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Welcome to Womb & Bloom

A collective of pregnancy, birth and postnatal practitioners

Our driving passion is to offer a person-centered approach for each new parent. You will be the centre of Womb & Bloom as you step over the threshold into parenthood. We offer continuity of care packages to protect, prepare, and expand your understanding, but most importantly, to listen intently as you slowly bloom as new parents.

Pregnancy & Postpartum pactitiones
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Victoria Lemmon

A.Founder of Womb & Bloom, birth doula & student midwife

Victoria's own experiences called her to change career to work in the field of birth work, to be a presence for women, people & couples in their pregnancy & birth. Victoria appreciated the sense of a village of support and founded Womb & Bloom to form a collective of gorgeous birthkeepers to offer packages, services & lots more.

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Scarlett Wallingford

Antenata, virtual birth & postnatal doula. Former midwife. Specialises in transitions, abortions, anxiety. Life coach & transitional Shamanka.

Scarlett has been a doula for many years in the UK. Originally from New Zealand, Scarlett trained as a midwife. She now combines her extensive skill set to support families through the transitions of life and parenthood.

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Colette Ozanne

Birth & Postnatal Doula, Mizan practioner & Thai masseur

Colette is a birth and postnatal doula. She trained with Conscious Birthing and also trained in shamanic practices and body work. She works in an intuitive way and is led by your wishes and well-being.

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Aimee Hambyln

Birth & postnatal doula, healer & massage specialist

Aimee feels into everything and her presence is incredibly comforting, loving and deeply authentic. She is a birth and postnatal doula and doula teacher.

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Charlotte Newland

Birth and Postnatal doula

Charlotte is a mother of three children, whose births covered a wide spectrum of experiences including hospital, birth centre and home.
Her aim is to ensure that birthing people feel supported and held through their transformation to parenthood, so that they can enjoy this life-changing experience. Charlotte is a proud member of the LGBTQ community and welcomes clients of any gender and sexuality.

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Agustina Plos

Birth doula & Germanic New Medicine® practitioner

Agustina is a birthkeeper and doula with a passion for undisturbed, physiological birth. She left med school in her fifth year after realising we put our power too much outside of ourselves. Since then, the journey has been about going within. Augustina also works with the Germanic New Medicine paradigm and speaks Spanish and English.

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Sue Boughton

Experienced Birth & Postnatal Doula. Maternity massage specialist & Breastfeeding supporter.

Sue is a birth & postnatal doula with 18 years experience of empowering and nurturing mothers and their families. In 2020 Sue took the IndieBirth course "Doula training and Transformation” "It taught me a lot [even after years of supporting births] as well as reinforcing my core values, my strong belief in continuity of care & my innate trust in birth." Please note Sue is now mainly supporting home births.

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Regina Covington

Independent Midwife, Tongue Tie Practitioner & Lactation Consultant

Regina understands a tongue tie divider & lactation consultant can make a huge difference to a new mothers breastfeeding journey. She is a passionate and dedicated practitioner and IBCLC consultant supporting families at home and in a clinic in North London. Regina has also worked as an NHS and Independent midwife for many years.

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Rebecca Verlander

Lactation consultant and Birth doula

Rebecca ia a mother to 5 amazing children and each of her birth experiences and feeding journeys have been very different and shaped Rebeccas career as a Lactation consultant and Birth Doula.

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Alma Vignal

Newly qualified midwife

Alma brings together her midwifery and philosophy degrees and passion for pregnancy, birth and parenthood to offer her services to you. Alma offers antenatal care bundles for counselling, antenatal and postnatal support and birth attendance. Her focus is to provide care to accompany women and their partners through the internal (psychological and emotional) journey of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

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Nadya Mousawi

Postnatal doula

Nadya is a dedicated postnatal doula and fabulous baker/cook. The support Nadya provides is tailored to each individual. Some families opt for daily support and then reduce it when ready, other find two days per week is enough. You will discuss this together to make a plan that best suits you with an aim to empower you to navigate your journey with grace and confidence.

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Tara Rivero Zea

Specialist in women health Acupuncturist, massage, placenta encapsulation & birth doula

Tara is a very gentle & experienced birth worker and a mother of 4. She has a passion for all things related to fertility, pregnancy, birth and beyond. She specialises in women's health, and offers acupuncture, massage (and combination treatments) and placenta encapsulation.

