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Friday, 19 December 2014 by Jo Watson
I don’t think I can recall a time where morale has been so high with in active birth and natural labour circles! Following on from the NICE guidelines regarding the increased safety offered by giving birth outside the Consultant Units, I thought you would like to know about the benefits of having your own midwife.
- Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife
Home birth safer than hospital birth for healthy low risk women
Thursday, 18 December 2014 by Jo Watson
A new recommendation by NICE says mums are better off giving birth in the comfort of their own home than in hospitals.
- Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife
Being present, as a protective “force-field” of loving kindness is your job
Tuesday, 18 November 2014 by Private Midwives
Men: when the woman you love is being taken over by an oxytocin fuelled trip, you are going to become an adrenalin factory! Why? Because when we were hunter gathers she needed protecting. She still DOES!
- Published in Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC
Tagged under: birth, birth preparation, Independent Midwife, labour, supporting your partner in labour
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).
- Published in Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife
