The Mother Rite

03/06/2026

Join us in July for a nourishing, relaxed afternoon celebrating Motherhood and connection

🤰Gather with fellow expectant mums in Wiltshire for a casual social picnic, community support, and a beautiful collective Mother’s circle

🍰 Enjoy iced red raspberry leaf tea from Hot Tea Mama and delicious Rose & Sticky date cake. Feel free to bring your own packed lunch, or a small plate to share with the group if you feel inspired!

📸 Exclusive Photography Opportunity - We are lucky enough to be joined by Kylie Brewer Photography a wonderful local pregnancy and newborn & family photographer! She will be capturing beautiful, candid moments of our afternoon together. Mums will also have the opportunity to book a mini-shoot on the day (limited slots available) or arrange a future full session directly with her

🎁 Take home a bundle of pregnancy wellbeing items and information from local birth professionals

Spaces for this event are limited

*If you have attended Prenatal Yoga with The Mother Rite you receive free admission as a Thank You 💖

There is still time to book the few final Prenatal Yoga sessions this term! Use code PERFECTTIMING for £12.50 off the June block booking - ends 23rd June

Find out more or book here 》www.themotherrite.uk

26/05/2026

Last week I entered a loud, bright, busy room for the national launch of the Listen2Baby Toolkit.

As an Autistic & ADHD Mum, a doula, and someone with Maternity system PTSD who helped to co-design this project, it was a big sensory and emotional overload for me. The day triggered my own birth trauma, remembering the exact moment I allowed Intermittent Auscultation (IA) to be weaponised against me in my second birth.

Being one of only a few people in the room who is not a clinical expert, I felt a duty to carry the Mother's voice loudly to the forefront. Part of that was watching Progress Theatre perform - hearing real women’s voices, including what may be my very own words, echoed back to the system.

There is an alarming lack of robust evidence for routine monitoring in straightforward births. This toolkit came into being in order to standardise practice in the name of safety for women, babies and midwives and to protect hospitals from liability.

But as we standardise practice, we must remember never to standardise women.

IA isn't a neutral act. It breaks the organic rhythm of birth. When we override mother's instincts or consent for a checklist, we are engaging in obstetric violence and creating iatrogenic harm. True safety cannot be measured solely by a live baby if the Mother is left psychologically shattered and traumatised.

True safety requires a regulated nervous system too. I am glad the toolkit uses the BRAIN framework to push for antenatal discussions where women can choose for themselves and trust their Intuition.

But a leaflet is not enough.

Informed consent of IA and the absolute right to refusal of IA must be explicitly trained into midwives, not just assumed.

Sending gratitude to Rachel Rowe, Megan Douthwaite, and Jen MacLellan for the research, and to Mo Ade and Sumayya Mulla for bringing forth women’s experiences. To the policy makers - Alison Talbot, Tony Kelly, and Jaki Lambert - Please ensure this framework shifts from an institutional scorecard towards true, embodied safety and respect at homebirths and on the labour wards.

Link to the toolkit 》listen2babytoolkit.npeu.ox.ac.uk



Progress Theatre Midwives

The Royal College of Midwives

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RCOG

Nuffield Department of Medicine

National Institute for Health and Care Research

University of Birmingham

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

23/05/2026

Join us here 》www.themotherrite.uk

09/05/2026

We are back! Park Yoga in Calne 🌳🧘🏾‍♀️

Every Sunday 9:30am - 10:30am

Join us at Calne Recreation Ground

Just bring your yoga mat or towel & water bottle

The sessions are beginner-friendly and free for everyone - funded by
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Donations to Park Yoga Charity keep this all possible 》Link to donate in bio or visit 》https://parkyoga.co/calne/

30/04/2026

Love a little pickles market 👕🧸♻️

Follow Little Pickles Markets Somerset And Wiltshire

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We are back on Saturday with our Spring Baby & Children’s Nearly New Sale.

Come along to over shop for great quality toys, clothes and equipment at affordable prices.

Or join us to sell, book here https://littlepicklesmarkets.co.uk/events/little-pickles-market-melksham-july-sellers-spaces-now-open-for-bookings/

29/04/2026

Free community spot available 🥰

4 week Prenatal Yoga Course every Tuesday at 6:30pm in Calne

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29/04/2026

Booking open for May 🌸

Join us on Tuesday evenings

Book here 》www.themotherrite.uk

23/04/2026

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Specialist car seat safety advisors will be on hand at Lidl, Hungerdown Lane, Chippenham, from 10am to 3pm, today (Tuursday 23rd April), offering friendly, no-judgement support on how to correctly choose, fit and use child car seats.

With numerous regulations, fitting methods and seat designs on the market, ensuring a car seat is set up correctly can be confusing. Advisors will be available to check seats, answer questions and make sure each one is installed and used as safely as possible.

They can also provide guidance on common topics, including:

When to move a child to the next stage seat
How tight the harness should be
Vehicle compatibility
How clothing, headrest height and seat positioning affect safety.

Practical tips will also be available on:

Removing thick coats before fastening the harness
Limiting time in an infant carrier to two hours
Checking harness tension and positioning
Ensuring seats don't move excessively once installed
Keeping children rear‑facing for as long as possible.

15/04/2026

Reminder that I won't be holding my usual sessions tomorrow - I'm healing ✨️ See you all next week!

13/04/2026

We are around halfway through the fully funded 5 week gentle movement course for Mums & their little ones.

Here is an idea of what our sessions have looked like - thank you to our amazing attendees for making it so much fun!

This course takes place at Calne Community Campus and is currently fully booked - would you like something like this is your town? Tell us in the comments 👇

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