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...
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Hannah Webster
Oct 15 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Jul 313 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Jul 216 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Jul 94 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Jun 124 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Jun 54 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
May 44 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Apr 283 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Apr 116 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Mar 275 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Mar 164 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Feb 203 min
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 maternity,...
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Hannah Webster
Feb 153 min
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...
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Hannah Webster
Feb 15 min
What you need to know about your baby’s movements
This is a tough blog post to write. Because it seems quite serious and a little scary. And I certainly don’t want to scare anyone but I...
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Hannah Webster
Jan 113 min
Why book a 1:1 session with Grow+Gather?
Last weekend we had such a blast running an antenatal session for some lovely expectant parents to be. It was such a joy to get to know...
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Hannah Webster
Sep 11, 20234 min
5 reasons to gather for Growing Again!
We are so excited about our Growing Again classes that we will be starting to roll out from October. Currently happening in Edinburgh,...
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Hannah Webster
Aug 16, 20233 min
Why swimming with your baby matters - Part 2
Water Babies swim classes are based all over Scotland with lots of classes in Dundee and Edinburgh. There are so many benefits associated...
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Hannah Webster
Aug 14, 20233 min
Taking your baby swimming - Top tips from the experts!
Hi! We are Jenni and Louise and we run Water Babies classes in the North East of Scotland. Alongside us, we have a wonderful team of...
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Hannah Webster
Jul 30, 20235 min
What to pack in your birth bag
The birth bag. A hot topic and one that people worry about a lot. And a question we get asked about all the time during our antenatal...
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