What we offer
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We are a team of dedicated midwives who are geographically placed to cover the whole of London & Essex. We offer tailor-made packages to suit your needs and can provide care and support from 4 weeks of pregnancy right through to 6 weeks postnatally. Appointments, normally of an hour’s duration, can be held in your home or in a place of your choice. We can offer a home birth experience where we are the lead clinicians or a hospital birth package where we can provide support and advocacy in labour. The thorough and knowledgeable postnatal package we provide has proved invaluable to previous clients. Our exclusive breast-feeding rates at 6 weeks are representative of this.
The safety and well-being of every mother and baby is of paramount importance, so every member of Phoenix Independent Midwives is fully trained and regularly up-dated in emergency procedures and life-support skills. We are all registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and work according to their Midwives Rules and Standards and Professional Code of Conduct.
The safety and well-being of every mother and baby is of paramount importance, so every member of Phoenix Independent Midwives is fully trained and regularly up-dated in emergency procedures and life-support skills. We are all registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and work according to their Midwives Rules and Standards and Professional Code of Conduct.
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We offer a no obligation, free consultation to meet us and discuss what your hopes are for your pregnancy and birth – this is really important as finding a midwife you like and feel comfortable with is essential. It also gives you the opportunity to explore your options for pregnancy & birth.
Our full Midwifery care packages include:
- Your ‘booking’ appointment – this gives us the opportunity to get to know each other and take a full medical and family history.
- Antenatal appointments monthly until 28 weeks, fortnightly until 36 weeks, followed by weekly appointments until the birth.
- At each appointment we will perform a complete health check on you and your baby and also allow lots of time to discuss preparation for labour, birth and the important early weeks with your baby. Appointments are never rushed. We place great emphasis on your emotional well-being as well as your physical health.
- Telephone access to your midwife 24/7 & on-call for your birth from 37 weeks.
- Complete care and support throughout your labour and birth
- Intensive postnatal support
- Home birth
- Water birth
- HBAC (home birth after caesarean)
- VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean)
- Hospital support
We also offer:
* Individual Antenatal/postnatal appointments
* Breastfeeding support from a qualified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
* Tongue tie division
“Just as a woman's heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth.”
Virginia Di Orio