the maternity network summer directory

Summer Issue 2009

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Fertility Pregnancy Birth Postnatal Babies In this issue Focus on: Birth Shorten your labour with a Doula Competition WIN Hypnobirthing Course!

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AdvertorialWelcome to our third edition of The Maternity Network Directory. The Maternity Network is a new venture that addresses the need for a directory of professionals who are qualified and experienced working with fertility and maternity. The information and Directory offers non-biased, non-medical, holistic support for women. The website www.thematernitynetwork.co.uk includes listings of all our members, information about the services our members offer such as “what is a Doula, what can chiropractors do for you in pregnancy? How does Reflexology work? What benefits are there from having a massage?” and many more.

Our members have written articles to explain what you might use their service for and how they can help, many services you may not realise exist – invaluable help like Night Nannies, Birth Doulas, Jewellery experts, Breastfeeding consultants and more. These change regularly on the website so check back often.

Each Directory is given a Focus point. Beginning with Fertility, then Pregnancy, Birth, Postnatal and Babies and Beyond, then it circles back round to Fertility. This Summer Directory is focused on Birth so we’ve gathered our members to write articles about their skills and how best they can support you when preparing for the big arrival of your long awaited baby!

Our next directory is due out in September and our focus is Postnatal.

Louise Prince Founder, The Maternity Network

The Maternity Network tries to ensure the members advertising in the Directory are confident and qualified working their fertility or maternity field. We do this by collating copies of our member’s qualifications and insurance. We cannot guarantee these copies and they are not checked. The Maternity Network does not accept any liability or responsibility for any services or information provided by the members listed or advertising. The Maternity Network does not endorse any material or advice given in the directory or by members.

You can find all our members* listed in the Directory. These members have been accepted into our membership. This means that they have appropriate qualifications specific to fertility, maternity or babies, they are mostly self employed with insurance, they are members of professional bodied associations and those who work with under 18’s have sent copies of their CRB Police checks.

*Please note: not all our advertisers are members

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In this Issue:

FertilityListing of Therapists and Services

PregnancyPregnancy Focus On: Birth Listing of Therapists, Classes, Retail and Services

BirthListing of Therapists, Classes and Services Article: Planning your Birth Options Article: SO YOU ARE PREGNANT! Preparing for the birth – written by Independent midwife, Valerie Gommon Competition: Win a Hypnobirthing course! Article: A Doula can shorten labour written by Doula, Carla Sturt

PostnatalListing of Therapies and classes

BabiesArticle: Real NappiesListing of Therapies, Classes and Services

Next issue Deadline: 19th August 2009 Due out: September 2009

Contact Details:The Maternity NetworkPO Box 3918MaidenheadBerkshireSL60 1AH

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SUBSCRIPTIONS4 issues £6.00Please send a cheque payable toLouise Prince.Send To:The Maternity Network,PO Box 3918, Maidenhead,Berkshire, SL60 1AHInclude: your name, address andcontact number.

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AdvertorialAll our members are listed here in our Directory. All our members have been accepted into the network by sending their photocopied relevant qualifications, insurance and CRB. This is so that you can be confident in the services you receive from members of The Maternity Network. We recommend if you have a medical concern that you see the relevant medical professional. It can sometimes take many months to conceive and this can be a stressful time. We encourage you to consider seeking support from complementary therapists. It is worth considering acupuncturists, Reflexologists, nutritionalists, homoeopaths or hypnotherapists – talk to different therapists and go to the one that you feel most comfortable with.

Holistic therapies For you and your partner

AcupunctureRichard Nutting Acupuncture Marlow Bucks 01628 487357Member of British Acupuncture council Lic Ac. Henley Oxon

Midwife and Acupuncturist Toni Tucker Clinic for Complementary Medicine Maidenhead Berks 01628 525299Midwife, Acupuncture, British council Acupuncture

Diet/NutritionSally Albin Healthy Balance Nutrition Tilehurst Reading Berks 07808 772504BSc, Dip ION, mBANT Nutritional Therapist

HypnofertilityAlison McMahon Ki Holistics Marlow Bucks 07754 708187Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner

Anita Mitchell Cognitive Hypnotherapy Uxbridge, Middlesex 01753 544014NLP Master Practitioner, Confident Childbirth, Langley Berks 07813 126048Hypnotherapy, Cognitive Hypnotherapy