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Lynn Murphy

Active Birth teacher & yoga specialist for pregnancy & postpartum support.

Lynn has a hypnotic presence and a gentle voice of experience, she has been in the field of pregnancy, birth and motherhood for over 25 years. A space holder for all stages of womanhood through the medium of embodied yoga and breath awareness that allows woman to feel more at home in themselves. She is a Birth Debrief & a 3 Step Rewind Practitioner and offers Mother Mentoring & Support. You may know Lynn from her time as the former Co-Director of the Active Birth Centre that closed in 2020.

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Roz Webb

Antenatal teacher, active birth teacher, breastfeeding counsellor, baby massage and movement teacher, introducing solids teacher

Roz was inspired by the support received both antenatally and postnatally at the Active Birth Centre, particularly from Lynn Murphy. It made such a difference that she changed careers, training in both antenatal and postnatal teaching and support and also set up and ran Whittington Maternity Voices Partnership for many years.

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Kate Sinclair

Birth & Postnatal doula

Kate is birth and postnatal doula who is passionate about supporting families through this special time of pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

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Vicky Walker

Birth Doula & Homeopath

Vicky is a birthkeeper, homeopath and herbalist specialising in women's wellbeing and peri-natal health. Empassioned by a recognition that the empowered feminine, experiencing optimal reproductive health and birth are the foundation of nurturing families and communities.

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Anna Ziskoven

Birth and Postnatal doula support, Osteopathy and massage for pregnancy, Postpartum osteopathy & Cranial Osteopathy for babies and children, Breastfeeding support.

Birth and Postnatal doula support, Osteopathy and massage for pregnancy, Postpartum osteopathy & Cranial Osteopathy for babies and children, Breastfeeding support.

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Carlotta Bozzetti

Child Psychotherapist, INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioner & Gentle Birth Yoga Teacher​

Carlotta’s first training was in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (ACP). Alongside her private work, she has over 10 years of experience in working for the NHS in a variety of settings.She specialises in under-5s work, the postpartum, and in supporting mothers and parents navigate the transitions through pregnancy, birth and parenthood. Carlotta is also an INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioner. She believes in prevention, her aim being to support and empower parents and parents to be starting with pregnancy and birth.

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Kemi Johnson

Experienced birth keeper, former NHS and former Independent Midwife in the UK

Kemi is the queen of experience, information, evidence based facts and knowledge around all things pregnancy and birth. We are honoured to share her wisdom here at W&B. Kemi provides services to women and families seeking more than the conveyor-belt style of care and education is currently provided. As well as working with first-time mothers-to-be, Kemi can help people unravel their thoughts regarding previous births.

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Daisy Kelly

Independent midwife

Daisy is an experienced midwife with almost two decades of clinical experience looking after women at all stages of their maternity journey and has a passion and commitment to providing care which empowers women to feel safe and well-supported in every part of their transition to parenthood.

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Thomasina Lowe

Lactation consultant/feeding expert

Thomasina has the most nurturing and loving presence. She is a highly experienced breastfeeding supporter & IBCLC lacation consultant within the private & NHS fields. Thomasina will support you from the very start of your feeding journey, offer advice, signposting and information to leave you feeling confident and supported.

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Elad Amswych

Paramedic & Founder of Green Turtle First Aid

Green Turtle First Aid is run by registered Paramedic Elad and provides accredited First Aid courses, teaching everything you’d need to know to handle an emergency situation for both birth keepers and new parents. Elad has a wealth of experience and has a gentle, calm and confident approach to his work. We are thrilled Elad is part of the W&B collective offering his courses and training to us and you.

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Gokce Acar

Psychic Medium and Reiki Healer

Gokce is a Psychic, Reiki Master and a Medium. She does energy healing sessions using Reiki and her psychic skills to open energy blockages, find out the root causes and to lighten up the soul. Due to 20 years of experience and being a mother herself, she has deep knowledge on pregnancy, birth, fertility or loss where she can help you to elevate and heal your energy, your subconscious and emotional blockages such as trauma as well as physical problems. Her sessions is also great for pain or stress management.

