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How to improve birth
Sunday, 15 February 2015 by Jo Watson
Ina May Gaskin, the mother of modern midwifery, has coined a term called “The Sphincter Law”. The Sphincter Law states:
- Published in Home Birth, Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife, Working with UKBC
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
Almost all modern women acquire a due date early in pregnancy and understand that this date signifies an optimum time frame during which human pregnancy should end. However researchers have challenged received wisdom around the notion of the average length of pregnancy (Mittendorf et al1990, 1993, Mittendorf & Williams 1991, van der Kooy 1994).
- Published in Labour, Labour & Birth, Midwife
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
