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Top Tips for Preparing your Hospital Bag
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Are you expecting an imminent arrival? You may be experiencing all of the typical ‘false alarm’ twinges and cramps that mums-to-be normally have at this point in your pregnancy. So how do you know that labour has started? Each woman is different, but normally one of the following will occur:
- Published in Labour, Labour & Birth, Newborn Care
Water Birth
Monday, 23 June 2014
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, Labour, Labour & Birth
What is in a Midwife’s Home Birth Kit?
Sunday, 22 June 2014
I have been an Independent midwife for 9 years and have noticed that there are many things I view as essentials to my home birth kit that were absent when I was a community Midwife for the NHS. I am not talking about the standard equipment sonic aid, sphygmomanometer and stethoscope, thermometer, sterile gloves, etc.
- Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Working with UKBC
Hugs not drugs!
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Oxytocin is the hormone that drives the rhythm of labour and birth and the great news is that it is released when we hug one another!
- Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth
