Meet The Team
Marina Fogle, North Kensington Host
Marina hosts the Eight Week Antenatal Course in South Kensington. She supports and gets to know the participants over eight weeks, supporting the professionals and providing the practical advice and skills honed as a mother. She has two children, Ludo and Iona, and in spite of tragedy, (her son Willem was stillborn in 2014) she has become motherhood’s biggest advocate. As well as teaching Bump Classes, she writes regularly for various publications including The Telegraph, The Times, Baby London and Nurture Magazine about pregnancy and motherhood. She lives with her husband, the TV presenter Ben Fogle in Notting Hill.
Dr Chiara Hunt, GP
Dr Chiara Hunt is a GP based in Sloane Street, Knightsbridge. She has worked on the labour wards at St Mary’s hospital, Paddington and Chelsea and Westminster hospital, as well as in paediatrics. She looks after many young families in the central London area and maintains a keen special interest in paediatrics and women’s health. She is the mother of two young children and lives in Notting Hill.
Camilla hosts the 8 week antenatal classes at The Portland Hospital, as well as Partner’s Evenings. She was one of the first of her friends to have children, and is passionate about supporting new mothers and mothers to be, as well as helping others find their tribe. She has four children, Gus, Honor, Jasper and Hamish (twins), all within four years, so knows how important evidence based, non judgemental advice is in the early years. She also has plenty of hands on experience and practical advice! She lives with her husband, Bobby, in Battersea.
Camilla Stewart, The Portland Hospital Host
Jade Samuels, Parsons Green Host
A former Bump Class girl herself, she knows first hand the benefits of such a comprehensive course, as she says it prepared her for birth, motherhood and everything in-between! Having formed strong friendships with her own Bump Class, she emphasizes the importance of the participants getting to know one another as a strong support group
Having attended the Bump Class herself Lara knows how invaluable the sound and practical advice provided by the class is. She believes that the Bump Class is a winning combination of trusted, professional advice and a relaxed, welcoming environment; in which much is learnt and supportive friendships are formed. Lara lives in Barnes and has a young son.
Lara Cawthorne, Barnes Host
Alexandra, First Aid Trainer
Alexandra has educated (and entertained) The Bump Class from the beginning. She has a wealth of experience in Accident & Emergency, Paediatrics and Educational nursing. She is also an instructor on the Advanced Life Support courses (ALS, APLS, EPLS, ILS, PLS and GIC). Alexandra has worked in most major London Teaching Hospitals Emergency Departments, from the most junior nurse up the dizzying heights of management but her heart has always been in clinical work. She is currently working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in South London. She also works in Sports Medicine; working at RFU Twickenham, the Tough Mudder obstacle courses and was Nurse for Team England at the Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018. Her keen sense of humour and presence allowing those who she trains to relax, enjoy and get the very best out of first aid training. In her down time she loves to go to the ballet (and dreams of being able to touch her toes!).
Jo Hooper, North Kensington Host and Midwife
Jo is a midwife working at Kingston Hospital. She has experience in all areas of midwifery and currently working in the community and on the hospital labour ward. She is passionate about caring for women in all birth settings as well as helping them adjust to life with a newborn once they are home. She has three young children and lives in Surrey.
Geraldine Miskin, Breastfeeding Specialist
Geraldine is a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist who has been running a successful private practice in London since 2003. Geraldine’s unique approach to breastfeeding focusses primarily on the practical elements of breastfeeding, enabling mums to find breastfeeding solutions, according to their unique anatomy, physiology, delivery and lifestyle choices. Her unbiased, non-judgemental approach ensures mothers find a solution which best suits them.
Geraldine’s book, Breastfeeding Made Easy, is the first full-colour, clearly illustrated, step-by-step breastfeeding book that illustrated how breastfeeding can be accessible, even easy, for all.
Ali Lineham, Midwife
Ali qualified as a Midwife 17 years ago and has been working on the Kensington Wing for the past 10 years. She works closely with the Consultants and was previously part of the Midwife Led Team. (Ali has by chance also been able to see several Bump Class Women have their babies!) she has 3 young children and lives in West London. Ali also provides private postnatal care if needed.
Megan has been working as a midwife at St Georges Hospital in Tooting for the past 5 years. She has worked across all areas of maternity and currently works on the midwife led Birth Centre whilst also caring for her own caseload of women through pregnancy in a continuity of care model.
Megan has formerly travelled to Burma with the charity Health & Hope to work in a volunteer role upskilling and educating the Traditional Birth Attendants in key midwifery skills in the remote mountainous jungle of Chin State.
Outside of midwifery Megan loves hiking, wild swimming, skiing and generally embracing the outdoors and travel.
Megan Jenkins, Midwife
Stacey Robinson, Midwife
Stacey has been a Midwife working in London for over 10 years. Starting her career at Kings College Hospital working in all areas of Maternity, Stacey then moved to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital focussing on the education and development of Midwives. Stacey currently works as the Lead Midwife at The London Ambulance Service.
