Welcome to Sense And Sensitivity, the home of

Jane Buckler, MA, RM, RGN

Independent midwife and NCT-trained antenatal educator.

Over 25 years midwifery experience.

Skilled in Home Birth, Active Birth, Water Birth,
VBAC, and Breast Feeding Support

Helping you to make your maternity care choices

Giving you continuous personalised full maternity care

The maternity journey is a significant
rite of passage for a woman
and will have implications for her transition into parenthood and her mothering experience.

Pregnancy and birth are unique life events
deserving of the best care possible.

Having first qualified as a Registered General Nurse I then qualified as a Registered Midwife in 1984. Since that time I have worked overseas in Western Samoa and Australia, and have worked in the NHS both in a hospital and, for the past 6 years, in a community setting. I am experienced, competent and confident in homebirth, waterbirth, activebirth, vaginal birth after caesarean (www.vbac.com) and breastfeeding support.

I have attended over 100 women in the past six years who have chosen home as their place of birth, many of these have been water births and some of them have been vaginal homebirths after a previous caesarean. I qualified as a National Childbirth Trust Antenatal Educator in 1994 and have taught for the trust since then.

Nappy changing in the Australian Outback!

In 2004 I completed a Master's Degree in Women's Studies to complement my previous qualifications: R.G.N. (Registered General Nurse) in 1982; R.M. (Registered Midwife) in 1984; and N.C.T. (National Childbirth Trust) in 1994.

Sebastian born in water at home

Although I live in Northamptonshire, I welcome enquiries from clients in neighbouring counties: Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

I have three teenage boys (see above) all of whom were born at home with a midwife I chose and trusted and who offered me continuity of care. I feel very fortunate to have received the maternity care I did, and believe very strongly that continuous and trusted midwifery support is of paramount importance to a woman's experience of birth.

Newly-born Theo with Kate

My transition into Independent Practice at the end of 2005 was driven by a desire to give clients one-to-one midwifery care within the comfort of their own home, a model of care that provides me with great job satisfaction. As a registered midwife (Nursing and Midwifery Council), my professional Code of Conduct and Rules guide my practice and the Local Supervising Authority supports and supervises my practice and equipment.

Currently I am available monthly at the Northampton Homebirth Support Group, and bi-monthly at The Kettering Homebirth Support Group - click on the names to visit their web sites.