The Maternity Package (In Home Support)

As a maternity practitioner, I can support you in your own home from the time you leave the hospital with your baby until settled into a routine. It’s my aim to make your transition to parenthood and beyond as smooth as possible. Empowering you with as much knowledge, guidance and encouragement as you will need for your parenting journey.

Parents can book me as a 24-hour live-in maternity practitioner for just a few days 24/3, 24/4 and 24/5, to help you adjust to life at home with a newborn, varying up to 4 to 6 weeks. Every contract is tailored to suit your individual needs and budget.

A maternity practitioner duties include:

• feeding, whether breast, formula or mixed feeding

• Monitoring the baby’s weight gain, growth and sleeping patterns

• Practical help with the care of your baby (feeding, winding, nappy changing, settling to sleep)

• Helping to involve older siblings

• Listening and encouragement for both parents with respect to the care of the baby

• Accompanying parents to hospital, and GP appointments

• Responsible for nursery duties, sterilising bottles and equipment, keeping the nursery tidy and clean

• Weaning advice

• Reflux and Colic advise

• Supporting the mother to get rest. The maternity nurse will either feed the newborn or take the newborn to the mother to feed it.

• Supporting distressed parents, depressed mothers

• Maternity nurses are not required to care for older siblings or complete domestic chores

• A maternity nurse is on call 24 hours a day but they do need some sleep and therefore will take a 4-hour break per day, to catch up on sleep or to have some downtime.

• Maternity nurses are self-employed and are responsible for their own Tax and National Insurance contributions. We set our own rates of pay depending on our experience. My fees reflect my experience, qualifications and training.

24 hour fees £25 per hour (20 hours)
24 hour fees £35 per hour (20 hours) Twins
Plus Travel expenses