By Lyndsey Hookway March 19th is International Sleep Day, in honour of which Nurturing Birth is sharing this wonderful blog about baby sleep to all you expectant parents out there! I’ve had a lot of clients lately who I helped with their first child, and have recently emailed me with the happy news that they’re…
Pregnancy, Birth, Postnatal and Infant Feeding
The history of hospital birth and home birth
By Emma Ashworth Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the strength, power and, of course, history, of women. I want to share some history which affects every woman or birthing person who has a child: The history of hospital birth and home birth. How did we come to birth most…
A grandmother’s perspective on stillbirth: For Cillian
By Sharon Bridges During my mentoring session with Michelle Every, facilitator of Supporting Every Birth, Michelle suggested that I write an article on the experience from a grandparent’s point of view. Around this same time, my daughter bravely made a Vlog offering support and sharing her own experiences, so I felt this was a suitable…
When a baby dies
By Michelle Every What do you say when someone – a doula client, a friend, a relative – tells you that they have experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth? Michelle Every offers some support, information and signposts. When I trained to be a doula in 2007 I was astonished and saddened that supporting baby loss was…
Nurturing Birth Book Review: The AIMS Guide to Resolution After Birth
Book review by Natalie Stringer The AIMS Guide to Resolution After Birth, by Shane Ridley, is available from the AIMS shop as a printed book or on Kindle, for £8: https://www.aims.org.uk/shop “An absolute must-have resource.” This book from the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) is an absolute must have resource guide. It…
The man who birthed his babies
Nurturing Birth doula and writer Emma Ashworth interviews Yuval Topper, trans man from Yorkshire and birth father of three to find out more about his experiences, and how doulas can better support trans men during pregnancy and birth. Emma: Tell me about yourself, where you’re from. Yuval: I am married to Matan, I’m from Israel…