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Working with UK Birth Centres
Friday, 10 January 2014 by Jo Watson
I am an Independent midwife now working for UK Birth Centres ltd and loving it, how does my job as an Independent Midwife differ now if at all?
- Published in Working with UKBC
Hypnotherapy for Childbirth
Tuesday, 24 December 2013 by Jo Watson
Continuing with a series of blogs here at UK Birth Centre Ltd on preparation tips for your birth and beyond here we are discussing hypnotherapy.
Hypnosis is "a state of deep physical relaxation with an alert mind producing alpha waves, in which the subconscious mind can be more readily accessed" ( Mantle 2000 ) Hypnosis used for childbirth is almost always self-hypnosis: the hypnotherapist teaches the woman to induce the hypnotic state in herself during labour.
- Published in Labour & Birth
Birth Balls
Friday, 20 December 2013 by Jo Watson
The Birth Ball for movement and pain relief in labour is a large inflated exercise ball that has been adopted into maternity care to aid relaxation and movement (Perez .P 2000). The woman can sit on or lean against the ball, which provides soft support.
- Published in Labour & Birth
Tagged under: birth preparation
Water Birth
Thursday, 19 December 2013 by Jo Watson
Water birth enables women to give birth in the way their bodies were designed. I feel that birth pools have brought a special quality to the environment of birth, helping midwives get back to the roots of being with women.
- Published in Home Birth
