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Janine Smith Practice

Antenatal & Postnatal Specialist

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Welcome

by Janine Smith

Hello, welcome to my practice. For information and support in pregnancy, more knowledge and better preparation for birth and baby and for reassurance and ideas in early parenting, you have come to the right place. As expectant and new parents you might sometimes feel overwhelmed by the amount of information and advice offered to you. It is also easy to feel frustrated and lost...

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My practice is about having a dependable place so don’t feel like you are doing this alone.

Providing consultations, courses and content for parents during pregnancy, for birth and with a young family.

With a personalised and professional approach, my practice works with families everywhere.

 

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Baby Preparation Essentials, Essentials

Birth Preparation Essentials

These birth preparation essential guides provide a range of information, ideas and tips to boost your knowledge and wellbeing for all births. No two births are the same and...

4th Trimester Essentials, Essentials

New Baby Essentials

These new baby essentials provide a range of information, ideas and tips to boost your knowledge and wellbeing throughout the early days and weeks with your new baby. Babies...

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Birth Essentials, Essentials

Labour and Birth Essentials

These labour and birth essentials provide a range of practical information, ideas and tips to boost your knowledge and wellbeing for labour and birth, for induction and for caesareans....

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Feeding Essentials

Practical information, ideas and tips for expectant and new parents to prepare for and to know more about the essential basics of feeding your new baby. Through this website...

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Pregnancy Essentials

These pregnancy essential posts provide a range of information, ideas, tips and experiences to boost your knowledge and wellbeing throughout pregnancy from your first trimester until you give birth....

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12 practical ways to boost your birth wellbeing

What do I mean by birth wellbeing? Well, it’s really easy to focus on contractions and to forget to...

by Janine Smith
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Pregnancy Wellbeing

Pregnancy wellbeing can feel like an indulgence because pregnancy is natural, so what’s the fuss? While I don’t like...

by Janine Smith
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Postnatal Conversations In April

Postnatal Conversations: “Your sessions are like therapy – we get to offload and talk openly.” All of my sessions...

by Janine Smith
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After the Ockenden Report

After reading the Ockenden Report and the experiences of the families involved, I have reflected a lot on the...

by Janine Smith

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12 practical ways to boost your birth wellbeing

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Loneliness of Motherhood

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enjoy every second

Can I Cuddle My Baby?

Managing birth expectations

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Birth on TV

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What are contractions and what can you do to manage them well?

We know that labour involves contractions but what are contractions? Your baby grows inside your uterus, which contains long...

by Janine Smith
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Do I need a birthplan?

No! But a birthplan can be a powerful tool, it just needs to be realistic. Don’t actually expect to...

by Janine Smith
pregnancy cravings

I have heard that some pregnancy cravings are weird. Is this true?

Pregnancy cravings can be fabulously weird and wonderful and they can be pretty powerful with an over whelming urge...

by Janine Smith
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What can the different pregnancy symptoms feel like?

Pregnancy symptoms can vary so much – ranging from powerful to mild and some people don’t experience any symptoms...

by Janine Smith
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So you can know, say and do birth on purpose. Slow your breathing, relax your shoulders, release your fingers, let go or any tension. I am creating the Mother Cuppa Community - a wonderful little space for expectant and new parents to read, learn about and discuss pregnancy, birth, babies and being a family. I've written a new post over on my website about birth wellbeing - with 12 ideas to encourage you to focus on you, as well as contractions. Do you know where the challenges might be for labour, birth and with your new baby? There is a loneliness of motherhood because having young children is not all about coffee shops and idle chatter. It is not a holiday. It can be one of the toughest times in a woman’s life. The loneliness of motherhood can be torture. “After feeling so exhausted and fed up at the beginning of pregnancy, I had more energy to actually enjoy being pregnant.” It's just a baby right? How hard can it be? 📷 @paulagalvaofotos

Find out more about the Janine Smith Practice and the ways I can help you during pregnancy, for birth and throughout early parenting.

Your Pregnancy & Birth

I have created 4 really useful, practical and informative toolkits for all parents:

*relax & breathe
*do birth on purpose
*beyond birth
*mother cuppa

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Visitors to the website may not copy any of the content, materials, images and resources or otherwise use the same without the express prior written permission of Janine Smith.

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