About Me

After completing a 3 year Midwifery training in London, I worked as a hospital based midwife for 4 years before moving on to be a community midwife in 2014. I worked in the system for 15 years, in a myriad of diverse settings with countless numbers of women and their families. I have attended over a thousand births in total, many of which have been at home. 

During my career I have experienced incredible highs and massive lows. Being at the gateway of birth is a true honour, every time. But witnessing the systemic abuse of women that comes from a top down medical modal time and time again, has been the catalyst for my move away from this way of working. 

The road from system based maternity care to holistic birthkeeper has been a long and winding one. In 2019 I began sticking my head above the murky waters of licensed midwifery and into the possibilities of what truly being with women could mean. I talked to freebirthing women, listened to inspiring podcasts, and realised what I needed as a mother myself. I did a deep dive into my beliefs around what midwifery means and began the process of unlearning all that I had been taught in the system.

After realising the protocols within the NHS are there to support the system and not the birthing woman, I began creating an alternative - Village Birth. This work is my true calling, to walk with women in all stages of their motherhood journey, from preconception through to many months and even years postpartum. 

I am now growing Village Birth within my local community with womens circles and offering in person and virtual support to women on the whole spectrum of the perinatal journey. I feel truly aligned with this ancient practice of being with woman and I am always learning and growing from this work.