LANGUAGE
An A to Z of labour
Friday, 13 February 2015 by Jo Watson
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.
- Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC
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
Birth is a piece of cake
Wednesday, 08 October 2014 by Jo Watson
I am loving the current series of “The British Bake Off” and seeing all those amazing cakes puts me in mind of a birth I attended at home!
- Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth
NHS Midwives Strike Action
Sunday, 05 October 2014 by Jo Watson
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.
- Published in Midwife, Strike, Working with UKBC
