Anne Marie is a qualified Antenatal Educator and a Tutor of trainee antenatal educators. She runs her popular interactive, practical and empowering antenatal classes in the South County Dublin area. In an relaxed, unbiased, small group environment, lots of learning and friendships happen between people at the same stage in life. Anne Marie also runs private sessions in clients own homes and special sessions for Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) as well as supporting those needing or choosing a Caesarean. Anne Marie is a member of NMH (Holles Street) Patient Voice Group and she is an Infant Massage Instructor running baby massage classes in her area. She is mum to three teenagers.
Ceara McManus
Ceara is an Antenatal Educator running courses in Co. Wicklow. She has a passion for all things birth and believes what the female body does throughout pregnancy, labour, birth and in the postpartum is truly amazing! Ceara’s small group courses are focused on offering parents unbiased, up-to-date information on all aspects of labour, birth and early parenting so they can make informed decisions that are right for them. Her courses offer a friendly, non-judgemental and fun environment in which parents can think about their hopes for birth, and to trust themselves and their bodies. Ceara is also a postnatal doula and a mother to Conan, Neala and Darcy.
Germaine Reidy Creevy
Germaine is a qualified Cuidiú Antenatal Ireland Educator. She is a birth doula and massage therapist with over 16 years of experience providing support to families before, during and after their babies birth. She spent several years working in San Francisco where informed decision making is central to health care. On her return to Ireland, Germaine worked closely with the Doula Association of Ireland to develop the doula profession and link expectant parents with trained doulas in their area. Her antenatal classes are open to all and include a wide range of information and options in maternity care. Germaine is delighted to be offering her Antenatal Ireland courses locally in New Ross, County Wexford and with Cuidiú Waterford where she and her husband are raising their young son.
Mim Hanan Moran
Mim qualified as an antenatal teacher in 2005 and has been enjoying facilitating different formats of antenatal classes ever since. Mim feels very strongly that women have the right to be cared for with respect and autonomy for their own body and their own choices. Her classes are focussed on Informed Decision-Making and building confidence and skills for labour, birth and early parenting. Mim is also a doula, infant massage instructor, breastfeeding counsellor and a mum of five. She facilitates classes in both North & South Dublin.
Moira McLoughlin
Moira is a qualified Antenatal Educator offering group classes in Malahide, North Dublin and private classes in the comfort of clients’ own homes. She thoroughly enjoys turning her passion for pregnancy and childbirth into informative and supportive classes for parents-to-be. Moira is also a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor with Cuidiu, a certified infant massage instructor and a certified kids yoga instructor, allowing her to continue supporting parents after the birth of their baby. Moira is a mum to three fabulous children who ensure life is busy and exciting.
Niamh Cassidy
Niamh is an Antenatal Educator offering group classes in Sutton, Dublin and private classes in the comfort of clients’ own homes in the Greater Dublin area. She is a qualified Social Care Worker working many years with vulnerable children and adults in homeless services. She is passionate about evidence based care and supporting expectant and new parents to access this. She has a keen interest in Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC), as well as supporting those who need, or choose, caesarean birth. Niamh facilitates Bump to Babe evenings in Cuidiú Dublin North East and is a Qualified Breastfeeding Counsellor and Mindfulness in Pregnancy Instructor. Niamh is on the Cuidiú Antenatal Sector Panel and coordinates Antenatal Ireland’s social media presence.
Niamh Healy
Niamh is an experienced antenatal teacher teaching since 2005 and tutoring trainee antenatal teachers since 2013. She teaches a unique weekly yoga-based class in North Dublin called Pregnancy Relax Stretch Breathe that combines pregnancy yoga, antenatal education/practical skills and socialising for pregnant women. She is the author of www.bump2babe.ie which is the Consumer Guide to the Maternity Services in Ireland. The guide is a ‘one-stop shop’ resource for information on every Irish maternity care provider and it aims to help parents to make informed decisions about their care during pregnancy, birth and after their baby is born. Niamh featured in the Irish Times in 2016 and got an opportunity to outline her philosophy around birth. Read more here. She is also a GentleBirth Instructor and Baby Massage instructor and has three children.
Rachel Nugent
Rachel is a qualified Antenatal Ireland Educator with Cuidiú. Rachel has a passion for all things pregnancy, birth and baby. Her Antenatal Classes focus on giving parents the information needed to make informed decisions around their birth and early parenting. She strives to create a safe space for parents as they begin their parenting journey. Rachel is also a certified Babywearing Consultant, a certified Baby Massage Instructor and a Cuidiú Breastfeeding Counsellor. Rachel runs her small group classes and private classes in Laytown, Co. Meath. Rachel is a mama to 3 Little Ones.
Sarah McCann
Sarah qualified as an antenatal teacher in 2006 and now has a wealth of experience in teaching a variety of antenatal class formats. She is passionate about women making the choices in pregnancy and birth that are right for her and her family. In order to do this, a woman needs to be informed. It is her aim that her class participants gain this important information in an interesting and enjoyable way. Sarah teaches in North Dublin and also a practising midwife and mum to four children.
Tara Durkin
Tara is a qualified Cuidiú Childbirth Educator and Advanced Breastfeeding Counsellor with a decade of experience supporting families along their pregnancy, birth and parenting journeys. Tara firmly believes in the right of expectant and new parents to independent, evidence-based information on all their options, so they can make the decisions that are right for them. Her classes support women and partners in making informed decisions, learning practical skills and building confidence for labour, birth and early parenting. They are also a wonderful opportunity to connect into a community of parents and an ongoing support network. Tara is also a birth and postpartum doula, co-facilitator of the Cuidiú Galway city breastfeeding group, service user representative on various local and national maternity steering groups and mother to three children.
Veronica Quadu
Veronica is a mother of two, and first became involved with Cuidiu when she was pregnant with her first child. She attended a Cuidiu breastfeeding group and found great information and positive support there, and in the many other events Cuidiu has to offer; so much so, that she trained as a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor and parent to parent supporter herself. She runs the Lucan breastfeeding group and supports the Leixlip group, as well as being a telephone counsellor. She is the coordinator of the newest Cuidiu branch, Dublin West, and loves being part of a dynamic and busy branch in which she has made many friends and benefits every day from being part of the “village” all parents need, at all stages of the journey. She is a qualified yoga teacher and particularly loves teaching pregnancy yoga. She also works as an office manager. She decided to train as a Cuidiu Antenatal Teacher as she is passionate about helping parents make informed decisions in order to have a positive and empowering birth and postnatal experience. She teaches mainly in the Lucan area.