Our Team
Polly Chadwick set up The Bath Massage Company in 2010 offering specialist maternity services – from here Polly went onto launch BumpBirthBabyUK putting all the maternity services and courses under one dedicated website. Polly & team have been helping parents and babies feel happy, supported and relaxed through their professional and fun courses and treatments.
An expert in her field, Polly offers support to mums -to-be from conception right through to the birth and beyond. Polly is trained in maternity massage, teaches Hypnobirthing classes and runs the Baby Massage courses.
The Baby Massage taught is the IAIM (International Association of Infant Massage) programme. Its founder, Vimala McClure, first brought it to the western world in the 1960s, and she created the first training programme for parents. It has become the original and longest-running training programme worldwide.
Polly runs the Baby Massage courses in South Devon, and offers Pregnancy massage & Hypnobirthing in both locations
Livvie Haines trained at The Cotswold Academy in Cirencester gaining an ITEC Level 3 Holistic Massage Diploma including Anatomy and Physiology. After developing a keen interest in Women’s health, especially during her own pregnancy and birth, Livvie went on to train with Gateway Workshops in Pregnancy Massage, along with Warm Bamboo Massage.
After having her own children and recognising the incredible benefits that Baby Massage can bring ,not only to the child but for the amazing bonding benefits for the parents, Livvie knew that she would love to be able to teach other parents to use baby massage on their own children. She trained with Gateway workshops in Baby Massage instructor training and loves this part of her role as a massage therapist running classes with parents and their new baby.
Livvie runs the Baby Massage courses in Bath
Briony Hodges qualified in Level 4 Holistic Massage with Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology at the Bristol College of Massage and Bodywork (BCMB) and has since gained certificates in Deep Tissue Massage and Pregnancy massage.
Briony is passionate about working with clients to put together a tailored massage treatment to suit their individual needs, blending a range of massage techniques to provide a holistic approach that positively impacts emotional well-being, as well as targeting muscular aches and pains.
She is very passionate about massage and the amazing benefits it can bring, and particularly enjoys the relaxation and calm it can bring to clients, as well as reducing stress and relief to pains and tension. A treatment with Briony offers a wonderful calm and nurturing environment for you to enjoy time and space and feel the benefits of increased overall wellbeing.
Briony offers Pre & Post Pregnancy massage in Bath