Congratulations! You are having another baby and are considering attending an antenatal refresher course. You might have lots of questions that an experienced teacher can help you to answer, but you don't want to go back to the beginning and attend a course with "first timers!" Of course...
Are midwives across the world trying to get an extra couple of hours sleep today in preparation for a busy night on the labour ward? Are doulas double checking their bags are ready and that their childcare is covered in case they are out overnight? Tonight is...
When I was invited to join a friend at her synagogue to bake “Loaves of Love” - how could I possibly refuse? Standing next to a hockey pitch in the cold our conversation went along the lines of ..“So, chicken soup? What is it about “Jewish”...
This weekend the newspapers hit us with the headlines "3 out of 4 maternity services are failing" naming the "11 greatest in need for improvement" - two of which (South Warwickshire and Wolverhampton) are in the West Midlands, causing a number of mums to contact us with...
Earlier this month Barack Obama signed a bill that requires public buildings to provide baby changing stations in both male and female toilets. This followed a year of championing by American celebrities and public figures to make changing rooms more accessible. A petition was raised by...
Continuous fetal monitoring in labour? An ingenious invention that has saved countless lives? Well, no actually...
What did you just say? Eat my placenta!! EEWWW!! THAT'S GROSS! Why would you do that???? The vast majority of us would never ever consider the idea of consuming a major organ such as the placenta, but actually it is becoming a very well recognised practice. Women in the...
I have never lost a baby to miscarriage or stillbirth - so I feel immensely under qualified to write this blog - but it needs writing as I want to recognise those women that are talking so bravely and openly about their losses during Baby...
One of the most common questions I am asked at the start of an antenatal course is “Do I have to write a birth plan?” My answer of course is that you don’t HAVE to do anything!! - But there are definitely strong benefits to having one. Midwife...
In March 2015, an undercover midwife wrote about her concerns, regarding the increase in women experiencing longer labours. She felt that there may be a link between what she described as "the rise and rise of the latent phase of labour", and the increased use of paracetamol...