Vicki Marks
Registered Midwife
Contact:+852 5500 8982
Vicki is a UK and HK Registered Midwife with over 15 years experience across the NHS and a mum of three. She believes in providing evidence based, high quality, friendly care throughout pregnancy and the postnatal period.
Melanie Clough
Registered Midwife
Contact +852 6778 9102
Mel is a UK and HK Registered Midwife. She qualified in the UK 23
years ago and worked throughout the maternity services of the NHS, most
recently as a Community Midwife in South Manchester, before moving to Hong Kong in 2015. Since obtaining her registration here she has worked
independently as a midwife and breastfeeding counsellor throughout HK founding Mum’s the Word and helping to set up the Community Postnatal Team at the Matilda Hospital. Mel is a mum of two, both breastfed, and can testify first hand to the joys and challenges of life with two under two, though that was a few years ago now.
Mel is passionate about supporting women, especially in the postnatal
period, and believes good local peer group support is vital for new mums.
In addition to providing care through Mum's the Word, Mel and Vicki also locum for the Community Midwives' Team at The Matilda International Hospital.
ANTENATAL CARE AND ANTENATAL CLASSES
Antenatal care provided at Sai Kung Medical Practice or privately at home to ensure the health and wellbeing of both mum and baby.
Classes can be booked for couples or groups and are held either privately or at the Pak Sha Wan Centre (Hebe Haven)
POSTPARTUM CARE AND SUPPORT
I take the time to get to know you, your concerns and your needs, be it feeling low, a painful perineum, feeding concerns or baby weight. I'm just a call away for professional care.
BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT
Breastfeeding is a skill, and like any skill it can be tricky to master but with support, from friends, family, peers and professionals you are more likely to succeed. I can be as responsive as you need, from a single visit for reassurance to multiple visits where more help is needed.
UNWELL BABY AND INFANT CPR
Individual or group sessions focusing on confident care, recognizing and responding to the unwell baby and infant resusitation. Sessions for parents, carers and helpers.
BABY MASSAGE
Baby massage classes and individual teaching at home. Learn loving touch techniques with your baby.
BABY CAFE
Weekly postnatal and breastfeeding peer support group.
Reviews
Thank you so much for helping me out today. You’ve helped restore my confidence. ”
— Lily, Tsing Yi
“Thank you so much for your support. My husband is still on the plane. I know I could not have gone on this long without you.”
— Carrie, Sai Kung
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“Thank you so much Melanie for your kind words and support...Just wanted to let you know that thanks to your encouragement I hung in there and fed him lying down (which I’ve never been able to do in the past as I could never get him to latch). Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! xoxo”
— Shirley, TKO
Hi Melanie, I wanted to say a heartfelt thank you for all of your support yesterday. Just 1 hour with you has made all the difference. He has been feeding well and we managed to get home from the hospital today with bilirubin levels down from 316 to 240! Thanks again”
— Siobhan, CWB