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Distance Doulaing During Coronavirus: Keeping Contact and Connection

March 13, 2020 By doulamaddie

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

December 2, 2019 By doulamaddie

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

October 30, 2011 By doulamaddie

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?

December 3, 2008 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

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

September 13, 2008 By doulamaddie 1 Comment

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

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