Bernie Allport
RM, RN, ONC, Dip He, HBCE.
Midwife, Wife, Mother, Antenatal educator.
I am your course facilitator and have the privilege of working among
mums, dads, babies and new families on a daily basis as a midwife. I
have a genuine passion for women’s issues and rights and am fascinated
by the changes women undergo throughout history.
My 25 years in Midwifery has afforded me the experience of working in
hi-tech teaching units as well as low risk maternity units, leading a
ward team, teaching natural family planning and for the last 8 years,
being a community midwife and gaining experience in homebirth settings.
Prior to that I trained in nursing, specializing in Orthopaedics and Urology.
My
interest in women’s health has amassed over the years, aided by having
my own 2 children, working with vulnerable families within and outside
the NHS – recent work within a women’s refuge for black, minority and
ethnic families highlighted the issues of repression and honour crimes,
and studying at University for my DipHe, which found me innovating an
initiative for women’s continence issues and being funded within a
holistic midwifery group to train as a HypnoBirthing® practitioner.
I feel strongly about getting the foundations right, so that to
become good parents, we should all be concentrating on getting the birth
right to start with; that’s not saying that you should or would want to
have a “natural birth” but that you deserve the right to choice,
information, care and support so that you can welcome your new baby with
love in your heart, whatever way he or she is born. It is not within
everyone’s grasp to experience problem-free birth, but I hear from women
every day that it’s not always the outcome that challenges them, but
the journey along the way. My role as a midwife is to ensure that that
journey is as smooth and safe as possible, building strong foundations
all the way – I can now offer that to you in the shape of my classes.
I have a good, working knowledge of birth preparation classes and the
ever-changing needs of you new parents within an ever-changing society.
So I was delighted at the chance to become a HypnoBirthing®
practitioner and train with the Mongan method; I am currently certified
with the HypnoBirthing® institute to provide you with the official 5
week (12.5 hours) preparation course – the details of which you will
find in the relevant pages of my website.
I love the ethos that
Mongan HypnoBirthing® supports – the mind/body connection to make things
better or worse, individual ownership and responsibility and allowing
natural processes the time to flourish – hence the name I have given to
my business:-
“TIME 4 BIRTH” ………..Too much of life today seems to be
in a rush, missing the beauty of it and not affording ourselves the time
for the things that matter most ……TIME to concentrate on our births of
the next generation …..laying down foundations…….
Registrations & Affiliations.
As a certified practitioner, i fulfil annual re-registration with the
Institute by measurable continuing development and i practise within a
Code of Ethics drawn up by Marie Mongan, to ensure your safety at all
times; I appear on the international directory of practitioners on the
official HypnoBirthing® listings at www.hypnobirthing.co.uk/com
and you are encouraged to always check out your practitioner.
Non-appearance on the listing means non-compliance with an agreed set of
standards. HypnoBirthing® is meant to be provided to you in 12.5 hours
of tuition, usually split over 4 or 5 weeks to allow for your practice
to process the information and reinforce positive goals – otherwise less
than good results could ensue ; the exception being couples wishing to
start close to their due date.
I carry my own private therapy
insurance, covering midwifery advice and preparation but not hands-on
midwifery care; I strongly encourage you to work WITH your healthcare
providers and support you in finding those who could help you most. Your
named care leader is still responsible for providing all your clinical
care and antenatal checks.
I am registered with the Nursing and
Midwifery council (N.M.C) and practise within their Code (of conduct,
performance and ethics) and am a longstanding member of the Royal
College of Midwives (R.C.M.)
All copies of these official documentations are available for your perusal on taking up a course with me.
