The Full Story
About Reclaimed Birth with
Hannah
Welcome to Reclaimed Birth with Hannah
I didn’t plan to become the only midwife in the UK doing what I do.
I just kept following the thing that felt true - about birth, about women, about faith - until one day I looked up and realised I’d built something completely singular. Something I’m really proud of.
Reclaimed Birth exists because I couldn’t find a way to do this work that didn’t honour all of it.
The clinical. The personal. The spiritual.
And it turns out, there are a lot of women out there who’ve been looking for exactly that.
If you’re one of them - I’m so thankful you found me.
My Story
I knew from a very young age that I wanted to spend my life caring for people. When I found midwifery, it didn’t feel like a career choice - it felt like a coming home.
As a student, I was shaped by a generation of midwives who took the phrase “with woman” seriously. Who sat, and waited, and trusted. I remember being awestruck witnessing my first homebirth and thinking ‘this is what birth can be’.
But the NHS, as much as I loved the women I served within it, slowly chipped away at that. The system wasn’t built for the kind of care I believed in. So I kept looking.
I studied further. I even taught midwifery. I spent a year in New Zealand where continuity of care wasn’t a radical concept - it was just how things were done.
Then came my own homebirth. Against medical advice. And everything I thought I knew became something I’d actually lived. I understood in a way I hadn’t before what it means to have your choices questioned, your instincts doubted, your body treated as a risk rather than a wonder.
That’s when I chose independent midwifery. Not as a last resort - as a calling. It is genuinely my joy and my privilege to walk alongside families in this season. Every single time.
What that Means for You
Independent midwifery means something very specific.
It means unhurried appointments. It means I already know your name, your story, and what matters to you before you’re in labour. It means you’re not starting from scratch every time you walk through a door, explaining yourself to someone new.
It means that if things don’t go to plan - and sometimes they don’t - you have someone beside you who knows you, advocates for you, and who’s faith in you is unwavering.
Lessons and experiences over 14 years of clinical experience across the NHS, private practice, and my year in New Zealand where what I bring to your birth.
But beyond that I don’t just bring a wealth of expertise. I bring my faith, my consistency and care that is built entirely around you.
Why Faith Matters
This bit took me a long time to say out loud.
For a long time I kept my faith and my midwifery practice in separate boxes. I didn’t want anyone to feel like one came with the other. But the longer I did this work, the more I realised that separating them wasn’t authenticity - it was armour.
My Christian faith is not an add-on to what I do. It’s the foundation of it. It’s why I believe so deeply in the sacred nature of birth, in the dignity of every woman I sit with, in the breathtaking design of bodies that grow and birth and heal.
It’s why I can hold space for grief and fear and trauma without flinching - because I believe in something bigger than the hard moments.
God did not design birth to be traumatic. I believe that with everything I have.
And if you’re a woman of faith who has been hoping to find someone who gets that - really gets it - then you’re in exactly the right place.
My practice is rooted in my Christian faith. But you don’t have to share my beliefs to be held with the same care and respect here.
Every family I work with is honoured exactly as they are. What matters most is that you feel fully seen.
That’s what Reclaimed Birth is.
That’s what I’m here for.
