Maddie's Musings
My Blog Posts
I love writing, and never more than when it's about stuff I'm passionate about - usually birth, babies and parenting.
A Watched Pot Never Boils: Waiting for Labour to Begin
We have been lying to women for years. Labour doesn't 'start' when we are 3 or 4 or even 5…
Twin Birth – How it CAN Be
A very special, very strong, determined and wonderful client has given me permission to share her story here. After a…
Why Just One Day?
This post is dedicated to all the amazing doulas I know who 'mother the mother', to every breastfeeding support worker…
Why I do what I do: A list
1. Because it all starts in your mum's belly. If you can get a great start there, mum has a…
Birth and Death
This short film explains why so many women worldwide die in childbirth and what we can do about it. The…
Study on continuous support in labour
I've just been made aware of this study: http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003766.html It makes clear the benefits of having continuous support from another…
The Power of Placebo
This Guardian article was interesting, with quite a balanced attitude to harmless interventions such as homeopathy. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/feb/06/homeopathy-homeopathic-nhs-placebo-effect I want to…
Do We Need Antibiotics for Premature Rupture of Membranes?
Articles The Lancet, Volume 372, Issue 9646, Pages 1310 - 1318, 11 October 2008 Editors' note: In 2001, the ORACLE…
Fathers’ Home Birth Handbook
This book has just been published and I think it is so well written and will fill a much-needed void…