Navigating the Third Stage of Labour and understanding your options
Before your baby is born or straight after the birth, your midwife will ask you how you would like to give birth to your placenta. The placenta (sometimes called the afterbirth) is the organ which has grown in pregnancy to nourish your baby in the womb and now also...
The Important Role of a Birth Partner
Long gone are the days when fathers-to-be are left waiting in the wings to hear the announcement of their child’s birth by the attendant midwife or doctor. Instead, more partners than ever are playing an active role in the birth of their child. Birth partners are...
What are the stages of labour?
Every woman's experience of labour and birth is different. Nobody can predict what your labour will be like, or how long it will last. However, there are plenty of things you can do to prepare yourself and, understanding what is happening to your body and your...
How to use Birth Affirmations in pregnancy and labour
Let’s explore what affirmations are, how they help to prepare your mind for labour and birth and support you in accessing your bodies natural pain relief in labour.
How to Avoid Induction
An Independent midwife’s guide to the realities of the third trimester induction epidemic and how to avoid induction where possible. The sad reality right now is that conventional obstetric practices are not always based on the best available scientific evidence,...
I’ve just discovered I’m pregnant – what do I do next?
So, the giddy excitement of discovering you’re pregnant has now been replaced with the reality & responsibility that you are actually growing a new life inside you which you want to protect and nurture at all costs. You might feel clueless about what to do next....