We might be stuck at home, but the wonders of the World Wide Web can bring us together, create and maintain strong bonds and enable us to achieve a lot of what we used to do face to face! If you are self isolating or limiting social contact currently, but need some support, I am happy to talk to Continue Reading
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 cms. The birth process started weeks ago, when your body and brain began to change. Waiting for labour to begin can be a time of impatience and discomfort at the best of times, but these days it can be even Continue Reading
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 homebirth first time round, she had implicit faith in her body's ability to grow and birth her babies in a very ordinary, normal way. It took us a while to get our equally trusting, Continue Reading
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 I trial showed that in women with premature rupture of the fetal membranes, but no overt sign of infection, erythromycin and co-amoxiclav prolonged pregnancy and erythromycin also Continue Reading
A Birth Film For Fathers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVf4rzam0Xo This trailer looks interesting. It looks like it will be a film that aims to empower fathers to protect their babies and partners during labour, birth and immediately postpartum. Filmed in the US. Continue Reading