Miranda Sykes – Private & NHS Midwife

Miranda is an experienced private and NHS midwife with a specialist interest in mental health, providing unhurried tailor-made midwifery counsel and support for women and families either at home or virtually. Miranda has worked across all areas of the maternity service, as both a community and hospital midwife covering antenatal, postnatal, and labour care. She is passionate about delivering high quality evidence-based and compassionate care and has received training in counselling and trauma intervention, hypnobirthing, and is currently working towards becoming a certified lactation consultant.

Clare Bourne – Pelvic health Physiotherapist

Clare is a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist & most importantly a mum of 2. She worked in the NHS extensively before moving into private practice and has a particular passion in supporting women during pregnancy and after birth, helping them to seek treatment for any pain or pelvic floor dysfunction they experience. Having lived pregnancy and the postnatal experience Clare knows what a precious but also vulnerable and sometimes lonely experience it can be.

Lucy Pilkington – Birth doula, hypnobirthing practitioner, reflexologist

Lucy is a Birth Doula, Reflexologist, & Hypnobirthing practitioner. Originally a nurse, Lucy’s experience having her own 2 children inspired her to train as a birth doula and was one of the first group of NHS doulas to work at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in 2012. Lucy is passionate about enabling parents to have the best birth possible and focuses on preparing, supporting, guiding and empowering couples on their journey through pregnancy and birth into parenthood. Lucy is also a baby massage instructor and runs baby massage courses – these classes provide much needed support for mums postnatally.