Carolyn Potter Crowthorne HypnoBirthing Crowthorne Berks 07774 890064Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master

Joanne Wren Conception and Birth Camberley Surrey 01276 21386Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner Hypnotherapy fertility therapist

Justina O’Leary Simply Birthing Windsor Berks 07808 159531Clinical Hypnotherapist, Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, Fertile Body Method Therapist,

Vanessa Turner Berkshire HypnoBirthing Earley Reading Berks 0118 3765548Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Master NLP and EFT Practitioner

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Linda Cook Celtic Touch Woodley Berks 01189 697461Maternity Reflexology

HomeopathyDottie Baynham D Baynham Healing Marlow Bucks 01628 477415LCH EFT with the AMT. Certificate in Reconnective Healing. 07815 834698

Services

Engagement and Eternity Jewellery specialistsSonia Satsangi Diamond Dreams Nationwide 01494 765852Bespoke Diamond Jewellery and Eternity Rings 07903 802905

Relationship CoachCaroline Burr Your Relationship Coach Eton Berks 01753 771575Relationship Coach Dip Couple Counselling Coaches Training Inst.

The Maternity Network accepts no responsibility for the services provided from the people advertising in the Directory. Visit our website for more information about Natural ways to prepare you and your partner’s body for a healthy pregnancy

Endometriosis Polycystic ovarian syndrome Miscarriage Missed Miscarriage Ectopic Pregnancy The following websites also have lots of useful information:

www.haveababy.com

www.womantomother.co.uk

http://www.foresight-preconception.org.uk http://www.marilynglenville.com http://www.zitawest.com http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/pregnancy/whenyrpregnant/

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Focus on: BirthCongratulations! The big day is nearing! This is a time to ignore horror stories, reduce fear and connect with your baby. If you had a previous unsatisfactory or frightening birth experience we suggest you release the fears and negativity before going into labour this time. Sometimes emotional stress can cause babies to be breech or for labour to be delayed.

There are heaps of countless lists about what to take with you into hospital or prepare for a homebirth, but few really helpful tips that can support your labour from a natural point of view. Here are some really helpful things to take in that may make a difference to your comfort. You will get plenty of support from Antenatal Classes and birth preparation classes.

Prepare for a positive experience with Reflexology or Acupuncture, both therapies support the baby’s correct position and helps prepare your body working with hormone levels. You might like to have a birth partner with you called a Doula who will empower your decisions, support both you and your partner and ensure you have appropriate information at all time to make decisions rather than going along with what is suggested to manage your labour You may like to employ an Independent Midwife; this is normally the case if you especially wish to have a homebirth. They offer all your antenatal care too. A couple of flannels; in different colours, so you’ve got one for your top half and one for your bottom half. It makes life easier. Flannels could be used to keep your body cool, warm and sooth your tummy, warm the perineum when pushing, Straws – for putting into drinks so that if you are leaning forward it is easy to keep up your fluids without tipping your head at an angle. Lip salve – when you’re breathing effectively, or when you’re in the pushing stage and if you use gas and air, this is great to have to keep your lips from getting dry. Hypnosis CD – if you’ve been doing hypnobirthing, use your CDs in early and late labour, especially if you get ‘flappy’ at the transition stage. See our Hypnobirthing instructors for more support.Aromatherapy oils – Our advice to use essential oils in labour is not to burn them. If you suddenly don’t like the smell or it makes you sick, you can’t get rid of the smell easily. Put them in boiling water to diffuse into the air or on a tissue. ALWAYS check with an Aromatherapist before using oils appropriate to your pregnancy/birth. Homeopathy birth kit. Arnica – fantastic to help your body to “knit” back together after birth, if you’ve torn or need stitches. Best to get the 200c stuff. Ensure you see a Homeopath to get the appropriate homeopathic kits/remedies The information on this page is holistic opinion only, to get medical information or if you have any concerns, always see your midwife or GP.