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Emma Campbell

Acupuncturist- Expert in fertility & pregnancy

Emma is a wonderful, very experienced & understanding Acupuncturist & Shiatsu practitioner with 30 years in practice. Specialising in fertility, IVF, pregnancy and childbirth, Emma is calming and supportive, and able to offer her extensive wisdom as you journey to blooming as a new parent.

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Sara Bakr

Birth & Abortion Doula

Sara is a full spectrum doula that supports people and families through different transitions in life as a birth, postnatal and abortion doula. She trained as doula and set up Ancestral Birth after following her calling to birth work. She speaks Norwegian and Egyptian Arabic as well as English.

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Romy Finbow

Birth & Postnatal doula

Romy offers antenatal birth preparation, birth support, and postnatal care. She trained under Dr Gowri Motha as a Gentle Birth Method Practitioner, incorporating self-hypnosis, visualisations and Creative Healing massage fear-releasing techniques into her practise. She is also a Birthlight-trained perinatal yoga teacher and an Ecstatic Birth practitioner.

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Yolande Diver

Birth Doula, Yoga teacher & Homeopath

Yolande is a London based yoga teacher, doula, holistic therapist and ritualistic space holder specialising in pregnancy, postpartum, womb health, rites of passage and earth and moon honouring ceremonies. Yolande has over 15 years of working with individuals holistically and offers accessible in person and online spaces for her clients to practice nourishing and nurturing yoga sequences, deep healing through medicine and ceremony, and has the immense honour to witness life and families being born through her many years of offering support as a birth and postnatal doula.

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Jessica Hullinger

Birth and postnatal doula, science writer, storyteller

Jessica is a science-minded birth and postnatal doula offering evidence-based, practical support for birthing people and their partners as they navigate pregnancy, birth, and the transition into parenthood.

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Kate Leftley

Craniosacral and Massage Therapist

Kate's background has been across many fields. A nurse, health visitor, infant feeding specialist and Thai yoga practitioner, but Kate kept getting drawing her back to birth work and the postpartum period of new motherhood. Her skills as a Craniosacral therapist have been inspired by her past and love of pregnancy, birth and mother/person and baby.

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Dunya Ntinizi

Feminine Embodiment Practitioner and the creator of the Somapresence Method

Dunya is a Feminine Embodiment Practitioner and the creator of the Somapresence Method—a somatic and energetic approach to movement and bodywork that nurtures presence, vitality, and resilience. Dunya's practice is deeply informed by her own journey of transformation, shaped by movement, healing, and a profound trust in the body’s wisdom.

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Emily Clayton

Independent midwife

Emily is an Independent midwife with over 13 years of clinical work and teaching experience within both the NHS and Private maternity services. I love what I do, and supporting people through their pregnancies and birthing journeys brings me so much joy and happiness!
I am also a mother to four beautiful (but very noisy) young children, which gives me firsthand experience of the challenges and joys of parenthood. I am 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.

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Ritah Maraka

Maternity Nurse/Postnatal doula


Ritah provides her postnatal support herself and via her agency of nurses she has trained herself. Ritah provides the very best support to help parents adjust to life with their newborn. Providing emotional support and reassurance to new mothers who may feel overwhelmed or anxious about caring for their newborn. They offer practical advice on various aspects of newborn care and on establishing a nurturing environment for the baby’s development.

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Niamh Burn

Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Founder of Maternity Physio

Niamh has been a chartered physiotherapist since 2003 and worked as a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist with people of all ages within the NHS and private practice for many years. Women’s health has been her sole passion for the last 10 years and to help women with obstetric and postnatal related conditions get back on track.

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Charlotte Mindel

Somatic Therapist, specialising in pregnancy, birth trauma, and challenges in motherhood

Charlotte is a Somatic Therapist, supporting women to move through anxiety, overwhelm, indecision, and anger. Previously in her role as a birth educator, Charlotte found that many women were being held back, or feeling stuck in their experience due to unprocessed emotional wounds they carried. Following her somatic training with the Focalizing Institute, she now combines somatic therapy and inner child work to support women who are keen to move towards clarity, confidence, and trust in themselves.

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