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BIRTHCARE WITH KATIE
ABOUT KATIE
A midwife who helps you feel ready
I'll help you understand what's really happening in your body, know your options, and feel calm and in control, whatever kind of birth you're planning.
I'm Katie, a registered NHS midwife, antenatal educator and hypnobirthing instructor, and these days I specialise in perinatal mental health. My approach combines clinical knowledge and a deep understanding of how birth actually feels, so I can help you prepare in a way that is practical, honest and calm.
12yrs
as a Registered Midwife
NHS
MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
20+
YEARS AS A BIRTH EDUCATOR
HOW IT STARTED
How I got here, my story
After the birth of my second child, I felt a deep pull to change direction and dedicate my career to helping others have better, more supported birth experiences.
I began by training as an antenatal teacher with the NCT, which quickly led me to study midwifery, and I've never looked back. While working as a community midwife, I saw first-hand the incredible impact that emotional preparation, compassionate care, and real support can have on birth experiences.
That's what inspired me to train as a hypnobirthing instructor and to create Birthcare, a space for positive birth education. Over time, my work and my heart began to focus more deeply on supporting those for whom pregnancy isn't always joyful or straightforward. People navigating anxiety, fear, or trauma from previous experiences.
That's what led me to specialise as an NHS perinatal mental health midwife, working within a Maternal Mental Health Service supporting people who have experienced perinatal trauma, loss, or a profound fear of birth.
mission is to prepare and empower parents-to-be so they can approach birth feeling confident, informed, and supported, and give themselves the best chance of a positive experience.
MY WHY
What I kept seeing, and
couldn't ignore
Every week in my NHS work I would see people who desperately needed more support than the system could provide quickly enough.
The waiting lists were long. The appointments were short. And in between, people were navigating their pregnancies alone, carrying fear that was completely understandable and yet rarely validated by the care they received.
I built Birthcare because I knew there were thousands more beyond the area I could reach, facing the same thing alone. The digital space meant I could extend my reach without compromising the depth of care that makes this work actually effective.
MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
Supporting people when the system reaches its limits
My NHS work gave me an insight into the scale of unmet need for perinatal mental health support, and the specific gaps that exist for people navigating pregnancy after trauma.
1 in 3
Women experience birth as traumatic
4%
Develop full PTSD after birth
Many
never recieve specialist support
You
Deserve better than that
01
Validation First
Your fear is real, reasonable, and makes complete sense given what you've been through. That's always where we start.
02
No Empty Reassurances
I will never tell you to relax or think positively. I will help you find tools that work with your nervous system, not against it.
03
Trauma-Informed Always
Every resource, every podcast episode, every word — created with the understanding that trauma changes how we receive support.
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QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
The training behind
the care
Clinical expertise and human warmth aren't opposites. Everything Birthcare creates is shaped by more than a decade of learning, and by a genuine care for the people behind every birth.
Registered NHS Midwife - 12 years
Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Midwife
Maternal Mental Health Service Practitioner
Trained in the Foundations of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Trained in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
Trauma-Informed Practitioner
Hypnobirthing Practitioner
Antenatal Education Teacher
FLAGSHIP COURSE - NOW OPEN
Birth Without Fear
Essentials for a Better Birth
A complete, self-paced course for anyone pregnant again after a difficult or traumatic pregnancy, birth or postnatal experience.
Created by an NHS Mental Health Midwife, this course combines CBT, Compassion Focused Therapy and hypnobirthing, adapted specifically for pregnancy after trauma. Practical, effective tools designed to work with your nervous system rather than against it.
4 modules · 17 video lessons - self-paced, lifetime access
20 worksheets - including trauma-informed birth plan template
9 guided meditations - for vaginal and caesarean birth
Early access price - £72 or 3 × £25
Early access · £72
WHATS INSIDE
Four Modules Everything you need
1
Finding Safety Within
Understanding fear after trauma and how to start building calm
2
Reframe & Cope Ahead
Break the fear cycle and build a flexible plan for any birth
3
Your Birth Toolkit
Breathing, meditations, anchors and your safe birth space
4
Your Birth, Your Way
Rights, communication and your trauma-informed birth plan
17
Lessons
20
WORKSHEETS
9
MEDITATIONS
FREE RESOURCES
Free resources to start with.
Created by an NHS Mental Health Midwife. Yours instantly.
The Informed Birth Preferences Guide
A free, midwife-made guide and printable template to help you know your options and write a birth plan your maternity team will actually read, for every kind of birth.
The Pain Relief Workshop
Every pain relief option for birth, explained clearly, honestly, and without pressure. Medicinal and non-medicinal, benefits and risks, and a framework for deciding what's right for you.
READY TO BEGIN?