Stacey is passionate about supporting women during their pregnancy and birth. She knows how important knowledge and evidence-based advice is for women when they are preparing for labour and birth.
Cait Jefferson, Midwife
Alongside teaching on The Bump Class, Cait has been working as a Midwife at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for the past 6 years. More recently, Cait has gained her qualification in Medical Ultrasound and now also works at the hospital as an Obstetric Sonographer. Having worked in all areas of maternity, specifically the Labour Ward and Triage area, Cait has a wealth of experience in supporting mothers-to-be throughout their pregnancies, labours and births. Cait started teaching on The Bump Class in April 2019 and loves teaching and sharing her knowledge to help women have safe and positive birth experiences!
Fran Smith, Family Psychologist
Fran teaches our 'The Next Bump Class' alongside Johanna Hooper. She is a Counselling Psychologist and has over 10 years of experience in the field. She is a therapist, trainer, researcher, lecturer, supervisor and author. She has trained and worked therapeutically using a variety of therapeutic models however she tends to draw most from Cognitive Behavioural, Compassion Focussed and Acceptance and Commitment therapy models. Fran offers one to one and also couples’ therapy in her rooms in Harley Street and in the City and also over Skype (its not always easy to get to appointments with a baby!). She is passionate about supporting parents in the adjustment to life with children and has two young children herself.
Hayley Lord, Physio
Alongside teaching at The Bump Class, Hayley heads up the team at Six Physio Parsons Green. She is part of the fabulous Women's Health service there supporting and treating pregnant and postnatal ladies. She focuses on educating and empowering women to resolve common niggles that are too often normalised during or post pregnancy.
Having previously worked in the NHS - including the Lindo wing at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington - she has a wealth of knowledge. She has various post graduate qualifications including strength & conditioning, acupuncture and is a trained Pilates instructor.
Hayley is passionate about exercise and wellbeing at all stages of life. Outside of work, she can be found cycling, running, yoga-ing at her beloved functional fitness gym in SW London.
Dr Hugh Coyne, GP
Hugh teaches our Partner's Evening class in Parsons Green. As a father to two young girls, he is particularly interested in child and family health. Hugh is also passionate about sports medicine and using fitness for health promotion. After graduating in Medicine from Imperial College London, Hugh gained the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and a postgraduate Diploma in Child Health from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Hugh runs Coyne Medical practice in Fulham with his wife Dr Lucy Hooper.
Outside of work, Hugh provides specialist medical support to the Irish Exiles Rugby Team and enjoys cycling and tennis.
Lucy Burrows, Physio
Alongside working at The Bump Class Lucy is a Specialist Women’s Health Physiotherapist and has worked for Six Physio in Parsons Green since 2016. Lucy enjoys facilitating recovery of pre- and post-natal ladies to get them back to doing what they love to do! Lucy also works as part of a breast service for post-natal ladies and takes bespoke equipment-based Pilates classes, certified with the APPI.
Prior to life in London, Lucy worked in private clinics and hospitals in Australia where she had the opportunity to work alongside some of Australia’s outstanding Women’s Health physios.
When not at work Lucy enjoys any activity outside! Tennis, hiking, horse riding and scuba diving to name a few. You will often see her in Richmond Park running with her pal Darcy Dog.
Dr Lucy Coyne, GP
Dr Lucy is GP at Coyne Medical, a private GP practice in Parsons Green. Having been at Medical School with Chiara, Lucy has worked in the labour ward and paediatric department at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. In her practice she loves seeing mums and newborns, particularly those who she’s met previously on The Bump Class. She has plenty of personal experience as a busy mum of two young girls and lives locally to her practice in Fulham.
Dr Sarah Zimmerman, GP
Sarah is a GP and mother of two little boys. She works part of her week as a private GP at Sloane Street Surgery alongside Chiara Hunt and part of her week at an NHS practice in Camden. She undertook a diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology after enjoying her hospital training post in the field. Sarah feels she can relate well to new parents due to her own recent personal experiences and really enjoys being part of a family's journey from pregnancy to parenthood. She lives with her family in Queen's Park.
Emily Duder, ‘The Next Bump Class’ Host
Emily is a coach who works with women navigating motherhood, as well as those who are considering their professional identities after having had a baby. Her work focuses on self-compassion, balance, communication and stress management. She is passionate about supporting parents during this time of their lives. She has two young daughters and lives in London. Emily is an EMCC accredited coach at practitioner level.
Jo Kelly, Midwife
Jo is a midwife and currently working at Chelsea and Westminster hospital. She has worked there for the last 7 years and is very passionate about supporting women to birth their babies. She has worked in all areas of maternity, including labour ward, birth centre and the antenatal and postnatal wards and she has the experience to provide you with a positive and well-informed knowledge of the labour process, how midwives look after you during and after labour and also ensure that you feel confident with your birth choices and preferences.
In her spare time, Jo loves to run and be outdoors! She also has a very large family with 9 nieces and nephews and so much of her time off work is spent with family.