Alex Kohansky,
Founder
“Becoming a mum for the first time was the most thrilling, exhausting and intense experience of my life. The friends I made during pregnancy became invaluable – meeting up, swapping stories, laughing and watching our babies develop together, turned an uncertain and potentially very difficult period into an incredible shared adventure. Nothing can really prepare you for the full impact of having a baby, but there’s certainly a lot you can learn in advance that will make things much easier when you’re in the thick of the action. My goal with Bump and Baby Club is to connect parents-to-be and give them the best possible start in birth and parenting. Above all, I hope people gain the confidence they need to trust their instincts and enjoy the amazing times ahead.”
Our team of Antenatal Instructors
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Sandra
Sandra is a practicing midwife with 30 years experience, including 10 at the Birth Unit of Private Hospital St Johns & St Elizabeth’s. She is a qualified Reflexologist and a Trustee of the Cocoon Charity, which supports women and families affected by perinatal mental health issues.
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Tanith
After achieving a first for her degree in Psychology, Tanith went on to study Midwifery at King’s College London, gaining her qualification in 2011. She has worked in all areas of midwifery, assisting hundreds of women in birthing and breastfeeding their babies. She currently works as a Specialist Infant Feeding Midwife and lactation consultant. MEET TANITH HERE
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Emilie
After gaining a first class honours degree from King’s College London 11 years ago, Emilie began her midwifery career at St Thomas’ Hospital, where she’s been working ever since. Up until recently she worked within the high risk team, now she delivers a holistic perinatal education programme to families in Lambeth. MEET EMILIE HERE
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AJ
After a Biology degree and a fleeting career in advertising, AJ received a first class honours midwifery degree and now works on the delivery suite at Worthing Hospital. Passionate about exercise, activity and mobility during pregnancy and labour, AJ is also a pre and postnatal personal trainer. She is also an experienced hypnobirthing practitioner. MEET AJ HERE
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Charline
Charline has been a practising midwife for nearly 16 years, working at busy London NHS hospitals as well as a 5-year stint at private hospital, The Portland. She has worked in all aspects of midwifery and has a special interest in infant feeding as well as postnatal and baby care.
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Jess
Jess has been a midwife since 2015, working in all areas of midwifery but mostly within the birth centre and 'community'. She is currently working on the delivery unit at the Rosie in Cambridge. MEET JESS HERE
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Carrie
Practicing midwife, Carrie, has worked in all areas of the profession for many years and is currently based at the delivery suite of Barnet Hospital. She gained her Hypnobirthing qualification through the Association of Hypnobirthing Midwives. MEET CARRIE HERE
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Daisy
Daisy is an experienced midwife with almost two decades of clinical experience, in all areas of maternity care. She has a special interest in Perinatal Mental Health has led a specialist team providing maternity care for vulnerable women.
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Laura O
As a midwife for over 10 years, Laura has worked in all aspects of midwifery and is currently practising in one of the most sensitive areas of the profession – working with women with complex needs and safeguarding concerns. She lives and works in West London, juggling her busy career around her two young children. MEET LAURA HERE
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Tori
Tori is an experienced, practising midwife, currently working at Manchester Foundation Trust. She has worked within birth centres as well as out in the community, including home birth, and currently works with the charity, Tommy’s, researching maternal and fetal health. She also practices medical acupuncture to aid fertility, pregnancy and motherhood. MEET TORI HERE
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Tami
Tami is a highly experienced midwife who worked in a busy North London hospital before moving on to become an independent midwife. She is UNICEF trained in breastfeeding support, and holds certificates for acupuncture in labour, maternity reflexology, and aromatherapy.
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Cathy
Cathy is an extremely experienced antenatal teacher, postnatal doula and baby feeding consultant. She has helped hundreds of expectant and new parents over the last 20 years. MEET CATHY HERE
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Louise
Louise is a highly experienced Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and currently working at Dartford and Gravesham trust. She did her fellowship at NHS Resolution, the litigation authority centred around patient safety. She features in OUR VIDEO HERE
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Chris
Chris began her career as a care assistant and newborn hearing screener, before completing her midwifery training 10 years ago. She has worked in all areas of the profession, including community midwifery, where she fell in love with teaching antenatal classes. She points to her own mother – a midwife for 47 years – as her inspiration for becoming a midwife!
