Skills & Qualifications

Biomechanics, Motherhood, Muslim, Queer birth, Infant loss, gypsy and traveller, samaritans, spinning babies, maternity voives, birth trauma

Training & Qualifications

I regularly take part in continued professional development to stay current and deepen my support for the people I work with. My current focus areas include:

Trauma-informed care and birth debriefing
VBAC and HBAC (I am a HBA2C parent myself)
Complex birth experiences
Identity-affirming support for LGBTQ+ families
Culturally responsive care for Black and Brown parents
Birth after loss and rainbow pregnancies
Advocacy and navigating maternity systems

Courses, Workshops & Conferences:

The Motherhood Group - Black Maternal Health conference 2025
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Practitioner - Infant Loss Foundation
Cultural & Religious Issues Following a Bereavement - Infant Loss Foundation
Baby Loss in Different Communities - Infant Loss Foundation
Supporting Muslim Families in the Perinatal Period - Supportme CIC
Sands Bereavement Training - PMRT

Other Roles & Experience

Chair of the Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership (Leighton Hospital)
MNVP representative and system-level collaborator across Cheshire & Merseyside
Experience working closely with maternity staff, service users, and underrepresented communities to drive change based on lived experience
Speaker and advocate for inclusive and user-led perinatal care

Birth Better - Birth Trauma Training
Make Birth Better - Perinatal journey from trans and non-binary perspective
Queer Birth Club - LGBTQ+ competency in the perinatal period
Queer Birth Club - LGBTQ+ competency in lactation
Samaritans - Conversations with Vulnerable People
Gypsy & Traveller Cultural Competency in Birth & Beyond - Clare Cox

Optimal Birth - Molly Obrien, RM, BSc, AHBM
Biomechanics for Birth - Shellie Poulter
Aromatherapy in Pregnancy, Birth and the Postpartum - Ruth Merigosh Aromatherapist