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Celebrating your Pregnancy with a Maternity Photoshoot
Pregnancy is a truly magical time in your life, but it can also be a whirlwind of emotions. Between preparing for your little one's...

Hannah Webster
5 days ago2 min read
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Grow+Gather's Top Tips for a Positive Birth
Over the past ten years as a midwife, I have noticed more and more conversations about having a ‘positive birth’. We talk about this a...

Hannah Webster
Apr 204 min read
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Meet Hannah and Hailey
Hello! Hailey and I have been running Grow+Gather since 2020. A fact I find hard to believe. Where has the time gone? Life has been so...

Hannah Webster
Feb 204 min read
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Top Tips for Birth Partners
In our last blog post (which I realise was last year!) we looked at the role of birth partners - who they are and how they can help....

Hannah Webster
Jan 195 min read
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Why your Birth Partner Matters
Our Grow+Gather classes are welcome, inclusive spaces. We recognise that all families are different with different worries, different...

Hannah Webster
Dec 3, 20243 min read
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A Letter to Friends and Family
Dear Friends and Family, We are so grateful to have such a supportive group of people in our lives and we know each of you have been...

Hannah Webster
Oct 29, 20243 min read
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Eleanor - A story of love and loss
Today marks the beginning of Baby Loss Awareness Week and for Hailey and I, this is always an important time of year. As midwives, we...

Hannah Webster
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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Ask the Midwives
Previously on our Ask the Midwives series we have covered antenatal questions, questions about labour and birth as well as planning for...

Hannah Webster
Oct 1, 20245 min read
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Postnatal Planning: What it means and why it matters.
For those of you who have attended our weekend antenatal classes, you will know that our focus goes far beyond labour and birth. Whilst...

Hannah Webster
Jul 31, 20243 min read
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Mairead
A positive home to hospital birth My partner and I had opted to have a homebirth because we wanted to be in our own environment for as...

Hannah Webster
Jul 21, 20246 min read
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Why Choose Grow+Gather
Hailey and I set up Grow+Gather at the beginning of Covid, just before lockdown. Looking back, it feels as though that timing was meant...

Hannah Webster
Jul 9, 20244 min read
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Celebrating Fathers: A Shout Out to all New Dads
This Sunday will be my husband’s sixth Father’s Day and there is nothing I can buy or craft or do that will thank him enough for all his...

Hannah Webster
Jun 12, 20244 min read
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Agnes
A positive forceps birth It has been a while since we have published any birth stories on our socials or website. And this makes me sad...

Hannah Webster
Jun 5, 20244 min read
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Who you might meet...The Midwife
In our previous ‘Who you might meet’ posts, I have interviewed an anaesthetic doctor and a student midwife. The aim of these posts is to...

Hannah Webster
May 4, 20244 min read
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Five Reasons to attend our First Aid Class, 'Growing Safely'.
According to a study by the British Red Cross, only 5% of adults would have the confidence and skills to deliver life saving first aid in...

Hannah Webster
Apr 28, 20243 min read
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Grow and Gather Meets...Jade Zammit from Beyond the Stars
At the beginning of the year Grow+Gather launched the No Sleep Club. We wanted to offer a space for new parents where we could get...

Hannah Webster
Apr 11, 20246 min read
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Who you might meet - The Anaesthetist
Welcome to another 'Who you might meet'! As part of this series we aim to introduce you to some of the people you might meet during the...

Hannah Webster
Mar 27, 20245 min read
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Why Birth Environment Matters - A guide for parents-to-be
During our antenatal classes we spend a great deal of time talking about a whole range of topics. All types of birth, all types of pain...

Hannah Webster
Mar 16, 20244 min read
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5 Reasons to Hire a Birth Photographer
This blog post is written by the lovely Marieke Gortemaker from Marieke Captures . Marieke is a photographer who specialises in...

Hannah Webster
Feb 20, 20243 min read
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The Power of Movement for labour and birth
For those of you who have attended one of our active birth classes or follow us on instagram, it wont come as a surprise to learn that...

Hannah Webster
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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