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About Bridging Birth
I’m Amy, a holistic Birth and Postnatal Doula, perinatal yoga instructor and former midwife.
I believe pregnancy, birth, and parenthood are an ancient and sacred rite of passage. This is not only about welcoming a new life, it is deeply transformative - a total physical, psychological and spiritual metamorphosis.
It requires us to call upon our most primal and instinctive power that connects us to the ancient wisdom of the natural world. It is one of the only experiences in our modern lives that invites us to do this. It must be seen, honoured, and celebrated.
You are already the expert. I am here to support, lift, and nourish you as you navigate this immense journey. To help you harness your inner wisdom and cultivate deep self-trust, and step into your power. I will walk alongside you every step of the way to ensure you are honoured, empowered and protected.
I have 12 years experience in the birth world, serving thousands of families. Every single family's journey is entirely unique. I provide deeply personalised support that honours your individual journey. As a former midwife I know the NHS system inside out. If you choose to use it, I can help you navigate this system to ensure you confidently take what you need, and leave what you don't. If you choose to go your own way, we walk that path together.
Whatever you need and wherever you are in your journey, I am in your corner.
If you choose a home birth that is transformative, powerful, and joyful, and need support to surrender and release, I’m there.
If you are planning to use a hospital or birth centre, and need someone who knows exactly how to navigate the system and make it work for you, I’m there.
If you are choosing to birth outside the system and want someone to hold sacred space, I’m there.
If you're looking for perinatal yoga to nourish your mind, body, and spirit from early pregnancy through to postnatal recovery, I'm there.
If you’ve just welcomed your baby and need postnatal support to feed them (and nourish yourself!), I'm there.
Where I Practice
Where I Practice
I will support you in any setting, wherever you feel most comfortable.
Based in Shepton Mallet, I proudly offer in-person support across Somerset, West Wiltshire, South Bristol, and North Dorset including:
Bath, Keynsham, Chew Magna, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Shepton Mallet, Glastonbury, Wells, Frome, Bruton, Somerton, Yeovil, Ilminster, Warminster, Westbury, Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Gillingham, Sherborne, Shaftesbury, Sturminster Newton, and everywhere in-between!
I will always try to accommodate families wherever possible, so please drop me a line if you're not sure!
My Story
My Story
My own voyage started in 2014, when I began my midwifery journey. I will never forget the first time I witnessed the raw power and beauty of birth- I knew I had found my calling!
As a strong believer in continuity of care I dedicated myself to caseloading. I had the privilege of walking alongside thousands of families in all stages of their journey, and across all settings. I later specialised as a fertility midwife, supporting families facing challenges at the very beginning of their path to parenthood.
I gave it everything I had, but eventually the reality of today's NHS maternity service made it impossible to deliver the depth of care that families need and deserve. I realised that staying meant complicity with a broken structure, so I chose to leave.
Bridging the Gap
I had left clinical midwifery but the deep need to support birthing families never left me. I trained as a perinatal yoga teacher with Sally Parkes. Movement, breath and meditation became my tools to help women connect with their bodies and babies. I moved into perinatal mental health improvement. This deepened my understanding of the emotional and spiritual landscapes of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
However during this chapter, my own path to motherhood took a deeply personal turn. I experienced the indescribable grief of multiple pregnancy losses. It took patience, hope, and fertility treatment to eventually conceive my two incredible sons Casper and Rudi.
My first: A wonderful pregnancy. An empowering, deeply peaceful home birth. A very challenging postpartum experience.
My second: A very difficult, highly medicalised pregnancy and induction of labor. An empowering and enlightening postpartum experience.
Living through the full spectrum of fertility struggles, loss, home birth, and medicalised birth all changed me deeply. I came to see pregnancy, birth and parenthood as a rite of passage, a spiritual event to be honoured, respected and protected.
Returning to the Birth World
These experiences re-lit the fire within me, and the pull back to the birth room was too strong to ignore! I re-trained as a doula with the incredible Conscious Birthing in Glastonbury, undertaking deeply holistic, trauma-informed training that grounded my practice in safe, supportive holding.
Today, I use my background in midwifery, fertility and perinatal mental health to support you to confidently navigate your journey, your way. I unite this with holistic doula care, yoga, and placenta remedies to support, lift, and nourish you, to help you harness your inner wisdom and cultivate deep self-trust, and step into your power. I walk alongside you every step of the way to ensure you are honoured, empowered and protected.
Whether you are currently preparing for birth or finding your rhythm in the postpartum days, I am here to hold space for your voyage. You deserve nothing less.
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