Posts Tagged ‘Birth’
NW London Services for New Parents
YOU Firstly Congratulations! The first days, weeks even months can be a hazy blur so we have put together this handy New Parent in NW London guide to help you find services, advice and support in your new parent journey from pregnancy to the first 1000 days Helping you find local services Page 1 The…
Read MoreBirth Bag
BIRTH Preparing for the arrival of your little one is an exciting and joyous time. As you approach your Estimated due date, one essential item to have ready is your birth bag. This bag will accompany you to the hospital or birthing centre, ensuring you have everything you need for a comfortable and smooth birth…
Read MorePlanned Caesarean – My Story
BIRTH For Caesarean Awareness Month, we want to share some positive birth stories! Here one of our team, Kirsty @mamasrocktheworld shares her experience of her planned caesarean experience Oskar is my second c-section out of 4 births. I had an emergency experience in Thailand in 2002, a hospital birth in Gibraltar in 2005, a home water birth…
Read MorePostpartum Physical Recovery
YOU Physical changes after birth are normal, but sometimes they are unexpected. Here are a few that may happen after birth: After pains Very normal and can be painful. This is your uterus contracting and shrinking. You may feel these more when breastfeeding due to the oxytocin boost First Poos Those first poos after birth…
Read MoreOxytocin
BIRTH Mother Hormone! 💕Discovered in 20th century by the British physiologist Sir Henry Dale and labelled the mother hormone as it caused uterine contractions and milk ejection when they injected it into cats 💕Oxytocin was one of the first hormones to be discovered 💕A synthetic oxytocin was produced in 1960 which is still widely used…
Read MoreBirth Rights
BIRTH Healthcare professionals are there to support your decisions, inform you of your choices and use evidence to back up their suggestions. Even if you have other ‘risk factors’ during pregnancy. The language that can be presented to you at prenatal appoints and during labour can sometimes be suggestive and coercive. You shouldn’t be put…
Read MorePositive Breech Birth Story
Maddie’s birth story in her mother, Cina’s words… From my 28 week appointment my second baby was breech and I’m not sure why, but I had a feeling she wouldn’t budge. I wasn’t sure what implications this would have for my plans to have her on the birth centre birth. I attempted an ECV…
Read MoreA Positive Elective Caesarean Story
Here’s Emma, mum to 3 with her positive caesarean story… Our third baby boy was born by elective cesarean section in September 2021. My previous two deliveries had not been what you would call straight forward. Rafe was overdue and when my waters broke there was meconium. A long labor followed and I…
Read MoreEstimated Due Date – EDD
BIRTH The actual percentage of babies born on their due date in the UK is only 4%! Can you believe that!? This seems extremely low, but rates rise rapidly on the dates surrounding the given due date. 60% of babies are born within a week either side of the estimated due date (EDD) and more…
Read MoreBreast Feeding – My experience
I didn’t have a preference when it came to feeding my baby I have worked as a nanny, putting together routines that work well with babies who have been bottle fed. I have also worked as a maternity nurse and supported mums who have breastfed. Both could work and I originally thought I would…
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