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Sharon
With a midwifery career spanning 20 years, Sharon has worked in all aspects of midwifery. She qualified in Bristol, where she worked for 3 years, before moving to London and joining the Whittington Hospital, where she’s been ever since. Sharon is also a pregnancy and postnatal yoga teacher. MEET SHARON HERE
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Carly
A midwife for over 20 years, Carly has rotated between the delivery suite, antenatal ward and postnatal ward for most of her career. She is also an experienced hypnobirthing practitioner and reflexologist, specialising in maternity reflexology, and is currently working as a core Birth Unit Midwife at East Surrey Hospital.
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Donna
Donna worked in the arts for 10 years, project managing major art exhibitions both in the UK and internationally. In 2012 she trained to become an antenatal instructor with the NCT and went on to qualify as a first aid instructor in 2016. Donna is also a lay examiner for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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Shaheda
A practising midwife for over 8 years, Shaheda has worked in all areas of the profession. She became especially passionate about infant feeding after her experience of feeding her own baby, and it led her to become an infant feeding specialist midwife. Shaheda features in OUR VIDEO HERE
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Ellie
Ellie gained a first class honours degree in midwifery from King’s College London in 2016 and has worked in all areas of midwifery since. She is qualified in aromatherapy for childbirth and currently working towards becoming a Lactation Consultant, whilst teaching hypnobirthing and baby massage classes.
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Mary
Mary trained and worked as a midwife in London for several years before moving to Bristol in 2018, where she’s been working as a community midwife, specialising in antenatal and postnatal care. She has now joined the team at Cossham birth centre, supporting women in labour. Mary is also a hypnobirthing and pregnancy yoga instructor. MEET MARY HERE
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Adelle
Adelle qualified as a midwife in 2004 with a first class honours degree, having trained at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She has years of experience in all areas of midwifery and is also an NCT trained antenatal instructor. She’s supported over 2000 parents, alongside raising her 3 children.
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Lisa
With 12 years of midwifery under her belt, Lisa has a passion for continuity of care. Her current role at Barnet Hospital allows her to see women through their whole journey, caring for them antenatally, in labour and postnatally. Lisa has worked in all areas of midwifery including a safeguarding team, providing care for vulnerable women.
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Rachel W
Rachel has been a midwife for over 20 years and worked in various NHS and private hospitals. She is currently working part-time in the private unit at St Thomas’ Hospital, whilst also practicing as an independent midwife – visiting expectant and new parents at their homes.
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Nikki
A midwife for over 16 years, Nikki currently practices at a very busy London hospital and has worked in all areas of antenatal, delivery and postnatal care. She is also a trained Pilates & Barre Instructor and Health Coach.
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Kirstina
With a background in Modern Languages, Kirstina decided to pursue a degree in Adult Nursing which then led to an interest in midwifery. In 2018 she completed a degree in midwifery at a busy London hospital and currently works for a continuity caseloading team in southwest London.
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Lucy
After a degree in communications, followed by travelling and being a nanny for 5 children, Lucy became a midwife which she’s been practicing for 10 years. She has worked in all aspects of midwifery, seeing women through every stage of their journey – from pregnancy, to birth and visiting them at home afterwards. MEET LUCY HERE
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Rachel H
Rachel has been a midwife for 15 years, and worked in all different settings, including midwife-led birth centres and labour wards. She led the Homebirth team at Croydon University Hospital and also spent time working as an independent midwife in London. Rachel now works at East Surrey Hospital as a caseload midwife specialising in mental health and safeguarding for vulnerable women. .
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Kirsty
Currently based in Sussex, Kirsty is a midwife who’s worked in both hospital and homebirth settings within various UK trusts. Most recently she’s been working within a small continuity team, alongside caring for her young family. She has a particular interest in working to reduce health inequality and providing inclusive spaces for all women and birthing people. Kirsty features in OUR VIDEO HERE
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Lisa
A qualified midwife since 2014, Lisa has worked in all areas of midwifery, including acute maternity units as well as community settings and home birth care. She currently works at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital.
