Birthing Gently offers a range of services for women (and their partners, families and babies), which aim to facilitate a relaxed, healthy pregnancy, a positive birth experience and a calm transition in to parenthood.
It was the births of my own four children, and my experience as a La Leche League breastfeeding counsellor, that inspired me to train to be a midwife. I qualified in 1998, and since then I have worked as both a hospital midwife and a community midwife. I am experienced and confident in home birth, water birth and hospital birth. I have completed extra training in newborn resuscitation and dealing with birth emergencies. I am qualified to do the ‘Newborn Examination’ that all parents in the UK are offered for their babies.
I have now chosen to work outside the NHS, because I want to be able to give women the one to one care that I feel they deserve during pregnancy, labour and the early weeks with a new baby. I believe that women need continuity of care and carer at such an important time in their lives, and, at the moment, working independently is the only way that I feel that I can provide this type of care.
I am qualified in a range of maternity complementary therapies (aromatherapy, reflexology, hypnosis, moxibustion, reiki). Complementary therapies are invaluable for dealing with the various ailments and conditions of the childbearing year (morning sickness, backache, stress and anxiety, breech presentation, post-dates pregnancy etc.). I use an integrated approach, combining the most appropriate therapy or therapies with conventional midwifery care. I am also trained in baby massage. If you book me as an independent midwife I can include these extras as part of your care.
I am a qualified and insured Birthlight Yogacise teacher. I also teach Hypnobirthing courses, and I have additional training in hypnosis for childbirth, which enables me to offer individualised hypnosis sessions as an alternative to Hypnobirthing classes, if you would prefer that. I also offer birth and parenting preparation sessions.
I am passionate about the importance of breastfeeding for mothers and babies. I have a great deal of experience and training in supporting breastfeeding and helping mums and babies to overcome breastfeeding challenges.
Contact:
Eithne Clarke , RM, B.Sc.(Hons).
07823331832
01706 819023
www.uk.nyrorganic.com/shop/EithneClarke
