I'm Ana Belén Méndez, registered midwife since 2007.

I — Bio

Background

A vocation, almost twenty years of practice.

Ana Belén Méndez is a registered midwife trained at the University of York (United Kingdom, 2007), with almost 20 years of clinical practice in public and private hospitals. She currently works in the labour ward at Hospital Costa del Sol (Marbella, Spain) and runs a private antenatal and postnatal practice in Marbella, in person and online, in Spanish and English. Her specialities include maternal education, prenatal and postnatal yoga (over 15 years teaching), acupuncture and moxibustion (certified 2017), the AIPAP aquatic method, hypnobirthing with the SOMA method, breastfeeding consultancy, infant massage and infant first aid.

From a young age the idea of becoming a midwife inspired me. It was Teresa, a passionate now-retired midwife with small, steady hands, who showed me this world full of life and made me fall in love with it. In 2007 I qualified as a midwife at the University of York, in the United Kingdom.

After years of practice I came back to Spain. Almost twenty years on, I have worked across hospitals and primary care, both public and private, accompanying women in pregnancy, birth and postpartum, in Spanish and in English.

My complementary training shapes how I work: more than 15 years teaching Hatha, prenatal and postnatal yoga; certified in acupuncture and moxibustion since 2017; a long path as a breastfeeding consultant from the very start of my career; trained in hypnobirthing, meditation and the SOMA method for psycho-emotional preparation; pilates for pregnancy and the AIPAP aquatic method; infant massage and infant first aid for postpartum baby care.

Today I practise in the labour ward at Hospital Costa del Sol, alongside private antenatal and postnatal care in clinic and at home.

Trained

University of York, UK · 2007

Hospital

Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella

Methods

Yoga · Pilates · Acupuncture · Hypnobirthing · AIPAP

Languages

Español · English