Welcome to The Listening Midwife
We offer affordable personalised one-to-one pregnancy and postnatal support designed for women and families who want some extra reassurance alongside their NHS maternity care.
Based in Hertfordshire, we offer the option of virtual or face-to-face support to help meet your needs.
Our Service to You
We provide the experience and expertise of a UK-based NHS-qualified midwife to enhance your pregnancy and birth experience.
Discover more about our range of professional services. If you would like to discuss any of these options in more detail to see which would suit you best, please feel free to get in touch with us; we will be more than happy to help. We can arrange a discovery call and tailor a package to suit you.
Antenatal Consultations
These one hour sessions are designed to review your NHS pregnancy care so far and enhance your knowledge and understanding of your midwifery and obstetric care.
Build your confidence, know what questions to ask at your NHS antenatal appointments and feel empowered to voice any concerns sooner rather than later.
Antenatal Education
Our consultations can also include personalised education in relation to your pregnancy to help you prepare for your birth and your journey into parenthood.
Let’s talk things through and make your pregnancy joyful and informed.
Build knowledge, confidence and stay informed on all your choices.
Birth Preparation
Get support with planning for the birth and review of birth plans you already have as a standalone appointment or as part of an antenatal consultation.
Together we can review any risk factors, ways to mitigate them and what options are available for you from your NHS maternity team. Know what you are entitled to and how to ask for it.
Birth Reflections
Birth can be a positive experience that you look back on with fond memories, but for some, things don't go as planned. Your birth may not have been traumatic but sometimes a lack of understanding and clarity around what happened can affect your ability to look back fondly on your birth experience.
These sessions provide you with an opportunity to go over the events leading to and including your birth to bring you clarity and closure as you process the events.
If you have access to you birth notes, we can help understand some of the terminology used and provide our clinical expertise as experienced clinicians to help you understand the decision-making processes during the birth.
Pregnancy preparation
Thinking about having a baby but uncertain about how to navigate NHS maternity care?
Or are you planning for another pregnancy after a difficult experience?
We can support you with starting your pregnancy on a positive note and alleviate some of the anxiety by reviewing your medical history and risk factors together.
We can empower you to know how to ask the right questions and advocate for yourself when you do become pregnant. We can embark on the journey together to give you the confidence you need to enjoy your pregnancy.
Your assurance
Our midwives are NMC registered so you can search them on the national register for your assurance.
We are also a FEDANT registered business, licenced to provide antenatal and postnatal education and support.
- FEDANT National Registration Number (13849)
Our service is also fully insured for your protection and peace of mind through Balens Ltd with Professional Liability and Malpractice Insurance.
The Listening Midwife
At The Listening Midwife, we believe that every woman's voice matters. That’s why we provide a personalised one-to-one service focusing on childbirth, women’s health, and pregnancy care. Our mission is to empower and inform women, helping them build confidence as they navigate their unique journeys to motherhood.
12 years
of midwifery experience
3 years
Specialising in Preterm Birth
Award-winning midwife
B.A.M.E Midwife of the Year 2023
Daisy Award winner 2023
Book a discovery call today
All services can be tailored and personalised to you. Let's have a chat and discover what is right for you and how we can support you.
Our 15 minute call can help you find the right package for you.
Empowering Women's Health
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