Birth Stories

Jasmine - 2 August 2007

When I found out I was pregnant with my second daughter I asked someone I knew - who worked as a doula - what the best birth care was that I could get. She told me that independent midwives were the 'Rolls Royce of maternity care' and that Anja was the best she knew. So that was that! One of the things that was really important to me was to talk through some issues I had about my first birth... Read More

Edward James - 21 July 2006

In October 2005, Jamie and I were overjoyed to find that I was pregnant. The whole thing seemed quite a daunting prospect, however, and we couldn't have been more relieved and happy to find Anja - ten minutes away, always on the end of the phone and a bottomless source of information and reassurance ...Read More

Jack William - 5 July 2006

I think it is fair to say most of my friends and family were shocked when I announced I was planning a homebirth. I am not really that "type". However this is my homebirth story, one of the most positive experiences in my life ...Read More

Leon - A VBAC story - 8 May 2005

I have just had my last visit with Petra and her words are still ringing in my ears and heart: ‘Anja, I am so happy that we decided to have a homebirth! It has been such a special experience for me and Tobias and what an experience for the children to have been present at their brothers’ birth ...Read More

Francesca Bell - 13 December 2006

Little did we know when I was 36 weeks pregnant and made the decision to go for a home birth (after watching a TV programme about the state of the NHS Midwifery care) that booking with Anja was going to be one of the most important decisions we have ever had to make ...Read More

Amelie Lucia - 6 September 2005

The phone rings. It’s Monday morning and far too early for most people to call. Is this it I ask myself? It’s Chris’s voice on the other end and I know immediately this IS it, the day we have all been waiting for ...Read More

Lola Florence - 13 March 2007

I met Anja through my local NCT branch. I knew from that moment on that when my husband and I were ready to have another baby, it was Anja I wanted as my midwife. It’s thanks to her support, expertise and great sense of humour that my dream came true....Read More

Lowri Rose - 19 August 2005

Who’d have thought that we’d end up hiring acro-props from a local building firm? Neither my husband, Jon, or I started with a real plan in mind for the birth of our first child when I found out I was pregnant on Christmas Eve 2004 ...Read More

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