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The following information is a guide only. If you have symptoms that persist, or if you are worried, please contact your health professional so a holistic assessment can take place and specific advice can be given.

Started in labour? What now?

Friday, 02 May 2014 / Published in Home Birth, Labour & Birth

What is happening in the pre-labour or latent phase? Well this is all about your cervix getting soft or “ripening”. Yes it is at this point that your cervix changes from the consistency that is firm and muscular like the end of your nose to wonderfully soft like your ear lobe.

Birth Environment

Friday, 02 May 2014 / Published in Home Birth, Labour & Birth, Working with UKBC

I have enjoyed the recent BBC drama series “Call the Midwife” that featured a group of Midwives in the 1950’s, who worked in the Docklands region of London. It has led me to reflect on the changes that I have seen during my career as a Midwife in Cheshire.

Why I chose a private birth

Friday, 02 May 2014 / Published in Home Birth, Labour & Birth
checking the new born after a water birth with Private Midwives

To me, birthing means opening up my deepest and most intimate parts. This is both a literal physical truth, and is also true on my emotional, psychological and spiritual levels. I felt a strong need to feel fully supported and to be able to trust those around me, so I

Calling all Dad’s to be, ‘Make like a boy scout and be prepared’!

Friday, 11 April 2014 / Published in Labour, Labour & Birth

Better informed is better prepared. Partners are often unsure of their role when it comes to preparing for childbirth and how they can help. I am often asked how men can prepare in order to support at the birth,

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