When I was a little girl, I dreamt of looking after people or animals for a living. At various times I wanted to be a doctor, a vet, a nurse, a midwife… It remains something of a mystery to me how I ended up spending seven years as a TV producer, but with that glamorous if exhausting detour out of the way, I reassessed my life and retrained as a massage therapist.

As a freelance practitioner for various clinics, I often worked with pregnant women and new mums. It was hugely rewarding and I soon decided to train as a specialist in pre and post natal massage, then later as a doula, providing massage and support during births.

The first few births I attended were amazing; gentle home births whereby using massage I was able to provide a fantastic level of effective pain relief to the women in labour. Part of my training involved teaching birth partners some easy massage techniques, and it was always a humbling privilege to watch a birth partner massage their mum-to-be with such tenderness and love. It was here that I saw the true beauty of birth.

I believe that every woman has in her the power to achieve the birth experience she wants. With the right kind of nurturing and support, labour can be memorable for the right reasons; a relaxed, loving and natural process.

I continue to work with all kinds of women throughout their pregnancies, helping them to get ready for the big day, supporting them through the birth itself and helping them to get back to their best as quickly as possible after the big day. I love the work I do and the friends that I make along the way, and I’m passionate about the techniques that I advocate. I may not rub shoulders with the rich and famous these days, but there’s honestly nothing I’d rather be doing.

I live in London with my husband, our two wonderful (slightly cheeky) daughters and a couple of (also slightly cheeky) cats.

Training and experience:
* ITEC Holistic/Swedish/DeepTissue Massage
* Pregnancy and Labour Massage - Suzanne Yates, Well Mother
* Touch-Pro Event Based Acupressure Massage
* Paramana Doula Training with Michel Odent and Liliana Lammers
* Rebozo Training with Stacia Smales Hill
* Ward Based ‘Maternity Support’ work experience on the labour ward at Kings College Hospital.

I have successfully supported lots and lots of women through homebirths, hospital births, water births, VBAC, and IVF pregnancy. I have supported women in traditional relationships ,single mums, women in same sex relationships and those with previous birth trauma related anxieties.