About Midwife Lauretta

Hello Lovely ones!

Thank you for coming here - I’m Lauretta and I have trouble writing things without making it an essay… I’m a mum, a midwife and lover of connecting with people. I’ll start by sharing a little of my own story and what led me here.

I love being a midwife, I put my heart into caring for the women and families I meet and I enjoy working in all areas of Maternity.

But I also feel frustrated at times because although I know the impact & benefits of a supportive, knowledgeable midwife, there is a limit to how much education and preparation we can do with you in between contractions.

I knew I wanted to do something to create more of an impact BEFORE I met people on their big day.

I discovered Calmbirth during my first pregnancy & completed the course, this is where my love for birth education began.

Being a midwife and going into my own birth, I knew I had a lot of baggage that I was carrying around with me, experiences from what I’d witnessed as well as my own beliefs around my body and what it could do.

I had a lot to work on, a difficult pregnancy and health issues meant I didn’t have a lot of belief in myself and what my body COULD do.

I knew about the physiology of what happens in labour – but there’s only so much you can fit into a degree and I needed to go deeper, to look at ways I could prepare myself and my part-midwife husband for our birth.

Doing the work on my mindset helped me to work through my fears, add to my knowledge of mindset and practical tools so I could work WITH my body, and have confidence I could do it.

It’s SO important to understand these facets and its why birth preparation needs to be more than just the mechanics of the process.

“Our bodies know how to birth and our babies know how to be born, sometimes it’s our minds that get in the way…”

I overcame the initial beliefs and doubts I had, I let go of the fear and embraced the power.

And WOW, power is one of the words I would use to describe both of my births, as well as challenging, intense but SO freaking empowering!

I now have two beautiful little girls (makes me smile just thinking about that) and honestly the experience’s I’ve had have helped me overcome many challenges.

I’ve now created my very own class - Your Birth Class & watch this space for more to come.

My dream is for ALL women & birthing people to feel empowered by their births, to go into parenting physically and emotionally well, for their own and their family’s wellbeing.

However you choose to prepare for your birth and postpartum – please invest in yourselves, your birth and your baby, I promise it will be so very worth it!

Much love,

Lauretta