5* Google Review: I have done classess with Mary-Anne for both my pregnancies and would highly recommend. She is a lovely, friendly person and the information she shares and teaches you makes you feel ready and in control of your birth however it may happen and offers you support long after they are born. I also did the partner workshop which my husband found incredibly helpful.
- Helen D
Who Am I?
Hello! I'm Mary-Anne, a mum of two, and I bring a wealth of personal and professional experience to my role as a perinatal teacher. I understand the importance of continuous support during the exciting and sometimes overwhelming journey of parenthood.
I trained with the Daisy Foundation in 2018 and have since supported over 300 families through their pregnancy and early parenting stages. Teaching under the Daisy Foundation Licence has equipped me with the knowledge and skills to offer a selection of classes and workshops tailored to the needs of expectant mums and new parents, from early pregnancy onwards.
My goal is to provide continuous antenatal support, helping you achieve a positive pregnancy, a confident birth, and an informed journey to motherhood. My classes cut through the overwhelm of confusing advice, ensuring you feel supported and confident every step of the way.
I look forward to meeting you and being part of your incredible journey.
Warm regards,
Mary-Anne xx
Courses & Workshops
Total Birthing Class
Total Birthing is a weekly antenatal class in Chudleigh designed to help expectant mums enjoy a positive pregnancy, stay mobile, learn about their changing baby and body, and prepare for a confident birth.
Pregnancy can be a rollercoaster of emotions: excitement, fear, anxiety, delight, uncertainty, and confusion. These feelings may change from day to day, and that’s completely normal! Total Birthing provides continuous perinatal support by combining the best elements of pregnancy yoga, active birth education, hypnobirthing and relaxation. This powerful class gives you the confidence to realise that you can do this.
Class Details:
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Who: Expectant mums only, suitable from 14 weeks pregnant up until baby's birth.
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What: Classes are adapted to suit all pregnancy-related conditions and birth plans.
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When: Wednesday evenings at 7 PM.
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Where: Kingsley House Wellbeing Centre, 67 Fore Street, Chudleigh, Devon, TQ13 0HT.
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Duration & Cost: Each class is 1 hour 30 minutes long. Classes are booked in blocks of 6 weeks at a time, costing £85 for the 6-week block.
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Format: Women-only classes with new participants joining at the beginning of each 6-week block.
Total Birthing is designed to carry you through from early pregnancy right up until your baby’s birth, ensuring you feel supported and confident every step of the way.
Empowered Birth Workshop
Welcome to the Empowered Birth Workshop in Chudleigh, the perfect workshop for mums and their birth partner. This workshop not only covers the basics of antenatal education and preparing for an active, informed birth, but also gives you both the space to prepare as a team and confidently plan for your baby's birthing day.
Preparing for your baby's birth can be challenging, especially when trying to align your and your birth partner's unique hopes and expectations. The Empowered Birth Workshop helps expectant mums and their birth partner prepare together for an active and confident birth. This second step in your continuous perinatal support combines the best elements of traditional antenatal education workshops and hypnobirthing into a powerful five-element model, providing you both with the confidence to know that you can do this.
Workshop Details:
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Who: Expectant mums and their birth partner.
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What: Covers breathing techniques, understanding pregnancy and birth hormones, benefits of different positions, relaxation and massage techniques, birth interventions, and supportive methods for birth partners.
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Duration & Cost: Two 2-hour sessions at a cost of £85 per expectant mum and her birth companion.
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When: Wednesday evenings from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM on various dates throughout the year.
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Where: Kingsley House Wellbeing Centre, 67 Fore Street, Chudleigh, Devon, TQ13 0HT.
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Additional: Includes a birthing information support pack to take away.
In this workshop, you will learn:
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Breathing techniques to help you stay calm during labour.
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The importance of hormones in pregnancy and birth.
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Benefits of different positions and when to rest.
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Options during labour and birth, and understanding birth interventions.
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Relaxation techniques to calm you during pregnancy and labour.
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Massage techniques to help relax and release endorphins.
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Methods for birth partner support in a confidential and supportive environment.
If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, please do not hesitate to contact me.
I went into this with an open mind not really sure if it was for me but keen to meet other mums to be. I learned so much on this course and it really helped shaped both my pregnancy and birth into an extremely positive experience. One I wouldn't change for the world. Knowledge really is power. I also met a lovely group of other mums to be and Mary-Anne has still offered her advice and support post pregnancy too. Would highly recommend.
Mary-Anne and her classes were an absolute godsend. They gave me somewhere to go each week and chat, moan, be reassured by her and other women. I met a great network of other mums to be and the WhatsApp group she set up was brilliant during pregnancy and now for chatting about new mum stuff. Then there’s the invaluable information and advice Mary-Anne provided that turned me from someone who always thought she’d prefer all the drugs and a c-section to feeling confident and so knowledgeable that I was ready, prepared and excited for a natural as little drugs as possible birth. Lastly the relaxation at the end of each session was soooo needed and meant that at least once a week I got a good nights sleep.
All in all I could not recommend Mary-Anne and her classes highly enough!