How to make your birth special

Tuesday, 22 September 2015 / Published in breastfeeding, Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC

It is so important when it comes to birth that you feel safe and relaxed with your midwife, because of the way your hormones operate.

How to get birth ready!

Monday, 18 May 2015 / Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Meet the Midwife, Midwife, Working with UKBC

On Saturday 6th June from 11.00am until 2.00pm, we are teaming up with the Zenchi Clinic to offer you a free Natural Birth Preparation Day.  We will condense our expertise into 3 hours covering topics such as water birth, optimal positioning, Rebozzo and labour massage hypnobirthing, breathing and relaxation. Our aim is that you leave the day excited about your birth. 

Personal Midwifery Care

Saturday, 25 April 2015 / Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC

Here at UK Birth Centres we give the Gold Standard care of case loading midwifery and commit to being there at the birth for all our clients. We can organise our own diaries and only work when necessary, thus leading to a highly motivated work force!  We adapt a woman’s care to her individual needs and visit her at home at a time that suits.

Individualised birth support

Wednesday, 11 March 2015 / Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC

Here at UK Birth Centres we provide individualised care for you throughout pregnancy and birth allowing time for us to get to know each other what makes you a unique and amazing individual!

Make your birth plan a reality

Sunday, 08 March 2015 / Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC

Happy International Women’s Day!

How to improve birth

Sunday, 15 February 2015 / Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC

Ina May Gaskin, the mother of modern midwifery, has coined a term called “The Sphincter Law”. The Sphincter Law states:

An A to Z of labour

Friday, 13 February 2015 / Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC

How will I cope with Labour? Well here is an A to Z of coping strategies that you can use at your birth but many of these will be more effective if you seek a supportive Midwife and remain at home to give birth to your baby.

Being present, as a protective “force-field” of loving kindness is your job

Tuesday, 18 November 2014 / Published in Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC

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!

NHS Midwives Strike Action

Sunday, 05 October 2014 / Published in Midwife, Strike, Working with UKBC

Midwives in the NHS have voted to take strike action this months after struggling for years to cope with a deep and enduring shortage of midwives and having their 1% pay rise demand rejected.

Everything changes

Saturday, 04 October 2014 / Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Working with UKBC

Change is the one constant in this universe and as signs of autumn 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.