NURSE MIDWIFE with training and experience in physiological births and water births
BABYWEARING CONSULTANT
I graduated in Nursing in 2005 from Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro and my professional career began in Orthopaedics, working with adults and children. When I worked with young children, mainly in cases of hip dysplasia, I had my first contact with breastfeeding.
In my personal and professional development process, that moment led me to have more and more respect for the immense capacity that women have within themselves. In 2009, I started my training in Women’s Health and Obstetrics. I finished my specialization in 2011 and immediately started working in the Obstetrics department, in the delivery room and in the inpatient department.
What began as an attitude of respect and interest in women as beings who give birth to other beings, and in the midwife’s role as a professional who supports women in this transition, quickly turned into a passion for the miracle that takes place in each woman during her life cycle, whether during pregnancy and the resulting childbirth, or in the incredible journey that leads women to reinvent themselves and grow throughout the various cycles of their lives.
On the other hand, my professional experience in orthopedics and the personal experience of having my first child led me to look for more information and training on the 4th trimester of pregnancy and parenting with “demanding” newborns. Keeping to the path I had followed of close parenting, I ended up training as a Babywearing Consultant and I use this knowledge on a daily basis to help mothers and babies maintain closeness and autonomy at the same time.
I first came into contact with UTERUS during my specialty course when I attended a childbirth preparation class with Isabel; however, it was only when I saw her working to promote courses for professionals that I realized that her vision made much more sense to me than the biomedical model that was prevalent at the time.
It is therefore with great joy that I joined this wonderful team as a Nurse Midwife to accompany families in their transition to parenthood.
RELEVANT TRAINING
_ Parir em Movimiento: Functional Anatomy of Physiological Birth® | Periné y PARTO, by Núria Vives, 2019
_ Programa Nascer Positivo® | Module 2: Promoting Physiological Childbirth; Module 4: Water in Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2015, 2019
_ Spinning Babies®, 2018
_ Advanced Course in Pregnancy and Childbirth and Specialized Nursing Care in Pregnancy with Anna Rossetti, 2017
_ Babywearing Consultancy – Advanced Babywearing Course with Rosa Sorribas – Crianza Natural®, 2016