The December meeting is 'Open House', with food and drinks.

We meet most months at my home - address as above - which is about a 10 minute walk from the town centre and the bus and train stations. Parking outside my home is scarce and meter payable, with a maximum time limit of an hour. Just around the corner (2 to 5 minutes walk away) there are parking spaces that allow up to four hours - currently £1 per hour. Please be aware that the Traffic Wardens are very sharp and give tickets for being just a couple of minutes overdue.

My house is very cosy so unfortunately I cannot accommodate buggies indoors and would ask that you leave them in the garden by the back door – I can provide plastic covers if it is raining.

If you have any baby stuff to sell or pass forward you are welcome to bring it along (you might wish to e-mail me first, so I can advertise it for you), however unsold items will need to be removed as I have no facilities for storing things.

I would love to see you no matter how old your baby is and older children are welcome.

There is no charge and you can bring any friends as long as it is home birth they are interested in, they don’t have to be a TVIM client.

You can also bring relatives and partners.

It is wise to text before you come in case I have been called out to a woman in labour.

If anyone would be interested in having small workshops on any aspect of pregnancy, birth, parenting and motherhood e.g. infant feeding and food, real nappies, nursing children through childhood illness, please let me know and we can run a small informal workshop as part of the meeting.

I look forward to seeing you soon
XX Elaine