Nursing Degree, University of Padova, Italy
October 2009 · Nursing experience across Italy, England and Scotland, including a decade in intensive care
LEARNING, QUALIFICATIONS & CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT
A practice shaped by learning.
My background and ongoing learning inform the care I offer. I believe it matters to keep asking questions, developing skills and recognising the limits of my role.
FOUNDATIONS
Training and experience.
I completed my nursing degree at the University of Padova in Italy in 2009 and worked in nursing roles across Italy, England and Scotland, including intensive care. I left nursing completely in 2024 and am no longer a practising registered nurse.
My path into perinatal work grew from my own experiences of motherhood and breastfeeding, and from a wish to support other women and families through pregnancy and the postnatal period. I became a La Leche League GB Breastfeeding Counsellor in January 2022 and completed the Initial Preparation Postnatal Doula Course with Younique Postnatal in March 2023.
I completed Pregnancy, Postnatal and Mom & Baby Yoga Teacher Training with Sally Parkes Yoga in November 2022 (85 hours; US and UK Yoga Alliance recognised and FEDANT approved). I am not currently offering yoga classes, but this training remains part of my professional background.
QUALIFICATIONS & CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
My learning journey.
From nursing and infant feeding to postpartum care, bodywork, nourishment and traditional practices, each learning experience has contributed to the way I support families.
20091 entries
20213 entries
Lactation Consultants of Great Britain annual conference
2021
Supporting the unsettled baby webinar
Shel Banks · June 2021
La Leche League International 65th Anniversary Conference: Celebrating Connections
October 2021
20227 entries
Breastfeeding Counsellor, La Leche League GB
January 2022 – June 2024
Lactation Consultants of Great Britain annual conference
2022
Anatomy of Pregnancy CPD
Karen Kirkness · Meadowlark Yoga · September 2022
Annual Adult and Paediatric Basic Life Support training
Scottish Nursing Guild · October 2022
Pregnancy, Postnatal and Mom & Baby Yoga Teacher
Sally Parkes Yoga · 85 hours · US & UK Yoga Alliance recognised and FEDANT approved · November 2022
Rebozo Techniques for an easier birth
Sophie Messager · December 2022
The Art and Science of Postpartum Wrapping
Sophie Messager · December 2022
202313 entries
How to prepare for a nurturing postpartum
Sophie Messager · January 2023
Motherfoods: Maternal Nutrition and Humanity's Health
Rachelle Garcia Seliga and Carly Rae Beaudry · January 2023
What is the Infant Microbiome
Toni Harman and Alex Wakeford · Microbirth School Microbiome Courses · March 2023
Initial Preparation Postnatal Doula Course
Younique Postnatal · March 2023
The Parental Brain Summit
March 2023
Postnatal Rebozo Massage and Closing Ritual Online
Sophie Messager · April 2023
Twins and more
Younique Postnatal · April 2023
Two-day Closing the Bones Workshop (in person)
Sophie Messager · May 2023
Yin and Restorative Yoga
Nadine Watton · Meadowlark Yoga · May 2023
Drumming for birth
Sophie Messager · 2023
Level 1 Hypopressives Training
Alice Housman · November 2023
Fourth Trimester Food, Nutrition and Nervous System Skills to Restore and Recover After Birth
Kimberly Ann Johnson and Kate Pope · 2023
Birth Trauma Training for Birth Workers
Erin Bowe · 2023 · Ongoing (as listed on original website)
20252 entries
Swedish, Pregnancy and Postnatal Massage
Coach Holistic · January/February 2025
Postpartum Herbalism workshop
Lucie Bradley · September 2025
20263 entries
Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Catering
August 2026
Postpartum Nutrition
Maranda Bower · Postpartum University · 2026 · Ongoing
Wùo Taï Workshop
8 November 2026
A GENTLE PLACE TO BEGIN
You don't have to do it all alone.
If you would like to talk about the support that might feel right for you, I'd love to hear from you.
Get in touch ↗Becoming a mother leaves no woman as it found her. It unravels and re-weaves her; cracks her open; takes her to her edges.