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Holistic Therapies

AcupunctureRichard Nutting Acupuncture Marlow Bucks 01628 487357Member of British Acupuncture council Lic Ac. Henley Oxon

Midwife with Acupuncture Toni Tucker Clinic for Complementary Medicine Maidenhead Berks 01628 525299Midwife, Acupuncture, British council Acupuncture

AromatherapyCraig Vassie Chiltern Aromatherapy Hazlemere High Wycombe Bucks 01494 816651IFPA Antenatal Massage CIBTAC

Beauty, facials, waxing etc. Vicki Smith Sapphire Salon Maidenhead Berks 07990 552053Decleor

ChiropracticDr. Gail Rees-Jones Posture Perfect Ltd Windsor & Maidenhead, Berks 07904 331442Chiropractor (M.Tech:Chiro)

Rachael Wall McTimoney Chiropractor Maidenhead Berks 0118 9402502McTimoney Chiropractor HE Dip

Cranial OsteopathyVal Watts Amblecote Osteopathy & Aromatherapy Reading Berks 0118 9411212BSc (Hons) Osteopathy, Member of the Sutherland Society, MIFPA, CIMI.

CranioSacral TherapyGillian Bowers CranioSacral therapist Home Visits 07971 816611 Dip CranioSacral Therapy 01628 482170

Diet/NutritionSally Albin Healthy Balance Nutrition Tilehurst Reading Berks 07808 772504BSc, Dip ION, mBANT Nutritional Therapist

HomeopathyDottie Baynham D Baynham Healing Marlow Bucks 01628 477415LCH EFT with the AMT. Certificate in Reconnective Healing. 07815 834698

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AdvertorialMassageCraig Vassie Chiltern Aromatherapy Hazlemere Bucks 01494 816651IFPA Antenatal Massage CIBTAC

Louise Prince Mind Body and Sole Maidenhead Berks 07711 938856AOR, Maternity Reflexology, Doula UK, Nurturing Birth, Sch Developmental Baby Massage

Val Watts Amblecote Osteopathy & Aromatherapy Tilehurst Berks 0118 9411212BSc (Hons) Osteopathy, Member of the Sutherland Society, MIFPA, CIMI.

Linda Cook Celtic Touch Woodley Berks 01189 697461APNT Prenatal Massage Cert Mat, Reflexology

Lorna Kennard Wooburn Green Windsor & Maidenhead Berks 07748 908454CranioSacral Therapy, Member of CranioSacral Society Sports Massage (MSMA) Sports Rehabilitation (BASRaT)

Naturopathy Catherine Cort Naturopath Maidenhead Berks 01628 509536 ND, MBANT Dip N Dip H Dip Hom 07960 111576

Reflexology Louise Prince Mind Body and Sole Maidenhead Berks 07711 938856 AOR, Maternity Reflexology, AOSM, Doula UK, Nurturing Birth, MDNetwork, Sch Developmental Baby Massage

Linda Cook Celtic Touch Woodley Berks 01189 697461 Maternity Reflexology

Alison McMahon Ki Holistics Marlow Bucks 07754 708187Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner

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Classes

Antenatal ClassesAlyssa Montague Bucks Antenatal Marlow Bucks 07801 751030Nurse, Midwife

Breastfeeding Workshops and Discussion Groups Sarah Bridges Natures Mothers Eton Windsor Berks 01753 671444 ABM Breastfeeding

FitnessDiane Owen Fitness Training Maidenhead & Mobile 07941 135352Pre and postnatal fitness cert

HypnoBirthingAlison McMahon Ki Holistics Marlow Bucks 07754 708187Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner Anita Mitchell Cognitive Hypnotherapy Uxbridge, Middlesex 01753 544014NLP Master Practitioner, Confident Childbirth, Langley Berks 07813 126048Hypnotherapy, Cognitive Hypnotherapy

Carolyn Potter Crowthorne HypnoBirthing Crowthorne Berks 07774 890064Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master

Joanne Wren Conception and Birth Camberley Surrey 01276 21386HypnoBirthing practitioner Hypnotherapy fertility therapist

Justina O’Leary Simply Birthing Windsor Berks 07808 159531Clinical Hypnotherapist, HypnoBirthing, Fertile Body Method Therapist, Birth Doula

Vanessa Turner Berkshire HypnoBirthing Earley Reading Berks 0118 3765548Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner, Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Master NLP and EFT Practitioner

Yoga Liz Brown Yoga Chesham, Ltl Chalfont, Bucks 01494 782633 Birthlight Dip Perinatal Yoga, YFHF Dip General Yoga 07941 425187

Sharon Nagle Karma Mums Yoga Beaconsfield, Bucks 01494 670506 Dip hatha yoga, dip perinatal yoga 07818 826073 Retail

