In 2004, I studied Nursing in University of Limerick and straight after, went on to do my H.dip. in Midwifery in Trinity College, Dublin. There was no direct entry at that time and you had to study nursing first. When I qualified and started on the labour ward of a busy Dublin maternity hospital, it was the culmination of years of hard work.
Being a believer in the the importance of evidence-based practice and wanting to develop my skills to be as useful as I could to women, I went on to study an M.Sc. in Midwifery and later on, a Clinical Midwife Tutor qualification. The more I learned, the more I realised that while hospitals save lives, homebirth is a safe and preferable option for low risk women.
The helpful hormones involved in birthing are oxytocin and endorphins. These are produced by the parasympathetic nervous system and require a state of calm and confidence. Many women would feel more calm and empowered in their own homes rather than in the hospital setting. A surprising number of women are not aware that homebirth is an option and are excited at the prospect when they learn that it is available. It gives me great pleasure to be able to facilitate this service to empower women with more choice in birth.
To make myself as useful as possible and to support mothers to have the joyful experience I knew pregnancy, birth and motherhood could be, I qualified as IBCLC Lactation Consultant, KGHypnobirthing Instructor and a Reflexologist specialising in pre-natal care and fertility.
No two homebirths I have attended are the same, but they all give me such happiness to know that I am supporting women to have the very highest standard of care and to experience birth as joyful, empowering and sublime.
Whatever your choice, know that you have options and I am happy to help you explore these different pathways and find the way that will work best for you.
Carolyn is caring, knowledgable, professional and most of all, she is extremely passionate about women having their voices and preferences heard when it comes to pregnancy and birthing.
— Marcella
Since this was my first pregnancy, I was nervously anticipating labour. Throughout each visit, Carolyn encouraged and advised me, and provided helpful advise regarding literature, natural pain relieving methods, hypno birthing techniques, aromatherapy, breathing techniques, how to express and freeze colostrum, and much more.
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