About Me
SUPPORTING YOUR CHOICES
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Cally Edwards
Mother the Mother
I support parents in every labour, birth, feeding, parenting choice. I put you at the heart of the story. What is it that you want? How can we achieve that? From a homebirth to a planned caesarean birth, exclusive breastfeeding to formula feeding and everything in between – you are the narrator of your own story and I’ll support you.
I breastfed my 2 children & have plenty of experience with bottle feeding.
I like to actively increase my knowledge around all areas of labour, birth, feeding, parenting and am constantly up-to-date with medical guidelines. I like to regularly attend conferences, courses, workshops & Continued Professional Development (CPD) days to enhance my skills.
I regularly read professional Midwifery journals & publications as well as attending conferences, study days & open forums to enhance my knowledge, keep current with research & meet like-minded passionate peer groups.
I run local breastfeeding groups & volunteer on the local postnatal ward reaching more mums at a critical early stage of breastfeeding newborn & young babies.
During the 2020-2021 pandemic, I completed my training as an ABM Breastfeeding Counsellor & trained as a Holistic Sleep Coach with Lyndsey Hookway. I’ve mastered teaching on Zoom & now offer a variety of online courses for couples, mums & breastfeeding parents to get support & information.
By teaching regularly, I offer a wealth of experiences, advice as well as having a large address book of helpful groups, professionals & previous clients who I can put you in touch with.
I have a full DBS check & full insurance with Arthur J Gallagher.
Last, but by no means least, I live in the beautiful Chalke Valley with my husband & two sons.
Study Days include:
- Birth Physiology (Michel Odent)
- Breech Skills (Joy Horner, Shawn Walker)
- Care of the Labouring Woman (Lesley Shuttler)
- Chichester Home Birth Conference (Sheila Kitzinger, Mary Cronk (breech birth))
- Homebirth (Marie Coveney)
- London Home Birth Conference (Ina May Gaskin (Sphinter Law), Suzanne Colson (Biological Nurturing), Denis Walsh (Assoc. Professor of Midwifery, Nottingham University))
- Massage (Juliana and Chris Beadsmore)
- Don’t Hold Your Breath (Cathy Welch and Charlotte Whitehead)
- What is Normal Infant Sleep (Prof. Helen Ball of BASIS, Durham Uni)
- Becoming a Parent During Lockdown (Dr Mari Greenfield, King’s College, London)
- Midwifery and Obstetric Update Day every 3 years (Lesley Shuttler, Denise Stanford-Bell) Natal Hypnotherapy for Doulas (Maggie Howell)
- Red Tent Weekend. Empowering the Woman in Birth (Alex Smith)
- Waterbirth (Dianne Garland)
- Twins And Multiples (Samantha Havis)
- High BMI & Gestational Diabetes (Dot Parry)
- Safeguarding Adults and Children (Astute Learning)
- Tongue Tie Workshop (Lynn Timms)
- Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Conferences 2019-2021 (incl. Philippa Pearson-Glaze, Rosie Greenwood, Lucy Ruddle, Smila Hanciles, Nehanda Truscott-Reid, Kathryn Stagg, Faranaaz Jaulim, Nekisha Killings)
- Holistic Sleep Coaching (Lyndsey Hookway)
- Doula UK Conferences 2014-2022 (Lyndsey Hookway, Dr BJ Woodstein, Jo Rhys-Davies)
Recent Studies include:
- Birth Physiology (Michel Odent)
- Breech Skills (Joy Horner, Shawn Walker)
- Care of the Labouring Woman (Lesley Shuttler)
- Chichester Home Birth Conference (Sheila Kitzinger, Mary Cronk (breech birth))
- Homebirth (Marie Coveney)
- London Home Birth Conference (Ina May Gaskin (Sphinter Law), Suzanne Colson (Biological Nurturing), Denis Walsh (Assoc. Professor of Midwifery, Nottingham University))
- Massage (Juliana and Chris Beadsmore)
- Don’t Hold Your Breath (Cathy Welch and Charlotte Whitehead)
- What is Normal Infant Sleep (Prof. Helen Ball of BASIS, Durham Uni)
- Becoming a Parent During Lockdown (Dr Mari Greenfield, King’s College, London)
- Midwifery and Obstetric Update Day every 3 years (Lesley Shuttler, Denise Stanford-Bell) Natal Hypnotherapy for Doulas (Maggie Howell)
- Red Tent Weekend. Empowering the Woman in Birth (Alex Smith)
- Waterbirth (Dianne Garland)
- Twins And Multiples (Samantha Havis)
- High BMI & Gestational Diabetes (Dot Parry)
- Safeguarding Adults and Children (Astute Learning)
- Tongue Tie Workshop (Lynn Timms)
- Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Conferences 2019-2021 (incl. Philippa Pearson-Glaze, Rosie Greenwood, Lucy Ruddle, Smila Hanciles, Nehanda Truscott-Reid, Kathryn Stagg, Faranaaz Jaulim, Nekisha Killings)
- Holistic Sleep Coaching (Lyndsey Hookway)
- Doula UK Conferences 2014-2022 (Lyndsey Hookway, Dr BJ Woodstein, Jo Rhys-Davies)
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