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    What is a fire ceremony?
    Cathy Williams
    • Apr 3
    • 4 min

    What is a fire ceremony?

    Today I thought I would tell you a little about the fire ceremonies I do at the retreats. It can sound a bit ‘whoo’. And you may be...
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    Does having a vbac increase your chance of a 3rd or 4th degree injury?
    Cathy Williams
    • Feb 16
    • 2 min

    Does having a vbac increase your chance of a 3rd or 4th degree injury?

    A new study has found that women going for vbac were more likely to have a 3rd or 4th degree perineal tear (anal sphincter injury), than...
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    Let your hormones be in the driving seat
    Cathy Williams
    • Jun 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    Let your hormones be in the driving seat

    The important hormones of childbirth Giving birth is controlled by the most primitive part of our brain, sometimes called ‘the reptilian...
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    Water baby
    Cathy Williams
    • Aug 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    Water baby

    It's my #4's 16th birthday. Here's his birth story. I was fed up. It was my due date. All of my previous three babies had come well...
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    6 steps to making a complaint
    Cathy Williams
    • May 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    6 steps to making a complaint

    Making a complaint about your maternity care. Maternity care in the UK is not perfect. Midwives and doctors are human beings, trying to...
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    Coronavirus and home birth
    Cathy Williams
    • Mar 12, 2020
    • 7 min

    Coronavirus and home birth

    Has the Coronavirus outbreak made you consider home birth? Or are you wondering what would happen to your home birth plans if you come...
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    Twin home water birth at 42+2 weeks
    Cathy Williams
    • Feb 19, 2020
    • 8 min

    Twin home water birth at 42+2 weeks

    Many women are told 'you're not allowed to ...'. Not allowed to have a home birth with twins. Not allowed to have a water birth with...
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    Women do the allowing
    Cathy Williams
    • Feb 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Women do the allowing

    As the woman who is pregnant, who is carrying the baby, who is giving birth to the baby from your own body, you, and only you, have the...
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    All you need is love ...
    Cathy Williams
    • Feb 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    All you need is love ...

    💞OXYTOCIN💞 The love hormone. Released with a hug (20 seconds is best), a kiss, touch, massage, loving words, sex, orgasm, labour,...
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    How I coped with labour with my first baby
    Cathy Williams
    • Feb 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    How I coped with labour with my first baby

    Here I am at home a few days after giving birth, my tummy still wobbly, breast pad on the arm of the sofa. I gave birth on Tuesday 19th...
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    Why knowing what 10cm looks like is unhelpful
    Cathy Williams
    • Nov 4, 2019
    • 4 min

    Why knowing what 10cm looks like is unhelpful

    With Halloween last week a picture of a pumpkin display in a maternity unit supposedly showing varying cervical dilation sizes went...
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    How to cope with labour
    Cathy Williams
    • Sep 10, 2019
    • 4 min

    How to cope with labour

    Eight top tips from doula & mum of five, Cathy, Chilled Mama. Generally the things that women do naturally during tightenings not only...
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    A postnatal water birth
    Cathy Williams
    • Jul 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    A postnatal water birth

    Rebirthing, a way through trauma and disappointment. Reset those first few minutes of your baby's birth.
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    Baby rice or broccoli?
    Cathy Williams
    • Feb 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Baby rice or broccoli?

    Does it matter what food you start with? Just when you've got the hang of nappy changes, how to collapse the buggy, and getting dressed...
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    Was Jesus born in a cave? And why that's a good idea for you too.
    Cathy Williams
    • Dec 20, 2018
    • 5 min

    Was Jesus born in a cave? And why that's a good idea for you too.

    At this time of year every primary school across the UK puts on a nativity performance, with Mary giving birth in a stable, surrounded by...
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    Should I be worried?
    Cathy Williams
    • Nov 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    Should I be worried?

    Watching reality birth programmes when pregnant probably isn't a good idea. They are edited to seem extra dramatic. A midwife who worked...
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    Nine years of breastfeeding support
    Cathy Williams
    • Nov 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Nine years of breastfeeding support

    Facebook has reminded that nine years ago today I did my breastfeeding training with the NHS for my role at a Sure Start children's...
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    Midwives need us
    Cathy Williams
    • Sep 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    Midwives need us

    This is a copy of the letter I have written to my local hospital trust tonight. I have sent similar to my local Healthwatch, CCG...
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    6 cool facts about your amazing pregnant body
    Cathy Williams
    • Sep 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    6 cool facts about your amazing pregnant body

    1. Your tail bone is jointed Did you know that men and women’s tail bones are different? The tailbone is at the very bottom of the...
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    Home birth; safe birth
    Cathy Williams
    • Aug 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    Home birth; safe birth

    A little bit of history. Did you know that the big move from home birth to hospital happened after a government report in 1970? I was...
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