Liz Pilgrim Babye Chiswick, Ealing and Online 0208 8408197 Independent luxury boutique maternity wear, Nursery equip, designer baby clothes, gifts

Karine Suiters Bump 4 Joy Maidenhead Berks 07792 486138 Plus Size Maternity Clothes


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Services

Dentistry Appledore Dental Clinic Binfield, Berks 01344 867144 Family Dentistry Milton Keynes, Bucks 01908 235911

Independent Midwifery Valerie Gommon 3 Shires Midwife Milton Keynes & Mobile 01908 511247Midwifery BA HONS

JewellerySonia Satsangi Diamond Dreams Nationwide 01494 765852Bespoke Diamond Jewellery 07903 802905

Prenatal PhotographyCaroline Green Caroline Green Photography Henley Oxon 01628 826181Higher National Diploma in Photography British Institute of Professional Photography, Professional Photography, Professional Qualifying Exam LBIPP 07966 436225

Relationship CoachCaroline Burr Your Relationship Coach Eton Berks 01753 771575Relationship Coach Dip Couple Counselling Coaches Training Inst.

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All our members are listed here in our Directory. All our members have been accepted into the network by sending their photocopied relevant qualifications, insurance and CRB. This is so that you can be confident in the services you receive from members of The Maternity Network.

If you have a medical concern please ensure you check with your midwife or GP.

Holistic Therapies Aromatherapy oils in labour Craig Vassie Chiltern Aromatherapy Hazlemere High Wycombe Bucks 01494 816651 IFPA Antenatal Massage CIBTAC

Val Watts Amblecote Osteopathy & Aromatherapy Reading Berks 0118 9411212 BSc (Hons) Ost., MIFPA, CIMI.

Birth Doula Louise Prince Mind Body and Sole Maidenhead Berks 07711 938856 Doula UK, Nurturing Birth

Carla Sturt Passionate Doulas Chesham Bucks 07973 980408 Nurturing Birth, Doula UK

Homeopathy Birth Kits Dottie Baynham D Baynham Healing Marlow Bucks 01628 477415 LCH EFT with the AMT. Certificate in Reconnective Healing. 07815 834698

Reflexology in Labour Louise Prince Mind Body and Sole Maidenhead Berks 07711 938856 Maternity Reflexology


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Hypnobirthing Alison McMahon Ki Holistics Marlow Bucks 07754 708187 Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner

Anita Mitchell Cognitive Hypnotherapy Uxbridge, Middlesex 01753 544014 NLP Master Practitioner, Confident Childbirth, Langley Berks 07813 126048 Hypnotherapy, Cognitive Hypnotherapy

Carolyn Potter Crowthorne HypnoBirthing Crowthorne Berks 07774 890064 Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master

Joanne Wren Conception and Birth Camberley Surrey 01276 21386 HypnoBirthing practitioner Hypnotherapy fertility therapist

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Justina O’Leary Simply Birthing Windsor Berks 07808 159531 Clinical Hypnotherapist, HypnoBirthing, Fertile Body Method Therapist, Birth Doula

Vanessa Turner Berkshire HypnoBirthing Earley Reading Berks 0118 3765548 Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner, Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Master NLP and EFT Practitioner Services

Independent Midwife Valerie Gommon 3 Shires Midwife Milton Keynes & Mobile 01908 511247 Midwifery BA HONS

Planning your Birth OptionsPutting together a plan for how you wish your labour and delivery will go is a good idea, we suggest you put together a contingency plan too. What if you want additional pain relief? What options would you like if you have an unplanned c-section?

Some things to think about and discuss with your partner, Doula and Midwife are below;

• Where would you like to have your baby? Hospital, birth centre, home?

• Who do you want as your birth partner(s)?

• Are there any methods you think would work particularly well for you?• What pain relieving methods are you happy to use? We suggest listing many

different ones and labelling them on a scale 1-10 of preference. Don’t forget that changing positions and adapting breathing techniques are also pain relieving.

• What are your opinions on induction of labour?• What are your thoughts on forms of delivery?• Does your partner want the option of cutting the cord?• Do you want to hold your baby immediately? If you are unable to have skin to

skin immediately do you want your partner to do this?• Do you want to breastfeed? Ensure you have ALL the information about

breastfeeding, how the delivery affects your baby’s natural instinct, the myths about ‘not enough breast milk’ etc.

