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SITE MAP Home Philosophy Services Regulation & Insurance Fees Area Covered Contact Links	Philosophy I believe in the power of nature. As a midwife I believe my role is to give individualised women and family centred care, offer & support birth choices and give continuity of care to develop a safe and trusting relationship. In walking alongside the women and her family throughout their journey I hope to bring the resources on which they can draw if the road becomes rocky. ‘Attending births is like growing roses. You have to marvel at the ones that just open up and bloom at the first kiss of the sun but you wouldn't dream of pulling open the petals of the tightly closed buds and forcing them to blossom to your time line.’ Gloria Lemay Women are beautiful, powerful and strong. Left to nature, a woman’s body is designed to labour and birth spontaneously without intervention. As a companion and guide on each individual journey I am able to recognise when there is a deviation from the normal path with all it’s variation and brilliance, and aim to provide the woman and her family with the resources to help them identify the right path on which to complete their journey. When a woman’s pregnancy or labour is high risk and requires medical input I am here still to be the woman’s advocate, we will continue to walk the path together. "You are a midwife, assisting at someone else's birth. Do good without show or fuss. Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening. If you must take the lead, lead so that the mother is helped, yet still free and in charge. When the baby is born, the mother will rightly say: "We did it ourselves!" from The Tao Te Ching I aim to offer a service which has a strong holistic focus and believe it is important to consider not only the physical aspects of care, but also emotional, cultural, religious and spiritual needs on an individual basis. In promoting a positive attitude towards pregnancy, birth and parenthood I hope to empower and nurture women's instinctive trust in their body's ability and enable women and their families to enjoy pregnancy and birth their babies the way they choose.
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I believe in the power of nature. As a midwife I believe my role is to give individualised women and family centred care, offer & support birth choices and give continuity of care to develop a safe and trusting relationship. In walking alongside the women and her family throughout their journey I hope to bring the resources on which they can draw if the road becomes rocky.

‘Attending births is like growing roses. You have to marvel at the ones that just open up and bloom at the first kiss of the sun but you wouldn't dream of pulling open the petals of the tightly closed buds and forcing them to blossom to your time line.’

Gloria Lemay

Women are beautiful, powerful and strong. Left to nature, a woman’s body is designed to labour and birth spontaneously without intervention. As a companion and guide on each individual journey I am able to recognise when there is a deviation from the normal path with all it’s variation and brilliance, and aim to provide the woman and her family with the resources to help them identify the right path on which to complete their journey. When a woman’s pregnancy or labour is high risk and requires medical input I am here still to be the woman’s advocate, we will continue to walk the path together.

"You are a midwife, assisting at someone else's birth. Do good without show or fuss. Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening. If you must take the lead, lead so that the mother is helped, yet still free and in charge. When the baby is born, the mother will rightly say: "We did it ourselves!"

from The Tao Te Ching

I aim to offer a service which has a strong holistic focus and believe it is important to consider not only the physical aspects of care, but also emotional, cultural, religious and spiritual needs on an individual basis.

In promoting a positive attitude towards pregnancy, birth and parenthood I hope to empower and nurture women's instinctive trust in their body's ability and enable women and their families to enjoy pregnancy and birth their babies the way they choose.