Expert Private Maternity care and support. Giving peace of mind whilst empowering parents and nurturing babies for the best start in life.

Choosing Lara to support us postnatally was the best decision we ever made; her compassion, expertise, and unwavering support made our experience truly extraordinary.

Fertility Support & Planning

Individualised advice and support in a relaxed and unhurried setting. Recognising fertility as a whole-body event with an approach that is holistic and evidence based.

Postnatal Planning & Parenting Preparation

Where many parents begin their journey with The Specialist Midwife. Preparing you for the early days as a family, supporting your recovery and educating around your baby’s needs during the transition to the 4th trimester.

Postnatal Care &

Parenting Support

The highest standard of expert evidence based care, specifically tailored for you and your family’s individual needs. Providing education around the crucial 4th trimester and providing care and hands on support in the early days and up to 6 weeks post birth.

Breastfeeding Support

The in-depth support and reassurance that women who wish to breastfeed need and deserve. Looking at your whole clinical picture, we’ll dispel myths, increase knowledge around your baby’s needs and build confidence in your self and your ability to feed your baby.

Copywriting, Consultancy & Training

Providing a range of professional services to educational and social platforms, private companies, media and broadcasting outlets, private health services and the NHS.

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Specialist Services

Expect More

The Specialist Midwife is dedicated to providing high quality care and support, focused on individual needs, expectations and aspirations. With a passion for educating, we provide the latest guidance and information to support you as you get to know your new baby, and navigate the changes and challenges that being a new parent brings. We ultimately want you to enjoy the experience of becoming parents and help ease worries, concerns and self doubt.

You can expect that we will always:

Offer appointments that are always in an unhurried environment
Be available outside of appointment times for support, advice and reassurance
Build a trusted and personal relationship through continuity of care
Empower those in our care to make informed decisions in all areas of perinatal care
Provide individualised evidence based care centred around your whole family’s needs
Support the birthing parent with a deeper understanding of the body’s processes, promoting enhanced recovery and emotional stability.
Support the transition to parenthood with in-depth practical support and provide an understanding of the physical and emotional challenges for both parents.
Guide you to support your newborns transition and encourage their cognitive and emotional development.

We are passionate about providing a unique specialised service, giving you the experience you deserve to have as a family. As a result parents can feel confident, prepared and excited in welcoming baby, and safe in the knowledge that they are giving their baby the very best start in life.

The Specialist Midwife offers personalised face to face care, support, advice and education to families across the Midlands, Warwickshire and London with online access available nationally.

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Specialist Care

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Personalised face to face care at home, supporting families across the Midlands, Warwickshire and London with online access available nationally and internationally.

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Lara's guidance and encouragement transformed our breastfeeding experience from a battle we thought we'd lost into a beautiful bonding experience, filled with confidence and joy.

Meet The Specialist Midwife

I’m Lara, Private and independent Midwife, Copywriter, Educator and Trainer as well as being Mother of 3 boys.

I started my Midwifery journey back in 2009, 15 years ago, driven by my own experience of pregnancy, birth and Motherhood. I really wanted to make a difference and help provide care, education and support to others, especialIy in those early days with a new baby. I really do feel that having the right education and support can make such a difference to the whole parenting experience, and can influence so much more.

During my time employed by the NHS, I gained experience in every area of Midwifery, spending my early years working on the postnatal wards and as a Community Midwife. I took on a specialist role as a bereavement Midwife and then went on to work for 5 years as Specialist Midwife for Teenage Pregnancy. This role was a safeguarding focused role and is where I discovered my passion for teaching, educating and supporting other Midwives. I’ve always been drawn back to postnatal care, finding that supporting families in the early days with their babies, and helping them to prepare for parenthood is really where my passion lies.

I love to learn and educate myself with the latest evidence and guidance and so have enhanced my Specialist knowledge and qualifications further. Within my practice I offer fertility support and planning, Pregnancy loss support and support with Pregnancy after loss, Mental health support as well as in-depth education around postnatal recovery and nutrition, Baby Brain development and baby’s transition to life, as well as sleep support. I also have 30 years of my own parenting experience to draw upon.

Day to day I provide individualised evidence based care with a focus on private, enhanced postnatal care and c-section recovery to families, training and consultancy to both the NHS, media and private services and create blogs and resources for well known pregnancy and maternity brands. I work bi weekly from my Solihull clinic where I offer private antenatal care and also work alongside other experienced professionals supporting private birth in Birmingham.

I am registered with The Royal College of Midwives and work in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and adhere to the Code of Conduct. I am also registered with the Royal College of Nursing being fully insured to provide antenatal and postnatal care and am also a member of ZEST.

I am passionate about breaking away from the traditional constraints of our modern-day pregnancy and postpartum experience, and I'm really looking forward to supporting you on yours!