Lotus Midwife

Lotus Midwife Lotus Midwife is an Independent Midwifery Practice, provides antenatal care, support during your baby's birth, and postnatal care for six weeks.

Berkshire Independent Midwifery Practice is a new service launching in January 2016. I am Sarah March, registered Midwife, International Certified Lactation Consultant and Tongue-tie Practitioner. A Birth mother myself to three children, (one Vaginal Breech Birth, one Homebirth, one Premature Emergency Cesarean), and I am also blessed to have two grown up children who complete my Family. I offer tailored Antenatal care, unhurried and relaxed in your own home; this can be one off appointments in addition to your NHS care, or part of a complete package. For your Labour and Baby's Birth, I am experienced in Homebirth and Waterbirth, however can accompany you to your hospital birth if desired. Most hospitals do not provide insurance for independent midwives, therefore if you chose a hospital birth, (or we transfer there in the event of a complication) I can accompany you as your advocate. Postnatal support is available for six weeks following the birth of your baby, I visit you at home daily to start, and can assist you with all aspects of feeding and caring for your newborn. As a Lactation Consultant, I specialise in Breastfeeding support and can offer one to one breastfeeding antenatal and postnatal sessions, also as a one off appointment or as part of your pregnancy package. I specialise in tongue tie assessment and am qualified to perform frenulotomy (the division of the tongue tie) in babies up to six months old. Other services include:

Support and Advocacy for Consultant appointments,

Birth Plan preparation,

Previous Birth Debrief,

Pregnancy Belly Casting and Birth Art! Please do call for a chat if you feel an independent midwife might be right for you, i would be happy to answer your questions!

04/01/2026

🌟 To add, my daughter was ok-I was more upset than she was!

🌟I remember so well the fear of being judged when I had my babies. I was trying so hard to be a good enough mother, but sometimes little accidents happen!

🌟 I truly hope that whenever I am caring for someone, that they never feel judged by me-I hope that I can reassure them that I’ve done worse as a parent 🤣🤣

03/01/2026

🌟 Shorter, more frequent pumping sessions will yeild more milk than a long pumping session that happens less frequently 🌟



🤱Sarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

📞 07557008478
📧sarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
🛜Www.lotusmidwife.co.uk

02/01/2026

How to get a deeper latch when breastfeeding…

🤱 Hold your baby in close, with their head, neck and shoulders in a straight line, their tummy turned in towards your body.

🤱Lead them onto the breast CHIN first. Once the chin lands on the breast, imagine a piece of Velcro holding it on, try not to move them.

🤱Lay your ni**le in the little groove between their top lip and their nose (the philtrum) your ni**le should be pointing UP their nose. (You can use your thumb to point your ni**le up their nose too)

🤱As your baby opens their mouth, roll them over the ni**le and onto your breast (they should look like they are taking a bite out of a cheese roll 🤣)

🤱The latch should be comfortable, but if despite watching every YouTube video and instagram reel it still doesn’t feel right, please seek skilled face to face support, or send me a message and I’ll be happy to help you 🩷

🤱Sarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

📞 07557008478
📧sarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
🛜Www.lotusmidwife.co.uk

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01/01/2026

🎆 We were humbled to have been invited to Scotland Yard last night to see in the new year!

It has been a privilege to support so many families over 2025, and I wish you all a very happy, safe and prosperous 2026.

Happy new year! 🥳

30/12/2025

🌟 Share with me your positive mother in law stories!

🌟 I want to hear how you’ve been supported, what worked for you-were there any tips that your mother in law (or other significant person!) gave that really helped to empower you?

🌟 Let’s share some lovely positivity ❤️



🤱Sarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

📞 07557008478
📧sarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
🛜Www.lotusmidwife.co.uk

27/12/2025

🌟 Our brains play an important role in releasing milk while we are expressing.

🌟This mum was concentrating so much on the numbers showing on the timer, that her brain stopped the milk flowing. When we covered the pump and distracted her brain, more milk was able to come ❤️



🤱Sarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

📞 07557008478
📧sarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
🛜Www.lotusmidwife.co.uk

23/12/2025

🌟Do you need to do Tongue tie exercises after the division?

🌟 The narrative that you ‘must’ do these exercises is not helpful, and can cause worry and anxiety for parents - especially when we have no evidence that these actually make a difference.

🌟 There is no evidence that doing any exercises post tongue tie release will make a difference to the breast or bottle feeding outcomes.

🌟 Some babies with poor muscle tone may need additional support-and this would be discussed with your Tongue tie practitioner.

🌟 postnatalcare soreni**les lactation

🤱Sarah March,
Registered Midwife
IBCLC
Tongue tie practitioner.

📞 07557008478
📧sarah@lotusmidwife.co.uk
🛜Www.lotusmidwife.co.uk

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Independent Midwifery Practice
Windsor
SL46LY

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Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 9pm

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+447557008478

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Sarah March, IBCLC, RM, BSc

My experience as a midwife has taught me that for birth to unfold well, we (midwives) must build a good strong relationship built on trust with the mother and her birth partner. I work to build this trust over regular appointments in your home at a time convenient for you both and these usually last 45mins, but can take longer if needed.

The first appointment takes around two hours to take a full history, and subsequent appointments include your clinical checks as well as emotional support, preparation for the birth and resources such as DVDs and books. The birth plan preparation at 36 weeks takes some time, so to ensure that you are well informed. Should your baby decide to wait a little longer to arrive then the extra antenatal visits at 41 and 42 weeks are included too, as are information books such as 'induction of labour ', 'GBS' etc which we would take time to make sure that you have all the information to make an informed decision.

If your baby decides to arrive prematurely (before 37 weeks) I shall endeavour to be there to support you at the birth, and care continues for the full antenatal and postnatal period past your due date. I am experienced both personally (my own son arrived at 32 weeks) and have a wealth of professional experience regarding caring for and feeding babies who are born prematurely.

I am available to you throughout your pregnancy for any questions or concerns, via telephone or email outside of our scheduled appointments and I am able to attend consultant appointments and extra scans with you if this is needed in your care plan.