Foods to help you conceive
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 by PrivateMidwives
Foods to help you Conceive With modern busy lifestyles our diets have changed compared to our previous generations. This change in diet may have affected our ability to have a baby. A good start to using your diet to maximize your chances of falling pregnant is to ensure you are not overweight and to cook
- Published in Pregnancy
Birth – The jigsaw puzzle
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 by Jo Watson
Birth is a very instinctual process and could be described as a big “jigsaw” every piece needing to fit tightly to create the full picture. Birth environment is one of the very important pieces to the birth jigsaw. If it is not the right piece it will not fit and the jigsaw will be incomplete!
- Published in Home Birth, Labour & Birth
How emotions can effect your birth
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 by Jo Watson
Each of us exists in 3 ways at once, yes we are mind, body, and spirit. The three exist as a union and because of this what happens in your mind, the thoughts and memories and experiences you have had, effects your body and spirit, and so on. In other words, if something is bothering
- Published in Labour & Birth
Hugs not drugs for birth and labour
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 by Jo Watson
The hormone that drives the rhythm of labour and birth is known as the “Love Hormone” and the great news is that it is released when we hug one another! The “Love Hormone” is produced in the posterior pituitary gland and is a peptide of 9 amino acids with a hexagonal shaped molecule the same
- Published in Labour, Labour & Birth