• After the birth do you want a natural delivery of the placenta (physiological third stage) or the injection to expel it quickly?

These are just some of the questions you could ask yourself and discuss with all those involved. Your Doula and Midwife will have lots of information, statistics and articles you can request to make your decisions.

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SO YOU ARE PREGNANT! Preparing for the birth

So you are having a baby! Fantastic, or maybe it’s been a bit of a surprise? Having a baby is the most wonderful thing, but also a huge responsibility. You are going to need support, so if possible try to involve your partner, your family and friends. It is important to see a midwife as soon as possible – many women think they have to see a doctor, and it is fine to see

your doctor if you wish, but you can just go straight to the midwife. Your local midwife will usually be found in the local doctor’s surgery, but sometimes also at Children’s Centres, you will usually be seen less often at the beginning and then more frequently as the pregnancy progresses. Don’t feel that any question is daft - it isn’t a daft question if you don’t know the answer! Mums and friends can be great and really supportive, but they may not always have the correct information, and you can ask anything in complete confidence. A midwife is expert in pregnancy and birth and will help you throughout the pregnancy, birth and early days of parenting. She will also help you make decisions and support you in your wishes. During the pregnancy it may be suggested that you take supplements and you will also be offered various tests and you will be asked to see the midwife regularly so that she can make sure that both you and the baby are well; use the appointments to ask any questions you may have. You should also be offered some antenatal or parent craft classes which can be variable in quality, so consider NCT (the National Childbirth Trust) or active birth classes as well, they can be an opportunity to make friends with other expectant mums – often the friends made in these groups stay friends for years to come with the babies growing up together – it can be very supportive to be able to ask a friend “is this normal?”, “did your baby do this?” It is really worth reading all you can about birth and babies. Your midwife will give you lots of information, but you can also go to the local library and borrow books. There are also sometimes local discussion groups, for example at Surestart Children’s Centres, NCT and Meet a Mum (MAMA), La Leche League and Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM) both breastfeeding support groups may also have meetings to which pregnant women are invited – you midwife may know what is available locally or ask in the library.

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Giving birth is a bit like running a marathon – it is one of the hardest day’s work you will ever do, so if you are relatively fit that helps (I don’t mean that you should be exercising hard, but gentle exercise like walking and swimming is good).

There may also be pregnancy yoga or aqua natal sessions in your area and both will be helpful to you. If you already exercise there is probably no reason why you shouldn’t continue, but don’t overdo it and ask your midwife for advice. Other strategies include learning self-hypnosis or ‘hypnobirthing’ techniques and seeing complementary therapists such as acupuncturists, homoeopaths, Reflexologists, chiropractors etc throughout the pregnancy. Sit on a dining chair, but sit on it backwards, with your legs open and facing the chair back – this is great because it keeps you in a nice upright position, opens your pelvis and tips the baby forward. If you slouch backwards onto the sofa it tends to tip the baby towards your back and this can make labour longer and more difficult. If you have access to an exercise or birthing ball these too are great to sit on for the same reason – you can sit on a chair or ball and watch TV or even read a book! Some women prepare for the birth by gently massaging their perineum (this is the area of skin between the vagina and the anus). If this is something that you think you might be able to do ask your midwife for more information about how to do this. You also need to start considering where you want to give birth. Depending upon where you live you may have several options: at home, in a birthing unit or in a hospital – again this is something to discuss with your midwife. The Antenatal Classes or Parentcraft Classes are available and you should be able to take along your partner or your Mum or a friend if you wish. The classes should give you lots of information about what to expect when you go into labour. The class may well also organise a visit to your local maternity unit so that everything can be explained to you – it is far less scary if you know what the place looks like and what machines are used for! Sometimes a Mum will come along with her baby and a feeding or bathing demonstration may be given. The midwife will also talk about how you can help yourself during the birth - I would really encourage you to go along!

Written by Valerie Gommon, BA (Hons), RM, Independent Midwife www.3shiresmidwife.co.uk

To Find an independent midwife visit www.independentmidwives.org.uk/

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Win a FREE Hypnobirthing Course! Maternity Network member, Justina O’Leary is offering mums-to-be booked at Heatherwood Birth Centre FREE HypnoBirthing!

