A MIDWIFE is helping mums and pregnant women to take the plunge as part of a community scheme.

Sheryl O'Lone and colleague Margaret Hayton of the Priory midwife team, based at Guisborough Hospital's maternity unit, are setting up eight Monday morning aqua-natal sessions.

The sessions, which start next week, have been arranged by Government-backed initiative Sure Start East Cleveland.

They will take place at Loftus Leisure Centre, from 10am until 11am, and are free to anyone living in the Sure Start areas of Loftus, Carlin How, Skinningrove and Easington.