Who we are...
Hello from Me ... Anna
My name is Anna, and I am honoured to have been a midwife for well over a decade now.
Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved to nurture and care for humans, animals and wildlife and I followed my childhood dream of qualifying as a registered nurse in the millennium.
After some wonderful years in nursing, working with THE very best in human society, my heart began aching for a career in midwifery. I was overjoyed when, in 2008, I became a qualified midwife after once again studying at the wonderful University of Leeds. I began practising within a busy teaching hospital as a rotational midwife (meaning that the midwives work and rotate into all areas). After birthing two beautiful babies myself (seen here), I joined a homebirth team and became more passionate than ever about helping to inform women and couples about their birthplace choices and their options for an active birth.
As a practising midwife, I feel joy and privilege every day I go to work and I'm passionate about teaching women and couples about their labour, birth and parenting choices. The classes we have developed are truly evidence-based.
We are passionate about preparing you for all modes of birth and for interventions that may be offered during pregnancy, labour and birth. This degree of preparation can help you to adapt to changing plans if needed, and help you to have a positive birth experience regardless of the mode of birth. I know how vital this preparation is to help you to recover both physically and emotionally, both as a result of my personal experience, but also from my professional experience of having cared for hundreds of women and their families over the last sixteen years.
I have met some extraordinary women, partners, midwives, support workers and obstetricians on my journey so far. My private classes are done in addition to my NHS hours and they are continually evolving and updating to ensure you receive the information you need and deserve to help you to make the best informed choices for you and your baby. It would be my absolute pleasure to meet you and to help prepare you for your labour, birth and early parenting journey!
Hello from Rachel
Infant Feeding and Lactation Specialist
My name is Rachel and I am delighted to be joining Simply Birth alongside Anna and Emily.
I qualified as a midwife in 2013 and spent many years rotating around different areas within the hospital and community before finding my passion for low risk birth and homebirth. I had my daughter in 2019 in the pool, and after ticking off the long list of breastfeeding challenges one by one, I felt empowered to make changes to how women are supported with their feeding choices. I spent time working as an Infant Feeding Specialist and have qualified as a tongue-tie practitioner and IBCLC/Lactation Consultant in 2023. This is an accreditation I am incredibly proud of!
I am passionate that mothers and babies get the infant feeding support they deserve and I love being able to empower women and families to make decisions they feel is right for them and their baby!
In addition to teaching for Simply Birth, I run my own lactation consultancy services and can see women privately both antenatally and post birth.
Please contact me via my website :)
