Why we need something more than a baby group
I had my first baby at 21. It was a fairly straighforward birth where I lay on the bed, with a continuous monitor on me, puffing on the gas and air for several hours while having intermittent shots of...
View ArticlePostnatal vaginas need some love!
I’d like to talk vaginas. Specifically postnatal vaginas. I was 18 years old when I had my first baby. I was 41 when I recently had my (probably) last. I feel that there’s been too much silence...
View ArticleBlood sugar & Big babies – what’s the truth?
Most of my time I trust and believe in our ability to create, grow and birth healthy humans. How else could we have survived as a human race? Then something comes along and makes me question that...
View ArticleAlternative to a christening?
So you have just had a baby and want to celebrate this amazing event with family and friends. If you are a member of a church or a faith organisation the choice is obvious – you have a Christening, a...
View ArticleVBAC – risks, realities and homebirth…
So, the caesarean rate is still rising. Sadly many of those caesareans being carried out will be second or subsequent ones. The NICE guidelines on Caesarean Section tell us “most common indications for...
View ArticleDoes Motherhood Change Us?
Before children, I was a daughter, a friend, a worker, a partner-for-life, a feminist, a woman. I knew that becoming a mother would add a new identity into the mix, but I had no idea how much it would...
View ArticleKnow your birth rights!
Many women go to extensive lengths to make informed choices during their pregnancy, labour and for their newborn baby. Some of these choices will mean they decline routine care offered by medical...
View ArticleHave you heard of tissue salts?
When it comes to looking after skin; look no further than behind… When you suffer from hypothermia the body starts to shut down, saving the important and vital organs for last. Thus the heart and/or...
View ArticleDealing with reflux homeopathically
I remember the first couple of years of my babies; It seemed to be a string of skill mastering session for me. I had just mastered the nappy changing, then the bathing, then the feeding etc. etc. and...
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