Antenatal Classes, Antenatal Advice and Postnatal Care
Congratulations on your pregnancy. Are you looking for a real insight into childbirth? Being prepared for birth and the transition into parenthood is essential. Call the midwives offers a comprehensive insight into childbirth and parenting designed as intimate one to one antenatal classes in the comfort of your own home. Our extensive two hours workshops give you a unique insight into the physiology of birth, birth preperation, breathing and coping with labour. Our strategies are designed to lower intervention rates and help you achieve a happy outcome at a time that suits you and your partner. When the baby arrives we can offer you an exceptional postnatal care service, enabling you to adapt smoothly to parenthood.
Antenatal preparation is fundamental to improving outcomes and understanding the natural process of labour and birth. Fear of the unknown can cause tension which leads to increased pain, this is known as the 'fear tension pain cycle', which was first observed by Grantley Dick Read (1942) in his book 'Childbirth without fear'. We plan to provide a unique service that is designed to nurture nature, by providing you with the emotional and physical tools in preparation for birth and parenting. we provide information onantenatal care, diet excersice place of birth and most importantly the various coping strategies to enable a natural birth.
PRIVATE POSTNATAL CARE
After the baby is born many parents feel isolated and alone, this is where we aim to provide comfort and support and this very crucial time. Emotional support is very important in the postnatal period, we understand that physiological changes and the birth experience may disturb the emotions, we pride ourselves on the ability to offer goldstandard emotional support and advice to help you and your partner in the transition to parenthood.
We offer advice regarding attachment and bonding and practical parenting. We are a very affordable service that is designed to help you in all aspects of care.
Attention all mums did you know that you are entitled to the governments Health in Pregnancy Grant of £190 after your 25th week of pregnancy? Every little helps Contact us for more information
We cover South East London and Kent
The London Boroughs of Bexley, London Borogh of Bromley and London Borough of Greenwich