The Maternity Network is supporting the new Ascot Birth Centre at Heatherwood, which will be launched later this year. They are supporting the idea that the arrival of your baby should be an experience without fear or anxiety. When birthing in a relaxed birth centre environment using hypnobirthing techniques, one can have a special experience in which your baby can enter the world in a serene fashion, lessening the need for pain relief, medical intervention and trauma and increasing the possibility of a satisfactory, enjoyable experience for all the family.

4 couples will win a complete HypnoBirthing package Four classes, book, cd, candlelight relaxation classes and prenatal support. Normally £285 per couple you will learn safe, effective, proven techniques to help you have a safer, easier and more comfortable birth.

“As a Midwife, I feel it is unethical of me not to tell women about HypnoBirthing. Women seem to sail through their labours and give birth in the most incredibly calm way. It is a joy to witness.” Natalie, Midwife.

Justina O’Leary is based in Windsor who is one of the UK’s most experienced teachers and is a HypnoBirthing mum twice over.

To be Eligible: You must be a mum-to-be and have booked to have your baby at Heatherwood Ascot Birth Centre. The offer is valid for 4 couples only who will be drawn at random Beg August 09. To enter simply log onto www.thematernitynetwork.co.uk and complete the newsletter sign in quoting MNHYPNO after your first name.

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Shorten Labour with a Birth Doula

Doula’s have practical methods that support you and the members of your family in the preparation for labour, throughout your birth experience and when you have your new arrival.

You might expect to book a birth or postnatal package with your Doula with includes everything you would need for physical and emotional care. The support you might expect to be offered offer before, during and after your birth is included in a Birth Doula Package. Once you have chosen your ideal birth companion and your partner has met and got along well, you can book your Birth Doula at any time of your Pregnancy. It is normally around the third trimester when you would get together to discuss your birth preferences, pain relief, positions effective at each stage of labour, the level your partner would like to be involved and how to involve them, the options for third stage and what you would like to happen immediately after the birth. Your Doula will be available by phone or email to offer support and information throughout your pregnancy. From week 38 your Doula available 24 hours a day should you go into labour from the 38th week of your pregnancy and up to two weeks after your due date. During your labour she will empower your decisions and do my best to ensure your wishes are met during labour. After the birth she will stay with you after birth for as long as is necessary to ensure all your needs are met. You might expect to see your Doula twice which is an opportunity to discuss your birth experience, ensure that you are supported with the method you have decided to feed your baby.

A Doula Uk Birth Doula trainee is likely to charge £150 and a Recognised Doula UK Birth Doula may charge between £500-£700 depending on additional services and experience.

Please be aware that Doula’s are non-medical support and do not speak to midwives on your behalf, we simply offer information and support when needed.

Carla Sturt is a Birth Doula in Buckinghamshire. I travel to Wexham Park, High Wycombe, Stoke Mandeville, Watford, Hillingdon and home births.

“Thanks from the bottom of our hearts for your help. We would have not coped so well without it. You provided invaluable moral support and realised that I was in 2nd stage before the midwife saving unnecessary pain relief. Carla has exceed all expectations we had of a doula and was invaluable to us at all stages of the process”. Yvonne Pittera Nov 2008. To Find a Doula visit www.doula.org.uk

Having a Doula can lead to: 50% fewer caesarean sections 25% shorter, less complicated labours 40% less use of labour inducing drugs 60% fewer requests for an epidural Better success with breastfeeding Less likely to suffer with postnatal depression

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All our members are listed here in our Directory. All our members have been accepted into the network by sending their photocopied relevant qualifications, insurance and CRB. This is so that you can be confident in the services you receive from members of The Maternity Network. Holistic Therapies

Acupuncture Richard Nutting Acupuncture Marlow Bucks 01628 487357 British acupuncture council Licentiate in Acupuncture Henley Oxon

Midwife with Acupuncture Toni Tucker Clinic for Complementary Medicine Maidenhead Berks 01628 525299 Midwife, Acupuncture

Aromatherapy Craig Vassie Chiltern Aromatherapy Hazlemere High Wycombe Bucks 01494 816651 IFPA Antenatal Massage CIBTAC

Val Watts Amblecote Osteopathy & Aromatherapy Reading Berks 0118 9411212 BSc (Hons) Ost., MIFPA, CIMI. Beauty Vicki Smith Sapphire Salon Maidenhead Berks 07990 552053 Decleor

