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Providing fully registered independent midwives, offering one to one specialised care.
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Kent Midwifery Practice Client Testimonies


Our clients are happy to speak to prospective parents for a direct reference if you are thinking about booking an independent midwife. If you would like to speak to ANY of the parents featured in the pictures or birth stories on Kent Midwifery Practice main web site please ask Virginia Howes.


“As soon as we met Virginia Howes she fitted right in…. Our two-year-old Yasmine adored her and my husband trusted her immediately. I felt she had the experience to deal with whatever may arise and she gave off a sense of strength and patience that were exactly what I needed, we had no hesitation in booking with the midwives at Kent Midwifery Practice"
- Stuart and Julie Beckley East Sussex

“Virginia Howes is a very calm midwife, she encouraged me when needed but kept herself in the background so as not to disturb the process unlike other midwives who keep wanting to check for this and that. From time to time she would monitor me using sonic aid, I did not need to move for that”
- Fabienne and Paul Orpington Kent

“A big thank you to Virginia from Kent Midwifery Practice. We found out about Independent Midwives by picking up a leaflet at a scan clinic.....We followed Virginia Howes’ sound advice and we thought 9 months would be a long time away. We had appointments with Virginia every few weeks to check our progress and gradually we all got to know one another”
- Gillian and Rupert West Malling Kent





You are the most professional and knowledgeable healthcare provider I have ever come across. your strong commitment to empowering women and giving them genuine choices during pregnancy & birth (which can be sadly lacking in today's NHS) is a refreshing change.
 



I always felt in control and I feel that I owe this to my midwife who instilled this confidence in me and who also had confidence in herself and that of natural childbirth
 

The whole journey was good fun and with a wonderful result!
 


You are the only midwife I have spoken to who I would be more than happy to have at the birth….how refreshing!

For more information about the midwives, about Kent Midwifery Practice and about Independent Midwives in general, please see our main site >>

Virginia Howes initially a nurse, qualified as a midwife in August 1998. Following this she practised as an NHS midwife in busy consultant units at The William Harvey Hospital, Ashford in Kent then at Maidstone Hospital in Kent, for 2 years before leaving to become an Independent Midwife in January 2000. Kay Hardie also began her career as a nurse and qualified as a midwife in 1997.

Kay assisted Virginia for 3 years with independent clients as well as working as an NHS community midwife in Ashford Kent until she left the NHS in 2003 and joined Virginia in Independent practice. Together they set up Kent Midwifery Practice. They have built a busy practice and cared for over 300 women and babies. In 2007 Virginia Howes was certified to carry out Examinations of the Newborn. In The Autumn of 2006 Virginia started playing an active part as press secretary for Independent Midwives UK. The national organisation of Independent Midwives.

 
"Kent Midwifery Practice is partnership of midwives Kay Hardie and Virginia Howes. Both Kay Hardie and Virginia Howes are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to practise as midwives in the UK.'