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Home birth? Birth Centre? Hospital? Wherever you plan to give birth, talking about it can help you to prepare for a positive birth experience.
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We meet every month on the second Wednesday (except for August when we take the month off) from 7.30pm - 9pm.

Meetings are in-person at The Baby Room, 23 Paris St, EX1 2JB.

Up to date details of our monthly meetings can be found in our Facebook Group or drop us a message if you're not on Facebook and we'll be happy to let you know where the next meeting is happening.

Contact Exeter Homebirth Group

Our Homebirth support group is open to all parents who are thinking about planning a home birth, whether you are undecided and wanting to explore your birth choices or already feeling that home birth is for you.

Exeter Homebirth Group do not condone or encourage unassisted birth or freebirthing. We believe in maintaining the safety of mother and baby at all times. We encourage women and their families to make informed decisions and we respect their decisions.

We welcome birth stories at Homebirth Groups and we don't feel it is appropriate to censor their telling. We feel it is as important to share stories where homebirths were not achieved, as when they are, as this is the reality. What we hope to hear are stories where women have positive experiences, where they felt well supported and felt involved in any decision-making. When women and their families do not feel they have had a positive experience we aim to signpost them to appropriate professionals.

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We have inflatable birth pools available for hire. They are all professional pools by Birth Pool In a Box/The Good Birth Company and you can find more information and the dimensions of pools on their website. We have regular and mini pools available for hire. We charge £30 hire for the pool and inflate/deflate pump to cover our costs, but you will also need to buy a sterile liner from The Good Birth Company. We have a discount code which you are welcome to use for 10% off the liner and anything else you might want from The Good Birth Company.

Please contact Jen Harris at Jen@exeterbabies.co.uk to discuss birth pool hire, or visit our facebook group to chat about the benefits of birthing in water!

Hazel Acland is a women’s circle facilitator, holistic childbirth educator, doula and celebrant. She has been a birth supporter for over 16 years, working with hundreds of families during pregnancy, birth and beyond. She is passionate about informed choice. "If you don't know your options you don't have any!" She is co-director of the social enterprise 'The Nest Southwest Community Interest Company' that is working with the local Exeter community to improve the lives of women, girls and menstruators during the rites of passage of menstruation, pregnancy & childbirth and menopause.

Contact Hazel on hazel.thenestsw@gmail.com or phone 07876267591.

Libby Clapham helps women to let go of negative fears and pre-conceptions about giving birth so that they can enjoy a calm, confident and positive pregnancy and birth - by whatever method is best for them. She teaches the KG Hypno-birthing method in the Good Birth Class. After having her first baby by c section she trained and taught as an antenatal teacher for the NCT for many years during which time she had her second baby. Now both registered homeopath and hypnotherapist Libby has worked with many women in both pregnancy and labour. She also has three grandchildren. Libby is passionate about supporting women in choosing the best place for them to give birth.

Contact Libby via https://www.goodbirthclass.co.uk or phone on: 07986 157854 and 01392 412767.

Jen Harris is Co director of The Baby Room, an independent venue known for some of Exeter’s best new baby groups , she has been a Breastfeeding Peer Supporter for 11 years and is passionate about supporting new families, not just with breastfeeding but with living sustainably with a new baby. She is Exeter cloth nappy expert and looks after the Exeter Real Nappy Initiative. She has two daughters who arrived into water, Jen knows first hand how amazing this can be and is keen to help others achieve the same experience. Nappuccino is her behemoth of a support group, it started back in 2008 and has gone on to be way more than just tea and cake. The group connects people with new friends, local services and is a melting pot of support, slings and cloth nappies.

Jen co-ordinates the hire of our birthpools, please email herjen@exeterbabies.co.uk to arrange this.

Gillian Travis is chief librarian of the fabulous resource which is ‘Exeter Sling Library and consultancy’ with almost 200 slings and carriers in its inventory, she has a wealth of knowledge and a keen eye for how to get the best fit from any sling. She is Co director of The Baby Room and mum to 3 children. Gill’s homebirth experience with her third child sees her passion for homebirth really come into focus, an advocate for water birth Gill knows how convenient having a homebirth can be and is keen to help you too. A Breastfeeding Peer Supporter for 12 years

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>Local Support Groups:

Exeter - Nesters, friendly drop-in antenatal support group. Every Tuesday alternating between online and in person. thenestsw.org

Exeter - Nestlings, Baby and new parent support group. Monday mornings 10 -11.30am thenestsw.org

Exeter - Nappuccino is on Wednesdays 9.30-2.30, Thursday 1-2.30 and Friday 12-2.30 at The Baby Room. Breastfeeding support available www.exeterbabies.co.uk/nappuccino

Exmouth - Bosom Buddies Wednesday's 10-12 at Exmouth children's centre

(Disclaimer: The Exeter Home Birth Group does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services but provides general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. The group is not liable or responsible for any advice, services, or product you obtain through these services.)

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Exeter Homebirth Group is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Exeter Homebirth Group may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from April 2015.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

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We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

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We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
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We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

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Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

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