Useful Links to Related Organisations
Lisa Barnes maintains links with other organisations and practitioners. Here are a few links to some organisations that you may find useful.
Born in Water - [ www.borninwater.co.uk ]
More and more parents are looking into the safety and effectiveness of vaccinations. Greater knowledge enables parents to have the confidence to exercise their right to an informed choice. The Informed Parent provides a wide spectrum of information that will help you make up your own mind.
'Born In Water hire out luxury heated and unheated birthing pools. The company has been established in the local area for 6 years and has recently moved to Bradford on Avon. We are able to give tips about home birth and water births and have many contacts to help women and their partners make the right choice for them. Please contact Rachel Stacey to get more information and a leaflet about the pools that we hire.
T: 01225 868961 M: 07894 034406
E: rachel@borninwater.co.uk
Baby Bumps
A company based in Bath which does belly casts for expectant mums and decorates and glazes them for you to keep as a wall hanging, fruit bowl or anything you wish! They will come to your home or baby shower or you can visit them. For more information please contact Sue Lawson on M: 07989 558285 or email: babybumps@lycos.co.uk
Bath Home Birth Group
Meets on the last Sunday of each month between 7pm-9pm. The group is supported by the NCT and is run by Lisa Barnes and three of her friends who all have had home births.
Midwives, health professionals and couples telling their birth stories also attend the group. Topics covered are:
Attitudes to Home Birth
Attitude to Pain
Practicalities/birth plan
Dads/birth partners/siblings
Bumps, Biscuits & Beverages
Attitude to Home Birth
For further information contact Rachel Stacey, Telephone: 01225 868 961
E: bathhomebirth@aol.co.uk
Meetings held at New Oriel Hall, Larkhall, Bath
http://www.neworielhall.org.uk/
Miranda Kombert Photograpy - [ www.komphoto.com ]
Miranda is a wonderful photographer who is based in Bath and takes contemporary family photographs. Miranda has taken all the photographs used on my website.
Chiropractic & Pregnancy - [ www.mychiropractic.co.uk ]
Dr Shaana van Ardennes's practice is family orientated, treating all ages. Her interests lie in pregnancy and paediatric care. Her aim is to help mothers enjoy a more comfortable pregnancy and smoother birthing process and to allow new born babies to be given a healthy start in life. She uses a highly advanced chiropractic technique called SOT, (Sacro- Occipital Technique), that includes craniopathy, and is gentle and suitable when treating pregnant mothers and younger patients. Shaana also works with many childhood conditions such as breast feeding problems, colic, reflux, ear infections, ADD, asthma, hemisphere integration problems etc.
T:01225 423333
The Informed Parent - [ www.theinformedparent.co.uk ]
More and more parents are looking into the safety and effectiveness of vaccinations. Greater knowledge enables parents to have the confidence to exercise their right to an informed choice. The Informed Parent provides a wide spectrum of information that will help you make up your own mind.
The Alliance of Registered Homeopaths - [ www.a-r-h.org ]
ARH is a UK based professional organisation that supports and promotes a high standard of safe, effective homeopathic practice.
Bestbear - [ www.bestbear.co.uk ]
This is a wonderfully informative website on nursery, childcare and much more. With a great parents forum you receive many useful articles with a great section on ‘ask the expert’.
Cytoplan - [ www.cytoplan.co.uk ]
Cytoplan is a nutritional supplement company. All their supplement are made from ‘Food States’. Their Food State products are nutrient-enriched wholefoods. They are also free from isolated chemical ingredients. In the food state manufacturing process foods are "grown" in nutrient-rich controlled and "perfect" environment which gives high nutrient yield, much higher than would occur during a natural growing process. This means that the body absorbs much more of the supplement you are taking. Even though this is a practitioners website, all my patients are able to order from this company – just enter my name as your practitioner.
Independent Midwives - [ www.bristolbirth.co.uk ]
Bristol Birth Practise for pregnancy, birth and after care. Wonderful independent midwives who offer flexible tailored care to meet your every needs.
Medical Herbalist - Sarah Walters BSc, Dip Phyt. MNIMH [ T: 07811 351 337 ]
Sarah makes up wonderful healing herbal creams called ‘Fern Essences’. These are great to aid in nappy rash or eczema or just to pamper yourself.
Osteopathic clinic based in Oldfield Park
http://oldfieldosteopaths.co.uk
Personal Training
http://www.teambreakthrough.co.uk
Bowen technique
Acupuncture
A wonderful Acupuncturist who specialises in fertility, pregnancy and women’s health
Cookery School