Hi! My name is Rachael Ruddock and my passion for all things birth related and decision to set up Mamatoto Birthing started with the birth of my middle child. I have 3 beautiful children but had 3 very different births with them. My first was filled with fear, not being aware of my rights led to a traumatic birth that took me a long time to come to terms with.

When I found myself pregnant again when my daughter was 10months old, as soon as I saw those 2 blue lines I decided I wanted their births to be different. I found a lovely hypnobirthing instructor and booked onto a course. This course honestly changed my life. All of the fear surrounding my first birth disappeared and I began to look forward to the birth of my baby. At 42+1 weeks (I cook my babies for a long time!) I went into labour and after 9 hours in labour, I roared my baby girl into the world my way, on my terms. As I lifted Hope Enfys up onto my chest and looked into her knowing eyes I felt like a goddess and I am so passionate about enabling every pregnant woman to feel like this on the birth of their baby whether that be at home, on a hospital ward, or in theatre. The birth of my son was the most perfect and healing experience, he was born at home at 42+4 with his big sisters waiting to welcome him.

Placenta encapsulation has been a massive help in aiding all of my postpartum recoveries. I knew as soon as I had my second baby that I wanted to train to be able to offer this fantastic service to every pregnant woman!

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