I was a Children’s Nurse and Senior Manager working with children and families for many years most recently in Neonatal Intensive Care.  After leaving the NHS I began working with Nurture the Borders C.I.C in the Scottish Borders, which enables me to follow my passion for supporting women and babies through pregnancy, birth and the early years. Currently, my role includes assessing and supporting women referred to our service with emotional and mental health challenges in the perinatal period.  I help to run a peer support service, training and matching service users with volunteer befrienders, as well as facilitating drop-ins, workshops and one-to-one sessions to support women with, for example, postnatal depression, anxiety or birth trauma. I’m a qualified Developmental Baby Massage Instructor and am currently completing my Doula Training.