Better Birth Blog
Information on hypnobirthing, pregnancy and birth
When to Go to Hospital in Labour: How to Know You're Ready.
When should you be transferring to hospital or when should you be calling your home birth team to come and support you?
The UK Birth Trauma Inquiry
When the fish rots from the head down how can you fix things for the end user? How do we remind the entire service that birth is a normal physiological event and the more you try to make it work like a machine the more damage you will incur.
We Are All Born Of Women
Without you, we stop.
You are the power and the strength.
You are the safe place and the love.
5 Evidence-Based Tips for a More Positive Birth Experience
Are there really things that you can do to stack the odds in your favour for a great birth experience? Irrespective of the type of birth that you have?
Absolutely yes!
And here they are…
No Is A Complete Sentence.
'When I say NO it doesn't mean convince me!
It doesn't mean belittle me.
It doesn't mean coerce me.
You can ask why if you like, but I really don't have to tell you.
I owe you nothing.'
Why So Many Women Are Scared of Induction (and What to Do About It)
How has something that was only meant for situations when either mum or baby were unwell now become so normalised? How has something so regularly known to fail become the one thing that women are guaranteed they will be offered in their care?
We can only move forwards.
When we have given birth there grows a deep realisation that everything has changed. Everything.
I am decorating a room for you.
When in this room you matter most and we are silent when you speak.