The important hormones of childbirth Giving birth is controlled by the most primitive part of our brain, sometimes called ‘the reptilian...

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...

Making a complaint about your maternity care. Maternity care in the UK is not perfect. Midwives and doctors are human beings, trying to...

Has the Coronavirus outbreak made you consider home birth? Or are you wondering what would happen to your home birth plans if you come...

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...

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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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...

With Halloween last week a picture of a pumpkin display in a maternity unit supposedly showing varying cervical dilation sizes went...

Eight top tips from doula & mum of five, Cathy, Chilled Mama. Generally the things that women do naturally during tightenings not only...

Rebirthing, a way through trauma and disappointment. Reset those first few minutes of your baby's birth.