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
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
Tips to reduce morning sickness
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 by Linda Bryceland
Feeling a little sick in the mornings? Try our tips to reduce morning sickness About half of “mums-to-be” experience feeling nauseous, particularly in the mornings. This is due to three main reasons: Hormonal changes Low blood sugar Sensitivity to environmental factors In most cases, as the hormone circus starts to stabilize and settle down at
- Published in Pregnancy, Uncategorized
Everything Changes
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 by Jo Watson
Change is the one constant in this universe and as signs of summer are all around us we see evidence of this. As a midwife supporting a small caseload of pregnant women I am privileged to support them during a period of profound change in their lives. The internal hormonal shifts begin immediately when you
- Published in Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife
Almost all modern women acquire a due date early in pregnancy and understand that this date signifies an optimum time frame during which human pregnancy should end. However researchers have challenged received wisdom around the notion of the average length of pregnancy (Mittendorf et al1990, 1993, Mittendorf & Williams 1991, van der Kooy 1994), Other
- Published in Labour, Labour & Birth
Individualised birth support
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 by Jo Watson
In this beautiful picture you can see that each grain of sand is unique and beautiful and I want you to reflect on just how amazing it looks! A beach full of sand or even the contents of a child’s sandpit looks uniform, you would expect that as you let the grains fall through your
- Published in Labour & Birth