By Charlotte Bailey No one told me it would be like this. I had wanted a baby since my teenage years. I’d craved the closeness of a newborn, fantasised over the kind of happy, centered mother I’d be and yearned for the love shared between parent and child. However, when my first child was born,…
Pregnancy, Birth, Postnatal and Infant Feeding
Christmas Gifts for birth workers!
Here at Nurturing Birth we’ve curated a list of the most amazing Christmas gifts for birth workers. Why not ‘accidentally’ send a link to your friends and family, post it on Facebook as a hint, or just treat yourself so you know you’ll get the gift you really want this Christmas! Hang it all out…
The myth of the “late” baby
By Sophie Brigstocke and Emma Ashworth How often do we see people posting on social media that their baby is ‘late’ or ‘overdue’, often with worries that their body just can’t do it, or that there is something wrong with them. There is something very wrong with our medical system if women feel like failures…
What is Mindful Hypnobirthing?
By Sophie Fletcher You may have come across hypnobirthing before, but what is the real difference between hypnobirthing and Mindful Hypnobirthing? Quite a lot really! As a hypnotherapist, my first introduction to hypnobirthing was pure hypnosis with some relaxation, breathing and knowledge about your body, which is brilliant for re-framing. A reframe is when you take…
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…