The Village Midwife was born in 2018 after I had my own son. Hearing mums at baby groups saying “I wish I’d known…” or “I wasn’t allowed…” made me want to reinvent antenatal courses. I wanted people to go into their birth experiences knowing their full range of options as well as feeling empowered, positive and prepared. I also wanted to create a community of new parents who could support each other and bring back that sense of a 'village' that I felt we were lacking. So I sat and wrote a course while my son napped (mainly in coffee shops or in a sling!) and the rest is history.