Boss Your Birth has been developed (pun!) by experienced ex-midwife (NHS and private), mum of two, college teacher, staunch eyebrow-raiser, and all round excellent human, Jess Smart. She has two sons, Dexter and Casper, and is married to Craig. They live in Worthing, West Sussex.

The BYB method was developed after seeing that current birth courses didn’t seem to fit the bill for most of the families that were cared for. All pregnant people should have access to education and information to empower themselves to have the best time possible for birth, whilst still having a sense of reality about all the maybes and what ifs.

Jess wanted to ensure that there was support and advice for families after baby arrives too, because that is the biggest and scariest part of all!