues — it doesn’t mean your milk supply is low. This phase typically passes within a few days and often leads to longer stretches of sleep afterward.

✨ Remember: frequent feeding is your baby’s way of helping your body adjust to their growing needs — it’s a sign of healthy development, not a problem to fix.

11/11/2025

Don't forget our chatty cafe runs every Wednesday! Please share wide and far!

10/11/2025

Anterior placentas

The placenta is an incredible organ, belonging to both you and your baby. It's the only transient organ in the human body, meaning that it grows and stays temporarily, leaving once it's fulfilled its purpose. Connected to your baby by the umbilical cord, it releases hormones which help your baby to grow, while also supplying them with nutrients and oxygen. The placenta is also responsible for carrying waste products, such as carbon dioxide, back to your bloodstream to be disposed of.

The placenta develops wherever the fertilised egg embeds into your uterus. Your sonographer will check the position of your placenta during your 20-week scan, to ensure its position won't affect your pregnancy. An anterior placenta simply means your placenta is attached to the front wall of your uterus, between the baby and your tummy. It's a completely normal place for it to implant and develop. It isn't connected to having a low-lying placenta (called placenta previa) and it shouldn't cause you problems.

Although feeling movement can be trickier for anterior placenta mums, your baby should still develop regularity to their movement. If you feel as though your baby's movements have slowed down or stopped, it's important not to assume your placenta is the reason. Call your midwife or maternity unit straight away if you have any concerns.

09/11/2025

09/11/2025

This font is called bold message, seemed fitting.

If your loved one lost a baby or babies this year, or any year before, this perspective shift could wrap their grief in a warm embrace.

Instead of pretending, ignoring, or avoiding - which we assume is done with positive intent - text your loved one ahead of time. Ask them at what capacity they’d like for their baby to be included at this year’s festivities.
You aren’t reminding us that we lost a baby, we remember every day.

But you are reminding us that someone else in this world remembers our baby, too.

That’s a gift.

Post credit

08/11/2025

Patient feedback with consent ❤️🥰 the families we look after make it so wholesome and are the entire reason we love what we do. It’s a honour and a privilege ☺️

Hello! I’d just like to leave some feedback following the birth of our daughter, Isla on 27th Oct ‘25. My midwife throughout my whole pregnancy was Georgia and I honestly cannot thank her enough. This was my second pregnancy and I was hoping for a VBAC water birth with minor intervention and I got just that! Georgia was amazing throughout my care and even made it to the birth, my husband said the relief on my face when Georgia arrived during labour was unbelievable - just seeing a familiar, friendly face was all the reassurance I needed. The continuity of care was outstanding and I truly cannot thank Georgia enough - I feel like I’d made a friend for life and I’ll forever remember her kindness. Thank you again Georgia 🥰🩷

05/11/2025

🥺🤍

05/11/2025

Your breastmilk is basically magic...

It changes every single feed - even every sip — to give your baby exactly what they need.
Inside every drop you'll find:

💧 Water - about 87% for hydration
💪 Proteins - for growth & immune support
🧠 Fats - for energy, brain & eye development
🤱 Carbs - for energy, gut health & calcium absorption
Vitamins & Minerals - for growth & health
💛 Antibodies — to fight infection
🌟 Hormones & Growth Factors - to aid development & bonding

No two mamas' milk is the same — it's made just for your baby.