Maternal education
Four structured sessions covering pregnancy, alarm signs, birth plan, breathing techniques, breastfeeding, newborn care and the transition during the first weeks. Small groups or one to one.
Registered Midwife · Marbella · Since 2007
Private care, clinical evidence, calm.
Ana Belén accompanies you through this new chapter, advising and caring for you and your new family. From human warmth and scientific evidence. In person and online, in Marbella, individual or group sessions, in Spanish or English.
Pregnancy, birth and postpartum are not events to manage. They are a body learning a new language. My job is to translate, with you, in your time.
Ana Belén Méndez · Registered Midwife
I — About
Integral care through your journey to motherhood.
I'm Ana Belén. 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
Slow care
Care that slows down.
A calm, private setting. Time to ask everything. Continuity from one visit to the next. The opposite of a rushed appointment.
II — Services
Six ways to be accompanied.
Prenatal yoga
An ancient practice adapted to every trimester and every physical condition. It connects you with your baby and prepares body and mind through deep body and breath awareness.
Yoga-pilates & AIPAP
A blended programme for core and pelvic-floor preparation, using the AIPAP method validated in Spanish hospitals.
Acupuncture & moxibustion
Protocols adapted to typical pregnancy disorders, with moxibustion to encourage fetal turning in cases of malposition or breech. Sterile, single-use needles.
Postpartum & lactation
Home or clinic visits. Perineal or abdominal wound check, latch and breastfeeding assessment, sleep, mood, newborn review, umbilical cord, weight gain and follow-up.
Private consultation
A 60 to 90-minute appointment for second opinions, doubts, birth plan, anxiety, or simply to be heard. Bilingual.
III — Programme
Integral accompaniment.
A complete programme from the second trimester through postpartum. One midwife, continuity, in your language.
- 01 · Pregnancy
- Maternal education in groups or private, yoga, meditation, hypnosis, pilates with AIPAP and acupuncture as needed. Birth plan worked through.
- 02 · Birth
- Holistic birth preparation, through the maternal education programme or stand-alone workshops.
- 03 · Posparto
- Home or clinic visits after birth: assessment of mother, baby and breastfeeding or newborn feeding.
On request · Bilingual ES / EN
Enquire about the programmeIV — Voices
Voices
From the first appointment in pregnancy I felt heard. Ana Belén explained what was happening in my body and gave me time to ask, without rushing. I arrived at every check-up with fewer fears and more information.
Prenatal yoga gave me a body that breathed instead of one that braced. Every week I felt more at home with my pregnancy.
In the first weeks at home she came over, checked my recovery and the baby, watched a feed and answered every doubt. Bilingual, evidence-based, no judgement.
V — Visit
Marbella, by appointment.
Write or call. I usually answer within the day. Spanish or English. No forms, no waiting room.
Address
Hours
Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00
Sat 10:00–14:00
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Book a consultation.
A 60-minute first visit. In Marbella, in Spanish or English. Bring your questions.
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