Support for every step of your journey

What's Included

🤰 Antenatal Care

Three antenatal appointments in your own home, including personalised birth planning

Liaison with NHS services, if needed, to ensure coordinated care

💫 Labour & Birth

Two experienced, dedicated midwives on call for you 24/7 from 37 weeks

Personalised labour and birth hamper, tailored to support your comfort and calm

All necessary equipment for home birth, including:

Birth Pool in a Box

Gas and air available when needed

All recommended safety equipment

🌸 Postnatal Care

Two postnatal visits in the comfort of your home at times that suit you

Includes the full NIPE examination of your baby

Additional visits provided by NHS midwives

Important Details

This package is not available for twin pregnancies

Includes the cost of professional indemnity insurance

£7,200
(Booking subject to availability; payable in full by 37 weeks)

Yes. You are entitled to receive as much or as little NHS care as you wish, alongside care with me.

I recommend having a booking appointment with your chosen NHS Trust, as this can be helpful should NHS support be needed at any point during your pregnancy or birth. Having blood test results and other investigations recorded on your NHS notes also supports safe information sharing if required.

Most of my clients choose to have their booking appointment, routine blood tests, and ultrasound scans with the NHS, and then receive the remainder of their antenatal, birth, and postnatal care with me. This approach allows you to benefit from NHS resources while maintaining continuity of care and personalised support throughout your pregnancy.

If you are identified as higher risk, or if a risk factor develops during your pregnancy, we will fully discuss what this means for you and your baby, ensuring you have clear, evidence-based information and time to explore all your options.

If you choose, we can work collaboratively with an obstetrician or other relevant specialist. I can accompany you to appointments, help you prepare questions, and offer ongoing support so that your care remains joined-up and centred around your preferences.

I will continue to support your informed choices, including your choice of place of birth, even if risk factors arise. We will work together to reduce risk wherever possible, adapt your care plan as needed, and ensure that decisions are made thoughtfully, collaboratively, and in line with what feels right for you.

Emergencies requiring immediate transfer to hospital are rare in healthy, physiological labour.

Large UK studies examining outcomes by planned place of birth have shown that, for women with low-risk pregnancies, home birth is a safe option for most mothers and babies. Planned home birth is associated with significantly higher rates of vaginal birth, and lower rates of intervention, including postpartum haemorrhage, unplanned caesarean section, instrumental birth, episiotomy, and epidural use, as well as higher maternal satisfaction.

Early findings from the Birthplace in England study suggested a slightly higher risk for babies of first-time mothers planning home birth. However, subsequent analysis and reviews of high-quality studies have found no statistically significant difference in infant mortality between planned home and hospital birth for low-risk women, including those having their first baby.

As an experienced home birth midwife, also with extensive hospital experience, I am trained and equipped to recognise and manage complications should they arise.

In practice, true emergencies are uncommon, and there are usually early signs when labour is deviating from the normal, allowing timely decision-making and transfer to hospital if needed.

My role is to monitor you and your baby closely, act early if concerns arise, and ensure that transfer is calm, organised, and appropriate whenever it is in your or your baby’s best interests.

If we do require a transfer to hospital, an ambulance is called to take us to your nearest NHS maternity unit. I handover clinical care to the NHS team but remain with you until your baby is born.

This has not happened to date. It would only be in very exceptional circumstances that I would be unable to attend your birth.

I always endeavour for you to meet the second midwife who would normally attend your birth with me in advance, so that you are familiar with your care team. In the extremely unlikely event that I am unable to attend, the second midwife would step into the role of lead midwife, ensuring that you are supported by someone you already know and trust.

No! While the majority of my clients do choose to give birth at home, this doesn’t need to be decided at the point of booking. Some people know from the outset, others decide during pregnancy, and some only decide where they feel most comfortable once labour has begun.