Happy Birth Day đź’— Birth of baby Leo – July 2022 “As a NHS midwife, I have attended many home births and now work on a busy labour ward in central London. I see first hand the difference between women who prepare their minds and bodies for birth using hypnobirthing tools, and those who come […]
“I’m pregnant with my first baby and all is going well. My sister has just had a baby and has told me all about it and given me the books she found useful. I think I have all the information and support I need.” I’ve heard this sort of viewpoint expressed ever since I...
Baby due over the Platinum Jubilee long weekend 2 - 6 June? What are your chances of baby arriving on its EDD? Actually only 5% of 1st babies do with 81% go past that. So, enjoy your celebrations - the distraction, laughter and street dancing will all shorten your...
1st photo of Princess Elizabeth with her mother the Duchess of York. Princess Elizabeth was born 96 years ago in her maternal grandparents London home. Yes, the then Duchess of York had a home birth! Pain relief available was chloroform which made the mother at least...
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
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...
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...
As a veteran NCT teacher I am saddened by their announcement that they are no longer going to promote “natural childbirth” in their classes”. To me, it's a bit like the Pope renouncing Catholicism. It's in my opinion an overreaction to the Ockenden Report into the...