Neighbourhood Midwives Independent Collective!
An amazing group of like minded independent midwives who provide complete continuity of care and support each other so that you have complete peace of mind.
We cover all of London and areas around Southampton, Hampshire and M3 corridor.
Keeping the Neighbourhood Midwives dream alive.
Full care packages, ante and postnatal only and postnatal only. Home and hospital birth.
Fully insured!
For general enquiries try 07956418586,
So 3 months in to my new job as a caseload midwife (I can’t believe how quickly that’s gone) and I can say without a doubt this is the best decision I have ever made. Not only being a caseload midwife, that was always a given for me after my experience as a student, but also being one in a team whose values are ones that speak to my midwifery soul.
I grew up hearing stories of my birth at home, in the depths of Battersea, with the local community midwife caring for my mum and arriving on her bike at 2 in the morning. It was Mum’s 42nd week of pregnancy, I was a castor oil baby. Call the midwife indeed.
Carolina’s birth story
As the months passed during my pregnancy, I started thinking more and more about the type of birth that I wanted to welcome my baby into the world. Many girlfriends used the word traumatic to describe their birthing experience and I was sure there was another way to birth.
The process of creating, growing and giving birth to a new human being is a minor miracle for everyone involved. As a private midwife I have had some amazing experiences with a wide range of birth choices and surprises over the years.
There are many ways of giving birth, some are chosen and some choose us. What is critical is that each woman feels she has played an active part in this process and that her views have been heard and respected. Then she will feel positive about her experience and will not suffer feelings of failure, disappointment or guilt.
We found out we were expecting twins, our third and fourth babies at an early pregnancy scan at 7 weeks (which I was offered due to a miscarriage three months earlier). To say we were shocked is an understatement - it took several weeks for the news to sink in, and emotions ranged from horror to excitement as I had 3 year old and 2 year old boys already. The prospect of four under five was very daunting!
Neighbourhood Midwives - A brief history of who we are and why we have chosen to work in this way
With the end of 2017 and our first year of providing an NHS midwifery service completed it feels the right time to give some background as to why we chose to set up an independent midwifery organisation, to describe our journey to date and to share our goals for 2018 and beyond.
