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Midwifery Services
As a fully qualified Midwife I can provide total care for women throughout pregnancy, birth and 28 days postnatal. You can choose a total midwifery care package, postnatal midwifery care or just benefit from my wealth of experience in my antenatal classes. One to one Independent Midwifery Care is proven to improve outcomes for mother and baby. My Statistics back this up: In the period 2006 - 2009 66% of my Independent Midwifery clients achieved a homebirth. In 2007 the UK homebirth rate was 2.7%, and the Portsmouth area homebirth rate was 2% www.birthchoiceuk.com In the same period 70% of my clients planning a vaginal birth achieved this, compare this to the UK national average of 46.1% normal birth rate (birthchoice 2007). Contact me, Joy Horner, on Mobile: 07939247462 to discuss your requirements. "There is evidence to suggest that women with one-to-one care throughout their labour are significantly less likely to have caesarean section or instrumental vaginal birth, will be more satisfied and will have a positive experience of childbirth." (NICE Intrapartum care guideline Sept 2007. Page 74) "There was a lower rate of all clinical interventions associated with one-to-one care and rates of satisfaction were higher." (Clinical outcomes of one to one midwifery practice. Lesley Page, Sarah Beake, Andy Vall, Christine McCourt, Jenny Hewison British Journal of Midwifery, Vol. 9, Iss. 11, 01 Nov 2001, pp 700 - 706) A group of midwives working in a deprived area of London has great outcomes based on one to one midwifery care. At the Albany Practice in 1999 there was:
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