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Where once was one, now there are two

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PrivateMidwives
Friday, 11 October 2019 / Published in Labour & Birth, Midwife
Have a read of this fantastic poem by our very own Melanie Ambrose

Continuity of Care – Knowing Your Midwife

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PrivateMidwives
Tuesday, 28 May 2019 / Published in Labour & Birth, Meet the Midwife, Midwife
Watch our video on the importance of continuity of care and knowing your midwife. We discuss the effects and the benefits of knowing your midwife from the early stages of your pregnancy, to your birth and beyond.

The Londoner – A beautiful Birth Story

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PrivateMidwives
Thursday, 21 March 2019 / Published in Birth Pools, Labour & Birth, Midwife
Rosie who runs the Londoner blog has written a beautiful birth story on the birth of her first child Lily. Rosie had a home birth in a birthing pool with the help of her Private Midwife (Cheryl Opinio-Fisher) – As this was her first child, Rosie had a million and one questions on what she

Hypnobirthing: can it help to ease pain and anxiety during childbirth?

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PrivateMidwives
Tuesday, 19 March 2019 / Published in Labour, Labour & Birth
Hypnobirthing is currently all the rage in celebrity circles, but what exactly is it and can it really help to relieve labour pains? Liz Halliday, Deputy Head of Midwifery at Private Midwives, spoke with Net Doctor about self-hypnosis and childbirth Take a look here to find out everything you need to know about the birthing

Why Meghan Markle cradles her baby bump

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PrivateMidwives
Friday, 08 March 2019 / Published in In The News, Labour, Labour & Birth
Embed from Getty Images People are very interested in the pregnancy of Meghan Markle and a series of new pictures shows the princess cradling her baby bump fondly, but is there a reason why she is pictured doing this so often? – Liz Haliday our deputy head of midwifery, has suggested that mother’s feel that

2018 UK Maternity Report

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PrivateMidwives
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 / Published in Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Pregnancy, Uncategorized
Today, mums-to-be could be forgiven for thinking that motherhood is more complicated than it has ever been. From experiencing pressure to breastfeed or to even forego pain relief during birth, to conflicting advice about whether or not drinking alcohol is safe, mums-to-be often receive a wide range of different messages from a variety of sources

Birth – The jigsaw puzzle

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Jo Watson
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 / Published in Home Birth, Labour & Birth
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!

How emotions can effect your birth

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Jo Watson
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 / Published in Labour & Birth
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

Hugs not drugs

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Jo Watson
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 / Published in Labour, Labour & Birth
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

Everything Changes

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Jo Watson
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 / Published in Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife
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
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