Chiropractic Dr. Gail Rees-Jones Posture Perfect Ltd Maidenhead Berks 07904 331442 Chiropractor (M.Tech:Chiro) Windsor Berks

Rachael Wall McTimoney Chiropractor Maidenhead Berks 0118 9402502 McTimoney Chiropractic Assoc. HE Dip

Cranial Osteopathy Val Watts Amblecote Osteopathy & Aromatherapy Reading Berks 0118 941212 BSc (Hons) Osteopathy, Member of the Sutherland Society, MIFPA, CIMI. CranioSacral Therapy Gillian Bowers CranioSacral therapist Home Visits 07971 816611 Dip CranioSacral Therapy 01628 482170

Diet/Nutrition Sally Albin Healthy Balance Nutrition Tilehurst Reading Berks 07808 772504 BSc, Dip ION, mBANT Nutritional Therapist Homeopathy Dottie Baynham D Baynham Healing Marlow Bucks 01628 477415 LCH EFT with the AMT. Certificate in Reconnective Healing. 07815 834698

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Massage Craig Vassie Chiltern Aromatherapy Hazlemere High Wycombe Bucks 01494 816651 IFPA Antenatal Massage CIBTAC

Louise Prince Mind Body and Sole Maidenhead Berks 07711 938856 AOR, Maternity Reflexology, AOSM, Doula UK, Nurturing Birth, MDNetwork, Sch Developmental Baby Massage

Linda Cook Celtic Touch Woodley Berks 01189 697461 Maternity Reflexology Prenatal massage

Lorna Kennard Wooburn Green Windsor & Maidenhead Berks 07748 908454 CranioSacral Therapy, Member of CranioSacral Society Sports Massage (MSMA) and Sports Rehabilitation (BASRaT)

Naturopathy Catherine Cort Naturopath, Maidenhead Berks 01628 509536 Homeopath, Nutritional Therapist ND, MBANT Dip N Dip 07960 111576

Reflexology Alison McMahon Ki Holistics Marlow Bucks 07754 708187 Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner

Louise Prince Mind Body and Sole Maidenhead Berks 07711 938856 AOR, Maternity Reflexology, AOSM, Doula UK, Nurturing Birth, MDNetwork, Sch Developmental Baby Massage


Classes

Postnatal Hypnotherapy Alison McMahon Ki Holistics Marlow Bucks 07754 708187 Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner

Anita Mitchell Cognitive Hypnotherapy Uxbridge, Middlesex 01753 544014 NLP Master Practitioner, Confident Childbirth, Langley Berks 07813 126048 Hypnotherapy, Cognitive Hypnotherapy

Carolyn Potter Crowthorne HypnoBirthing Crowthorne Berks 07774 890064 Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master

Joanne Wren Conception and Birth Camberley Surrey 01276 21386 HypnoBirthing practitioner Hypnotherapy fertility therapist

Justina O’Leary Simply Birthing Windsor Berks 07808 159531 Clinical Hypnotherapist, HypnoBirthing, Fertile Body Method Therapist, Birth Doula

Vanessa Turner Berkshire HypnoBirthing Earley Reading Berks 0118 3765548 Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner, Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Master NLP and EFT Practitioner

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and want gentle exercises? Lose the baby blubber sooner thanyou think!

Diane Owen Fitness Training can help you keep fit and get backin shape at this important time in your life.

Try a 4 week Fitness Friend course with a friend and savemoney!

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Forget about travelling to the gym, parking and putting your childin the crèche.

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Breastfeeding workshops Sarah Bridges Natures Mothers Eton Windsor Berks 01753 671444 ABM Breastfeeding Mother Supporter, ABM Counsellor

Fitness Diane Owen Fitness Training Mobile 07941 135352 Pre and postnatal fitness instructor cert

Yoga Liz Brown Yoga Chesham, Ltl Chalfont, Bucks 01494 782633 Birthlight Dip Perinatal Yoga, YFHF Dip General Yoga 07941 425187

Sharon Nagle Karma Mums Yoga Beaconsfield, Bucks 01494 670506 Dip hatha yoga, dip perinatal yoga 07818 826073 Retail

Liz Pilgrim Babye Chiswick, Ealing and Online 0208 8408197 Independent luxury boutique maternity wear, Nursery equip, designer baby clothes and gifts


