I graduated with a first class honours degree in midwifery from Bournemouth University in 2000 and spent the first three years of my career as a midwife at The Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton and Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester.

In 2003 I went to work at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital where I became a clinical leader in the stand alone birth centre. It was here that my interest in waterbirth and third stage of labour developed and evolved into my Masters thesis and I was awarded an MA in Advanced Midwifery Practice in 2009.

During my time at The Royal Bournemouth, I undertook the supervisor of midwives course and this enable me to investigate poor practice, support colleagues in their learning and support women who chose to birth against the recommended clinical advice.

In 2016, I returned to Dorset County Hospital and worked in both the hospital and the community, including a six month secondment to the RCM award- winning Cygnet Homebirth Team, due to my extensive experience of providing labour care in a birth centre and at home...

I was offered a secondment to BU in November 2022 as a Lecturer Practitioner as a first step into midwifery education. It was something I enjoyed so much that I accepted a permanent post as a Midwifery Lecturer in 2023. I completed my PG Certificate of Education with distinction in 2025.

My role is part time which means that I still have the opportunity to practise clinical midwifery at Dorset County and I support the homebirth team as part of their on call rota.

My main midwifery interests are homebirth, waterbirth, multiple birth (as a mother to twins) and supporting/advocating for women to get the best possible birth experience for them, regardless of their mode of birth, and supporting midwives to provide safe care.