After working in the Merchant Navy, Meghan commenced her Midwifery Degree at The University of Nottingham. After graduating in 2018, Meghan started her career at Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham. In 2021 Meghan joined Private Midwives, where she has become the Antenatal Education lead and enjoys caring for women in a case-loading capacity. Meghan is NIPE trained and enjoys facilitating students on placements, enjoying their enthusiasm for Midwifery and highlighting different ways to practise as a Midwife. Meghan loves that she never stops learning within the Private Midwives family and is proud to practice gold standard care with Private Midwives.
Private Midwives attending a water birth at home with a client

What to do with your placenta after a home birth

Your placenta is an amazing organ. For a start you made it and it has also kept your baby with the supply of oxygen and nutrients it needs to enable them to develop and grow! Not only does it give your baby all it needs it also removes waste products from the baby’s blood, all
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Are home births safer than hospital births?

In the UK about 2% of births take place in the home, and in Ireland it’s about 1%. Birthing at home can lead to less interventions, less adverse maternal outcomes and less adverse outcomes for babies too. Which creates a more positive experience for the women and their families. Are home births safe? Birthing at
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Antenatal Education

Why is Antenatal Education Important? Antenatal education is so important! We pile so much time, money and effort into so many life changing events nowadays. But birth, perhaps the biggest life changing event, is often left to chance when there are so many benefits to women and partners investing in it. Antenatal education can ease
What happens after a home birth?

What happens after a home birth?

My job frequently involves witnessing women at their most powerful and fierce; seeing them birth their baby and wrapping them safely in their arms; watching as their face changes from pure strength to a soft, peaceful, and elated look; and quietly observing as they flood their newborn with protective safe smiles and introductions. I am