• 🤍 Midwife Created

    Created by Annie Barber, drawing on her experience of supporting women and families.

  • ✨ Your Choices Matter

    Thoughtful guidance without judgement or one 'right' way.

  • ✅ Only What's Useful

    No fear, no pressure and no unnecessary extras.

Wise & With Child is a collection of thoughtful resources for pregnancy, birth and early motherhood, created to help you understand your choices, feel supported and trust yourself to find your own way.

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Support for the journey ahead

Helping you feel informed, supported and more confident as you prepare for birth and motherhood.

Understand your choices

Clear, thoughtful guidance to help you explore your options and discover what really matters to you.

Feel supported through birth

Practical guidance for the people beside you, helping them understand how to support you when it matters most.

Trust yourself

Step away from the noise, listen to your own knowing and find the way through pregnancy and birth that feels right for you.

What brings you here?

  • You're preparing for birth

    You want to understand your choices, feel informed without becoming overwhelmed, and prepare for birth in a way that feels right for you.

    Explore birth preparation 

  • Someone you love is preparing for birth

    You want to understand what she may need from you and feel more confident supporting her through labour, birth and the days that follow.

    Explore birth support 

Created with care - chosen with confidence.

Everything you'll find at Wise & With Child is here for a reason - created with care, knowledge and the wisdom of many years spent alongside women and families. These resources aren't here to tell you how your pregnancy, birth or motherhood should unfold. They're here to help you feel informed, supported and better prepared to meet whatever unfolds in your own way.

Hello, I'm Annie

I'm a former nurse and midwife, and for almost 30 years working within the NHS, I had the privilege of supporting women and families through pregnancy, birth and the early days of parenthood.

Wise & With Child grew from something those years taught me again and again: good information matters, but so does feeling heard, supported and able to trust yourself.

I created this space to bring those things together - sharing thoughtful, practical resources that help you understand your choices and find the way that feels right for you.

A little more about me →