LANGUAGE
Started in labour? What now?
Friday, 02 May 2014
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.
- Published in Home Birth, Labour & Birth
Birth Environment
Friday, 02 May 2014
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.
- Published in Home Birth, Labour & Birth, Working with UKBC
Why I chose a private birth
Friday, 02 May 2014
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
- Published in Home Birth, Labour & Birth
Silence!
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
You might think it is odd that I have called this blog “silence” when most people’s idea of birth is anything but silent. However I am are here to introduce you to a wonderful hormone called Oxytocin. It is produced by the pituitary gland and it is the driving force behind natural birth.
- Published in Labour & Birth