Postnatal Services

Postnatal Doula Carla Sturt Birth Doula Chesham Bucks 07973 980408 Nurturing birth, Doula UK

Breastfeeding Counsellor Sarah Bridges Natures Mothers Eton Windsor Berks 01753 671444 ABM Breastfeeding Mother Supporter, ABM Counsellor

Dentistry Appledore Dental Clinic Binfield, Berks 01344 867144 Family dentistry Milton Keynes, Bucks 01908 235911

Jewellery Sonia Satsangi Diamond Dreams Nationwide 01494 765852 Bespoke Diamond Jewellery 07903 802905

Night Nannies Jo Copes Night Nannies Bucks 07947 885887

Relationship Coach Caroline Burr Your Relationship Coach Eton Berks 01753 771575 Relationship Coach Dip Couple Counselling Coaches Training Inst.

Help Lines

These phone lines may be helpful.

National Breastfeeding Helpline 0300 100 0212

Association of Breastfeeding Mothers 08444 122 949

Breastfeeding Network 0300 100 0212

Le Leche League 0845 120 2918

National Childbirth Trust 0300 330 0771

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All our members are listed here in our Directory. All our members have been accepted into the network by sending their photocopied relevant qualifications, insurance and CRB. This is so that you can be confident in the services you receive from members of The Maternity Network. Holistic Therapies

Cranial Osteopathy Val Watts Amblecote Osteopathy & Aromatherapy Reading Berks 0118 9411212BSc (Hons) Osteopathy, Member of the Sutherland Society, MIFPA, CIMI. CranioSacral Therapy Gillian Bowers CranioSacral therapist Home Visits 07971 816611 Dip CranioSacral Therapy 01628 482170

Homeopathy Dottie Baynham D Baynham Healing Marlow Bucks 01628 477415 LCH EFT with the AMT. Certificate in Reconnective Healing. 07815 834698 Services

Dentistry Appledore Dental Clinic Binfield, Berks 01344 867144 Family dentistry Milton Keynes, Bucks 01908 235911

Night Nannies Jo Copes Night Nannies Bucks 07947 885887 Supporting you overnight with build routine or get some sleep!

Retail

Liz Pilgrim Babye Chiswick, Ealing and Online 0208 8408197 Independent luxury boutique maternity wear, Nursery equip, designer baby clothes gifts

Classes

Baby Massage Louise Prince Mind Body and Sole 07711 938856 Maidenhead, Bracknell, mobile and private classes. Peter Walkers international School of Baby Massage and Movement Tutors Certificate

Carla Sturt Passionate Baby Massage Chesham Bucks 07973 980408 Peter Walkers international School of Baby Massage and Movement Tutors Certificate

Baby Music

Emma Lelliott Mad Academy 01189 792695 Marlow, Twyford, Henley, Wargrave. Maidenhead


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Real Nappies?

Why use Real Nappies?There are three main reasons you may choose to use Real Nappies .Save money Do your bit for the environmentUsing natural products against your baby’s skin

There is an organisation called the Real Nappy Campaign www.realnappycampaign.com which has a ‘nappy finder’ facility where parents can pop in their postcode and all the local initiatives and nappy suppliers are listed.

Our thanks to Bucks and Bracknell Country Councils have outlined some information about their Nappy Schemes which offer cash back to encourage the use of real nappies.

Which nappies to use, from birth right up to night time toilet training

Bracknell: Smartie Pants’ Nappy Incentive Scheme Bracknell Forest Council is offering parents the chance to claim £30 for going ‘green’ and using washable nappies. There are conditions attached to claiming the reward for going green and you can contact To apply for the £30 incentive, fill in the attached application form and return it together with the required documentation to: Bracknell Forest Council, Waste and Recycling Team, Time Square, Market Street, Bracknell, RG12 1JD For further information please contact Wendy Armstrong-Cook on 01344 352000 or visit www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/env-nappies Buckinghamshire: Real nappy initiative and reward Bucks parents who switch to real nappies on their children by way of a £30 Cash Back scheme. We also provide a free Nappy Information Pack which looks at all nappy options along with Natural Infant Hygiene to enable parents to make a confident nappy decision. Once parents claim the cash back they also receive a free copy of The Real Nappy Handbook which is made up of fact files looking at the different aspects of nappy life from birth right up to how to toilet train. All our information is available to download for free from our website. www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk T: 01296 382539


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