After over 10 years of teaching birth preparation classes, and having taught over 1000 couples, here are my definitive five top birth preparation tips: 1.… Read More »My All Time Top 5 Tips for Birth Preparation
New parents are anxious. And according to research, they are getting more and more anxious. I often hear cases of mums unable to sleep because… Read More »Pass The Bomb: who is going to contain your anxiety when you are with your newborn baby?
My friend’s daughter announced last year that she wasn’t going to eat lamb anymore because it seems cruel to eat those cute things bouncing about… Read More »Lambs, mothers and keeping them together
Torturing new mothers? Who does that? Well, as a society, we all do. I’m not kidding, I’m perfectly serious, and I’m going to stop mincing… Read More »Torturing new mothers and then wondering why they get mentally ill.
Can a two year old be traumatised? I was asked recently how to help a two year old settle at night. The wonderful book “The… Read More »Can a two year old be traumatised?
So, I’m eating a slice of toast while reading a blog from my facebook page this morning. I can do that now, because my children… Read More »Happy mummy, happy baby
I I’ve just spent a day with midwives at the Fear in Birth conference at Huddersfield. I love going on midwifery conferences, because the energy in the… Read More »Fear of Birth, fear of the system.
I haven’t been able to put my finger on it, ever. Until I read the chapter by Robin Youngson in “Roar behind the silence”. And… Read More »Why I left the NHS and why I don’t want to become a midwife
Wrong. Compassion is for strength. After all, if you want to help people, you’ve got to have the strength to actually do so. But can… Read More »Compassion is for sissies, right?