Our Midwives

Meet our antenatal course teachers

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Our pregnancy and birth classes are taught by registered midwives, the experts in evidence-based antenatal education. Learn more about your local teacher below.

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Cass McNamara

Clinical Director

Cass McNamara is the technical lead behind our evidence-led antenatal courses, with 27 years of midwifery experience. Cass is an internationally renowned Midwifery consultant and the recipient of a number of prestigious awards, including, the “Innovation in Practice” award from the British Journal of Midwifery. The Mama conference is also the brainchild of Cass, the UK’s largest, independently run conference and exhibition for Midwives.

Saskia Klop

Brighton

With over 22 years of experience, Saskia began her journey in midwifery back in 2002 in the Netherlands. Fast forward to 2018, Saskia made the move to the UK, and became an integral part of the local community supporting parents at The Royal Free Hospital. Now, she’s your go-to community midwife for home births in Brighton and Hove. Saskia is also diving into the academic world, pursuing a Master’s in Maternal Global Health at City University of London. Dedicated to keeping up to date about global maternal health trends, and keen to make a positive impact for parents-to-be. For an antenatal course led by a local, friendly expert and key figure in your community, look no further.

 

Jen McLean

Lewes

With over 16 years of experience in healthcare, Jen began her journey on the frontline of the ambulance service in 2008 before earning her BSc in midwifery from the University of the West of Scotland in 2015. Having been a midwife for the maternity services at The Royal Sussex County Hospital and as Midwife Advisor previous to that at Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Trust, Jen has a vast amount of experience in the field of midwifery. Today, Jen is resuscitation lead for the South East teaching others the importance of life support alongside her role as antenatal teacher for The Parents Class in Lewes. To further her skills in midwifery, Jen is currently studying for an MSc in Perinatal Mental Health.

Jessica Quaroni

Greenwich

Jessica has been a practising midwife for 13 years and a qualified nurse for 19 years. Having spent 11 years at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Jessica is now based at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust as a Fetal Wellbeing Midwife, focused on the development and utilisation of both clinical and educational support. She has delivered midwifery care in both the UK and Australia, and won a Nightingale award in 2019 for quality of patient care.

Clarissa Battaglino

Fulham

After qualifying as a midwife in 2015, Clarissa worked at Walsall Manor Hospital before transferring to University College London Hospitals in 2017. She has since worked in the Fetal Medicine Unit at UCLH, where she helps to diagnose and treat potential complications that may arise during pregnancy through antenatal screening. Clarissa has volunteered as a midwife in both Bangladesh and Peru.

Kleio Vourou

South Kensington & Kensal Rise

Kleio is a practising midwife with over 17 years of experience. For the last 15 years Kleio has worked in The Kensington Wing and was the lead midwife there for the Antenatal Clinics/Day Assessment Unit between 2013 and 2017. Before that Kleio worked as a reflexologist for private maternity services in both Greece and the UK, specialising in pregnancy, induction of labour and fertility.

 

Petra Nhau

South Kensington & Kensal Rise

Petra has 18 years experience as a midwife, who has worked extensively in labour ward settings, providing hands-on support to countless women during childbirth, including managing complications with her wealth of expertise

Clara Calvete

Woking & Chertsey

Clara is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing & Midwifery at the University of East London. After qualifying as a midwife in 2008, Clara worked in Barts Health NHS Trust where she went on to qualify as a Research Midwife and Nurse. From there Clara worked in University College London Hospital before spending over a decade as a Senior Midwife in Ashford & St. Peter’s NHS Trust.

Jacqui Nancy

West London

Bio coming soon!

We’re expanding!

Are you an NMC registered midwife with a passion for educating parents? Become an antenatal teacher at The Parents Class. Simply send your CV and cover letter to teachers@theparentsclass.com to apply.

I love working with TPC. The ethos and culture of the team is wonderful. Sammy is so supportive and will take care of you and ensure all you need to do is facilitate learning for the parents you teach.

The company values that midwives are experts in physiology and supporting birth in any setting parents choose. The course and teaching material have been designed by an expert midwife who has an MSc in healthcare education.

What more could you ask for if you want to dip your toes into facilitating parents’ classes for the first time.

Jessica

one of our expert midwives

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