Louise Unwin OT

I’m Louise, a Children’s Occupational Therapist based in Cheltenham, specialising in early intervention for babies and toddlers aged 0-2. After more than a decade working in large NHS Children’s hospitals, I set up Louise Unwin OT to give families the timely, personalised support they often wait too long for. I offer home and clinic-based developmental assessments, blocks of one-to-one therapy, and IAIM baby massage classes. I help with everything from tummy time, movement and hand skills to sensory regulation and reaching milestones. I also show parents simple ways to build that support into everyday play and routines. The baby massage classes follow the International Association of Infant Massage programme. Please see my website for dates and further details. 

Suzy – Women’s Health Osteopath

After having a baby, so much attention naturally turns to your little one – and it can be easy for your own recovery to slip down the list.

Suzy is a registered osteopath with over 15 years’ experience and postgraduate training in women’s health and paediatrics. She offers calm, unrushed osteopathic care during pregnancy and after birth, including Mummy MOT assessments.

Appointments can support you with general aches and pains, including back, neck and joint pain, as well as the physical demands of feeding, carrying and lifting your baby.

There is also space to discuss pelvic floor function, bladder or bowel changes, abdominal separation, and ongoing symptoms around healed C-section or perineal scars. Suzy’s whole-person approach recognises that postnatal recovery is not only physical, and may include breathing, relaxation and self-care advice where appropriate.

Suzy also welcomes babies and children for gentle osteopathic and cranial care, with techniques carefully adapted for their age. Dedicated Mother & Baby appointments allow both of you to be considered together in one relaxed session.

Appointments are available in Gloucester. Visit the website for current locations, availability and booking.

Maternology

Angie is a private midwife and specialist antenatal & postnatal massage therapist. She takes a holistic and individualised approach to her private midwifery care and massage therapies.

All antenatal and postnatal midwifery appointments will be undertaken in the comfort of your own home, to suit your needs. Massages therapies are undertaken at our beautiful therapy room in Cheltenham on a luxury Hydrotherm system, a state of the art system that is safe and supportive for massage during pregnancy.

Cheltenham Rocks

Our guides include regular what’s on round-ups of things to do in Cheltenham with families plus relevant news and offers for Cheltenham families. You can search for places to go for a specific age group or location.

You’ll also find articles from local parents who have written about their favourite things to do with the kids in Cheltenham, and reviewed some of Cheltenham’s well-known (and less well-known!) activities.

Maternity Services at Gloucestershire Hospitals

Check out the local NHS Trust Maternity services web page to view virtual tours, find contact numbers, how to find the different locations, read a whole catalogue of patient information leaflets and lots lots more!

Gloucestershire Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership

The role of the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership is to gather and understand feedback and experiences from women, birthing people and their families who are currently or have recently used maternity, neonatal and health visiting services in Gloucestershire.

We do this through surveys, community engagement sessions, hosting interactive sessions on social media and holding focus groups. Our team attends workstream meetings and the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) board meetings to feed back the experiences we hear about.

The MNVP is independent of the NHS, but aims to work closely and in partnership with services to help inform, challenge, bring about positive change and celebrate good practice.

Gloucestershire Breastfeeding Support Network (GBSN)

The Gloucestershire Breastfeeding Supporters’ Network (GBSN) is a charity “owned” and run by peer supporters.  We provide information, encouragement and support to families at any stage of their breastfeeding journey, from pregnancy through any challenges, to weaning from the breast and beyond.  Every week we run seven groups across the county.  There is a qualified breastfeeding counsellor at every group, as well as plenty of tea and cake and toys for the little ones.  Our groups are very social and there are always plenty of other mums around to talk to about your parenting experiences.

The Lullaby Trust

The Lullaby Trust provides emotional support for bereaved families, promotes expert advice on safer baby sleep and raises awareness of sudden infant death.

Our safer sleep advice gives simple steps for how you can sleep your baby to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) which is commonly known as cot death. It can give you the peace of mind to enjoy this special time.

Our advice is based on strong scientific evidence and should be followed for all sleep periods, not just at night.