Book review by Leia Basko When Breastfeeding Sucks, by Zainab Yate, is available from Pinter and Martin as a printed book for £12.99, or on Kindle for £7.99: https://www.pinterandmartin.com/when-breastfeeding-sucks I chose this book because I’ve become a very passionate advocate for breastfeeding and breastfeeding support and wanted to better understand some issues women face. This…
Birth Rights and Birth Choices
By Sophie Brigstocke This week the press reported a legal case involving a young woman who has agoraphobia. In advance of her birth her NHS care providers went to court to get legal consent to transfer her to hospital (against her wishes and with “proportionate” force) prior to labour. Whilst we can only rely on the media story…
To all Midwives everywhere, Thank you!
By Sue Bryant Musings on Midwifery life: On International Midwives’ Day, Susan Bryant shares her story of being a midwife who has now trained to be a doula.Since qualifying as a post graduate midwife in 1988 I thrived on the variety of work that was the midwife’s role. Rotating around the various specialities of Delivery…
A New Hope
By Sam Sheppard It’s the 4th May: International Star Wars Day. May the Fourth be with you. Have you ever thought how the links between the hope, positivity, and community of the Star Wars films overlap with those within the birth world? The Force is like our instincts – we can all be guided by…
The one where a new mother nearly killed my Dad
Nurturing Birth Owner and Doula Course Facilitator, Sophie Brigstocke, shares a story which has influenced her doula practice This week I was so thrilled to make it back to my Somerset home, a working farm, and arrived half way through calving season. My father, who became a farmer in his retirement, has a beautiful herd of…
Nurturing Birth Book Review: AIMS – Gestational Diabetes
Book Review by Sara Healy AIMS – Gestational Diabetes, by Deborah Hughes, is available from the AIMS shop as a printed book for £8 or on Kindle, for £6.50: https://www.aims.org.uk/shop I was so excited to be asked to review this book! Having been through gestational diabetes (GDM) three times, and currently diagnosed with it for a…