Planning a vaginal birth after a caesarean you might be told you're not allowed to birth in water. This is something...
VBAC – Can I have a Water Birth?
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VBAC – Can I have Intermittent Monitoring?
VBAC - can I have intermittent monitoring? So the short answer is YES! Legally health care professionals cannot force...
Journal For Your VBAC
Journal For Your VBAC Journaling can be a powerful tool for reflection, self-discovery, and emotional processing...
VBAC & Hypnobirthing Courses
Today is the launch day for my VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) courses, I’m so excited to now offer courses that...
Birth After a Previous Caesarean Birth – What Birth is Right for Me?
Birth after a previous caesarean birth – What Birth is Right for Me? Vaginal Birth After Caesarean or Elective Repeat...
Mindful Breastfeeding / Chestfeeding
Mindful Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding I trained in Mindful Breastfeeding while I was pregnant with Oakley in 2021....
Hypnobirthing Taster Session
Why do I offer a free Hypnobirthing taster sessions? It's like a try before you buy, you can see if hypnobirthing is...
Oakley is 1
How is this happy content little lady 1 already, why can’t time slow down? I would like to share my experience of this...
My Top 10 Parenting Tips
Did you know that now that I'm 2.5 years into this parenting malarkey, I'm now a self proclaimed expert! haha I wish,...
Baby – 10 things I did differently with my 2nd Baby
1.Co-slept from the start Co sleeping worked well with my 1st daughter, but at the beginning I didn't want to co...
Birth – 10 things I did differently 2nd time around
I wanted home births, but both my births didn't go to plan, they were very positive and empowering experiences, one...
10 things I wish I knew about Breastfeeding & Chestfeeding
This is a controversial post, I don't want to put anyone off breastfeeding/chestfeeding, it's amazing but these are...
10 reasons why I love breastfeeding
Before I get into the 10 reason why I love breastfeeding/chestfeeding, I want to say I found it hard to breastfeed at...
Postnatal Depression in Fathers
Did you know that men/non birthing parents can get postnatal depression? Becoming a parenting is hard, exhausting and...
Hypnobirthing FAQs
What is Hypnobirthing? Hypnobirthing is an antenatal birth education course, it is to empower you to trust your body...
My VBAC Birth Story – Oakley
The birth of my first daughter was via an unplanned c section – you can read the birth story here. I wanted a HBAC...
LGBT+ Competency
I have recently completed a LGBT+ competency workshop, run by the awesome AJ Silver from The Queer Birth Club,...
Who is Jodie @ The Maternio
Hey I'm Jodie and I thought I would do a blog post about who I am and what I like. I live in Camberley with...
My Birth Story – Willow
I had a wonderful pregnancy and we were supported by the super awesome midwife Sarah from LotusMidwife 10am Friday...
Birth Preparation
Hypnobirthing I would recommend starting hypnobirthing from 26+ weeks. You will learn the basic physiology of birth,...