I am a practising NHS midwife in London specialising in mental health. Working in this field throughout the pandemic has given me first-hand experience of the increasing needs of both women and their families and is the drive behind me setting up this service.

Since qualifying with a first-class degree from Kings College London in 2014, I have worked across all areas of the maternity service, as both a community and hospital midwife covering antenatal, postnatal, and labour care. Over the past five years I have specialised in roles providing continuity and care to women with additional needs, such as social and mental health difficulties. I have also taught private antenatal classes for both The Bump Class and myself, and in the first year of setting up this service (November 2021-2022) I worked with 68 women and their babies and families.

I’m passionate about delivering high quality evidence-based and compassionate care and have undertaken courses outside of the NHS in counselling and trauma intervention to support this. I have attended hypnobirthing training and am currently working towards becoming a certified lactation consultant.

I have recently become a council member for The Nightingale Fund, a charity established in 1857, that exists to give financial support for course fees to nurses, midwives and community public health nurses.