Welcome to Wessex Independent Midwives
Caroline and Chrissy welcome you to their freshly-updated website.
We are private midwives in independent practice who offer a complete private midwife service in Poole, Bournemouth, Dorchester and all areas of Dorset as well as in Salisbury and other parts of Wiltshire and Hampshire.
We are both very experienced midwives who have chosen to work in private practice outside of the National Health Service in a self-employed capacity. We maintain close links with our NHS colleagues. We can provide all your antenatal care, labour and birth care and postnatal care.
Our professional practice is guided by the Midwives Rules and regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). We are also each supported by a Supervisor of Midwives. We undergo regular training in emergency skills and our practice is informed by the most recent midwifery research.
We believe passionately in a woman’s ability to birth her baby and we provide support and information to enable her to make informed choices on how and where to birth.
We feel that women have the right to be cared for by midwives who truly understand the journey of natural birth and how to maintain an environment to enable this. We respectfully support partners too.
We are highly skilled in homebirths, specialising in waterbirths. We are also experienced in providing private midwifery care for women who have previously had a caesarean section. Sensitive care for women who have had a previously traumatic birth experience is also provided.
We offer private midwife care for labour and birth either at home or in hospital. We can sometimes provide all your midwifery care in hospital, or we can accompany you in hospital as support person and advocate
By choosing our private midwife care you will feel safe and supported throughout your pregnancy, during the birth and postnatally. You will be able to relax, knowing that you have a relationship of trust with a midwife who knows what you want and truly respects your wishes.
Please also see 'The Birth Keepers' website for independent antenatal and postnatal care.