About Me

**Cheryl Samuels**

**Registered Midwife, BSc Midwifery, PGCert Advanced Midwifery Practice, Professional Midwifery Advocate.**

Hello my name is Cheryl Samuels and I provide private midwifery care in Essex, Hertfordshire & surrounding areas.

My journey began in private practice with the aim to provide empowering, holistic, unhurried home-based midwifery care with plenty of time and information to make the right choices for your family. Continuity of carer is the gold standard of midwifery care, which research has repeatedly shown to provide excellent clinical outcomes and satisfaction for both women and their babies.

My areas of expertise are in -

Providing bespoke and holistic antenatal care, empowering you in your choices and creating personalised care plans

Homebirth specialist midwife including vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC/HBAC)

Facilitating birth physiology including waterbirth, hypnobirthing and biomechanics for birth

Perineal care and repair

Postnatal health and wellbeing

Newborn care and breastfeeding support

Massage therapy and aromatherapy for pregnancy and childbirth

I began my career in healthcare in 2003, working in paediatric care at Great Ormand Street Hospital. In 2012 I commenced my midwifery training and I have worked in all areas of NHS maternity services across Essex since I graduated in 2016. This included working in community midwifery teams providing antenatal, homebirth and postnatal care, alongside providing labour care on birth centre and labour ward settings.

I have also worked as a university midwifery lecturer teaching undergraduate and postgraduate student midwives at the University of Suffolk and a senior NHS midwife supporting student midwives in practice as a clinical placement facilitator. I am currently a part of the Zest leadership team as ‘Liason and Engagement Lead Midwife’ and was nominated for Independent Midwife of the year in 2024, by one of my private client’s.

Outside of work my family includes my husband, four teenage children (including twins) and our two dogs called Coco and Pepper. My last baby was born at home and I received continuity of carer myself, which was a wonderful experience for the whole family.

I would welcome the opportunity to care for you whilst you grow your family and provide gentle, evidence-based, individualised midwifery care to support your needs.

“Cheryl didn’t disappoint, she is a kind, empathetic upbeat person who immediately put you at ease when discussing somewhat scary ideas. I always felt comfortable to ask any question on my mind and I knew I would get an honest answer.” - Emma ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Cheryl has the sort of calming, positive energy that every woman needs to surround herself with during pregnancy! With her years of experience as a midwife, she's more than happy to impart her pearls of wisdom too, without being in the slightest bit imposing, which is a great bonus.” - Rachel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️