Amy is an NMC registered Midwife with over 24 years’ experience as a senior midwife in the NHS. She is the founder of a successful private midwifery practice in Kent, Co-Founder of “Baby on Board” – Antenatal courses & Workshops and a licensed consultant with Expectancy TM – The leading authority in maternity complementary therapies.
To enhance your journey from pregnancy to post birth, Amy offers a range of therapies including Aromatherapy, Reflex Zone Therapy (Clinical Reflexology), Acupressure and Moxibustion for breech, providing a holistic approach to health in pregnancy and a safer alternative to conventional maternity care.
As an experienced breastfeeding practitioner, Amy offers midwife led breastfeeding support consultations. Providing bespoke feeding support for challenges such as difficult latch, nipple pain, baby weight Loss and supply concerns, signposting to tongue tie services and managing mastitis
To help you to prepare for Labour and birth, this treatment is a combination of complementary therapies designed to enhance physiological processes and encourage and support spontaneous labour.
The treatment uses aromatherapy, acupressure, and clinical reflex zone therapy and provides you with an opportunity to discuss your birth preferences, ask questions about labour and birth and discuss any worries you may have while encouraging the release of natural birth hormones in a relaxed, calm environment. You may bring your birthing partner along too so they can be taught some techniques to continue at home.
Your birth preparation therapy includes:
Waiting for your labour to start can sometimes be a stressful time, which can then delay your labour starting further. This combination treatment is perfect for women who want to avoid medical induction of labour and to encourage labour to start naturally.
The treatment uses a combination of aromatherapy, acupressure, and clinical reflex zone therapy and provides you with an opportunity to discuss your birth preferences, ask questions about labour and birth and discuss any worries you may have while encouraging the release of natural birth hormones in a relaxed, calm environment.
This therapy can be used alongside the ‘Membrane Sweep’ that may be offered by your maternity care midwife, but should you decline this then the due time therapy is beneficial on its own. You may bring your birthing partner along too so they can be taught some techniques to continue at home.
The due time therapy includes:
If your baby is in a breech position (bottom first) your maternity care provider will discuss your options. These may include an ECV (External Cephalic Version) to try and manually turn your baby, a vaginal breech birth or a caesarean section birth.
Moxibustion is a technique used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to help turn a baby from a breech (bottom first) position to a Cephalic (head down) position. The technique and can be used from 34-36 weeks of pregnancy.
Moxa – sticks of dried herb – are used to heat specific energy points on your little toes. The heat is absorbed into the points and transferred via energy channels, triggering hormone changes which relax the muscles in your uterus to encourage your baby to turn.
Research suggests moxibustion is 66% successful, in comparison to an ECV which is up to 50% successful. This is a safe treatment for women after 34 weeks gestation, who have an uncomplicated pregnancy.
Your moxibustion for Breech therapy includes:
Amy offers a 75-minute support consultation available at any stage in your feeding journey.
How can I help?
During the appointment you can discuss your concerns. We will carry out a thorough feeding assessment, observing your baby during a feed. You will receive information on responsive feeding, observing feeding cues and signs of optimal feeding. Together we will develop a personal feeding plan to equip you with the tools to continue a positive feeding journey.
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