Private Midwives in London

[LondonLady30]

Hey ladies,

Im sure this thread has been done to death but Im a bit lazy so am listing it again ;)

Can anyone recommend a private midwife who works in London? One who is used to supporting labours at St Thomas would be amazing but more important that they are very good and will support in any hospital setting (some that Ive seen are just home birth).

Cheers!

Not sure about st thomas's but neighbourhood midwives and the fabulous Tina would be my choice. I booked her for postnatal care and I wouldn't hesitate to use her for a vb.

I'm with the London birth practice and they are wonderful :-)

Had two babies with Tina at Neighbourhood Midwives - she's great. Would totally recommend.

Thanks folks- called and asked for Tina after seeing these but seems she doesnt do my part of london

Teatimecakes, we are meeting with Jacqui from London Birth Practice tonight so fingers crossed!

Jacqui looks after me too! She's lovely and won midwife of the year back in March :-) Hope it goes well. I'm overdue now so will try not to go into labour and mess up your appointment! :-) x

I know this thread has been a long time dead but I just wanted to post our experiences on here for others to see.

In the end we went with Neighbourhood Midwives. We chose them over London Birth Practice primarily as 1) they allowed us to pay monthly 2) they did an NHS top up package which was much cheaper than the full package and which suited our needs better.

We had Corina and Cheryl as our midwives and I cannot recommend them highly enough. From start to finish they were professional, warm, reassuring and knowledgable. In fact we trusted them so much we ended up having a home birth! (A million miles away from what we were planning) It was calm and I'd even go as far as to say I'd do it again and that I enjoyed it. What surprised me most was how much the midwives could do - they do all the post care and there was no need to go in to hospital at all. They could do everything from managing the fourth stage to dealing with post birth injuries. They also did all of the baby care in the hours and days afterwards.

Our memories of the whole thing are lovely - after the birth, they put me in my own shower, we ordered a curry from our fave local with champagne to celebrate then they tucked me up in my own bed. All in all, would recommend it to anyone who has had a straight forward labour - especially if its a second baby like ours was!