Birth Story 13

Our Story

After being confronted with the coronavirus pandemic in my third trimester of pregnancy and then hit with the reality that my dream home-birth, which we’d been planning since day one, was no longer a reality via the NHS, it suddenly felt that all our months of staying calm and feeling prepared were going out the window.

We desperately searched for other alternatives, to-ing and fro-ing between just giving up and trying to make peace with the idea of giving birth in hospital, and scouring through numerous websites for private midwives, hoping they could help us achieve the birth we’d planned. After some days of debating we finally agreed that we couldn’t put a price on giving our child her best possible entrance into the world, and talking to Leonie our minds were put at ease and the decision was cemented.

With only weeks to go before my due date, Leonie was so accommodating and agreed on a mini plan for us to work with, something which other private midwives we’d contacted had been hesitant to do as we were so late in the pregnancy.

From the first meeting with Leonie days later, we once again felt in control and calm about our upcoming birth, which I’m so happy to say couldn’t have gone more smoothly. We will forever be grateful to Leonie for guiding us through the process, for keeping us calm and for letting us do our thing as a couple, safe in the knowledge that she was right there with us when we needed her, with a confidence she projects that can only come from extensive knowledge and experience.