birth plan

Rejecting the scaremongering around the menopause and working towards a positive transition.

by Mia Scotland
10 May 202210 May 2022

When I got pregnant, I was “warned” that birth would be painful, that I would probably need drugs to cope, that a woman’s body is inherently… Read More »Rejecting the scaremongering around the menopause and working towards a positive transition.

Separating mothers from partners in hospital causes trauma. We need to stop doing it. Here’s why.

by Mia Scotland
17 September 20217 October 2021

I’ve been thinking a lot about this. I know that it causes trauma, because I’m seeing a lot of the distress that it has caused in the… Read More »Separating mothers from partners in hospital causes trauma. We need to stop doing it. Here’s why.

Have you written a postnatal care plan yet?

by Mia Scotland
10 October 20165 August 2020
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You wrote a birth plan, because birth is a big deal. But did you write a postnatal care plan? After your baby is born, your… Read More »Have you written a postnatal care plan yet?