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Nikki R
Nikki has been a midwife since 2012 and was a nurse before that. Alongside her midwifery shifts within the west midlands, she works in a senior nursing role, looking at 'Quality and Safety'. She is also a specialist in complementary therapies. MEET NIKKI HERE
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Sarah
Sarah has been a Midwife for over 6 years and worked in various environments in this time: in an NHS Community team, independently outside of the NHS, and now in a midwife-led Birth Centre in a large London hospital. She has taught antental classes in a variety of settings throughout her career.
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Sinead
Sinead has been a midwife for 10 years and works at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in London, currently as Labour Ward Coordinator. She is about to embark on a course to become a ‘High Dependency Midwife,’ to care for very unwell women within the High Decency Unit on the Labour Ward.
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Faye
Faye is a practicing NHS midwife in Manchester with over 13 years experience. She also works as a hypnobirthing instructor and runs baby massage classes, fitting it all around family life with two young children. MEET FAYE HERE
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Alice
A midwife for over 10 years, Alice has worked in many different aspects of midwifery in both Southampton and Bristol. She has a particular interest in breastfeeding (after overcoming her own struggles with feeding her baby) as well as maternal mental health and birth trauma. Alice is also a hypnobirthing instructor.
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Ros
Ros has worked as a Midwife for over 10 years within NHS and private hospitals both in the UK and Australia. She is part of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, in the early stages of creating a startup to address the issue of the inequalities of Black Maternal Health in the UK. MEET ROS HERE
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Nikki B
Nikki qualified as a midwife in 2004 and has worked in all areas of the profession. She is currently a lead diabetes specialist midwife. She is qualified in ‘Birth Trauma Resolution’ and also provides aromatherapy, massage, reflex zone therapy and acupuncture.
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Tina
As well as being an NCT-trained antenatal instructor, Tina is a midwife with over 20 years experience. She also founded and runs an independent midwifery company, which provides personalised care for women throughout London and the neighbouring counties.
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Jo
Jo has worked as a midwife in South East London and the West Midlands since graduating with 1st class honours from King’s College. Before becoming a midwife she worked in the charity and education sectors. Jo is also a pregnancy yoga teacher, life coach and visiting midwifery lecturer.
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Ellen
Ellen has been a practising midwife since 2015 and worked at a variety of large London Trusts and within all areas of midwifery. She is currently Lead Midwife at the Lewisham Birth Centre and also doing a masters in Enhanced Midwifery Care.
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Laura H
Laura graduated with a first class honours degree in midwifery from King’s College London and is now an experienced, practising midwife who’s worked in a range of high and low risk midwifery settings. She is currently working in the birth centre at Lewisham Hospital in London and is also an experienced hypnobirthing teacher.
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Camella
Camella is an experienced midwife currently working at a busy London hospital. She has also practised midwifery in Tanzania, Haiti and New Zealand and is passionate about all aspects of birth and parenthood preparation. She has post graduate training in newborn care and development.
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Tess
Tess is a highly experienced midwife, a trained doula, NCT and hypnobirthing teacher. After gaining a first-class honours degree from King’s College London, she worked in many areas of NHS midwifery and has supported hundreds of births. She currently works as a private midwife caring for families in SE London
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Carolina
Bio coming soon
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Vickie
Vickie has been a practising midwife since 2018 and worked across all settings, antenatally and postnatally. She has a special interest in supporting women with feeding their baby and will soon undergo training to become a tongue tie practitioner.
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Emily
Bio coming soon!
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Jyoti
Jyoti qualified as a midwife in 2019 from King's College London and currently works at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She has practised in all areas of midwifery and is now based within the birth centre. She is qualified in aromatherapy & acupressure for childbirth and postdates pregnancy and is working towards becoming a lactation consultant.
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Fran
Fran has been a midwife for nearly 8 years, having completed a degree in Psychology and Criminal justice before embarking on her midwifery training in Oxford. She has lots of experience on the delivery suite and postnatal ward, and is currently working as a community midwife at Wantage Birth Centre.
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Becky
Becky qualified as a midwife from King’s College London in 2017 and has worked in all maternity settings, including private midwifery in a busy London hospital. She currently works as Lead Midwife for Student Midwives at Milton Keynes University Hospital and is also a trained hypnobirthing instructor.