Jackie Whitford

Double the Joy

Double the Joy

Aug 2021. Jo's identical twins arrive after a 45 minute labour May 2022. Nine months old and sharing the joy https://birth-wise.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Baby-twins-at-9-months-old.mov Jackie Whitford

read more
The Pros and Cons of a Home Birth

The Pros and Cons of a Home Birth

Up until the 1960s around 40% of births were home births – you’ve seen Call the Midwife! From the 1960s onwards, community midwifery services were run down and nearly all babies were born in hospital as births started to become medicalised.  In the last 20 years home...

read more
Home Birth? 

Home Birth? 

It was so good recently to watch "Yorkshire Midwives on Call" BBC. For once a TV programme showing what birth can be like i.e. undramatic; part of the normal process  of family life which takes place in the familiar comfort of the womans own home. It was such a...

read more
Taking the long view

Taking the long view

Femme Sage As a midwife x over 35 years now and a mum of 4 kiddos ages 27 to 36, and a grandma to 2 little ones, this post shares one of the truest truths I know: we do not make or break our children. They come with their own stories and journeys and our job is to be...

read more
36 weeks pregnant with MonoDi twins!

36 weeks pregnant with MonoDi twins!

At 36 weeks pregnant with MonoDi twins I couldn't be feeling more excited, grateful and relaxed about meeting our babies imminently. I have Jackie at BirthWise to thank for all the hypnobirthing prep and for getting me back into my Zen place after a whirlwind year...

read more
So – Who put men in charge of childbirth?

So – Who put men in charge of childbirth?

 Thanks to Kate Evans “Bump - How to make, grow and birth a baby” First it’s a bad idea of put a subset of people in control of a physiological phenomenon that they have no direct experience of. That is not to say that men or childless women can’t make very good...

read more