Emily is an Independent midwife uder her business called Preparing parents. See link below. Emily is a qualified midwife with over 13 years of clinical work and teaching experience within both the NHS and Private maternity services. Emily loves what she does, and supporting people through their pregnancies and birthing journeys brings me so much joy and happiness!
Emily founded Preparing Parents in the hope that it would enable expectant and new parents to be able to easily access the finest, bespoke private and independent midwifery care and postnatal support services in London! She feel so passionately that everyone deserves to feel supported, positive and empowered in their pregnancy and parenting journeys and I'm incredibly proud of the life-changing care that the Preparing Parents team has been able to provide to so many expectant and new families!
Emily ialso a mother to four beautiful (but very noisy) young children, giving herr firsthand experience of the challenges and joys of parenthood. She is passionate about helping expectant and new parents feel confident and informed throughout their journeys, by providing expert guidance, reassurance and support at every step of the way.
Emily's Qualifications:
- Registered Midwife
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Hypnobirthing Instructor (KGH)
- Infant Feeding Specialist
- Tongue-Tie Specialist (currently training to perform - tongue-tie divisions)
- Oral tension release therapist
- Baby Massage Therapist
- Pregnancy Massage Therapist
- MOTHERHOOD!!!!
Are you keen to have an Independent Midwife, who you get to know and trust provide your maternity care in the comfort of your own home?
An Independent Midwife offers bespoke antenatal care during your pregnancy with regular appointments and check ins, provides 1-1 care for you, with a 2nd Midwife (whom you will meet beforehand) during labour and birth (at home and/or in your local hospital), and then continues their support after you have had your baby for up to 6 weeks.
It is a continuity caseloading service, which has been recognised as the gold-standard of care within maternity. It can be used alongside your Private or NHS maternity care should you wish to have access to ultrasounds scans and blood tests, or as a complete service in itself.
When you book the Emilys Package - called 'The Daisy package' you will get:
A booking appointment: this usually lasts about two hours and we will take a full comprehensive medical history.
Antenatal care starting from as early in the pregnancy as you prefer and continuing throughout your pregnancy. All appointments will include a well being and health check for you and your baby, and continued personalised care to support your pregnancy.
Visits are scheduled for every four weeks up until 28 weeks of pregnancy when increases to every two weeks until 36 weeks, and then weekly visits until birth.
You will receive our 3 hour 'hypnobirthing for all births' course with Emily to explore how you can have a positive and empowering experience, along with a goody bag containing a fabulous hypnobirthing book, essential oils, positive affirmations and a birthing comb to help get you started on your hypnobirthing journey!
At around 36 weeks, you will receive an extended birth preference appointment which usually lasts about two hours and we will discuss your birth preferences in detail, advise you on what to pack in your birth bag, explain and confirm how best to contact us when you think labour is starting and you'll receive a little goody-birth-box!
2 experienced Midwives will be on call to attend your labour and birth from 36 weeks of pregnancy – this includes either birthing at home or support in hospital, and the cost of indemnity insurance, gas and air and all potential medical equipment needed for you and your baby!
Postnatally we will provide you with six weeks of care (as outlined in our Poppy package), commencing immediately after birth, and this includes offering you the NIPE (specialist newborn baby check), if your baby is born at home, or if this is required if baby is born in the Hospital
Day 5 visit for the Newborn Blood Spot Screening test(NBBS)
Infant feeding support as outlined in the Lily package.
If you are expecting twins and would like us to support you to have a positive and powerful home birth, there will be an extra charge of £750 added to your bill to cover the costs of a 3rd Midwife at your birth!
If you would like to chat about this package in more detail, please do get in touch with us here at Womb and Bloom London or via Emily's direct website :
https://www.preparingparents.co.uk