Why I won't be watching One Born Every Minute
Another popular Facebook post - When this show first started airing in the UK I was working in London in as a NICU nurse. I loved...
Stop the timer on mothers and babies
Please can we stop putting time limits on mothers and babies? When it comes to pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding our society is obsessed w
What is woman centred maternity care?
I have heard recently that rather than maternity services being described as 'woman-centred' they should be 'family-centred'. I tried...
"HypnoBirthing gave me strength"
Hi Justine, I didn't get the birth I was hoping for, but the hypnobirthing gave me the strength to get through a long first stage – I...
A due date is not an expiry date
The concept of a due date being 40 weeks from the first day of your menstrual period was 'invented' in the 1700's. Before that
What birth needs now...
Having doctors on standby is a good thing, but routine intervention probably isn't. Stats show that perinatal deaths are not decreasing