This is the birth story of Maggie Sofia, my beautiful baby girl, my second child. Her birth was a calm and healthy VBAC. Her story starts when my first child Mateo was born. Mateo was born by emergency caesarean section, after a 36-hour stop-start labour. Hospital staff told me I was failing to progress,
As a privately practising midwife, I feel life is on a merry-go-round. My levels of anxiety have increased as another deadline is approaching that threatens women's right to birth at home with a private midwife. I've been attending homebirths as a private midwife for the last 16 years and I am passionate about supporting
We've put together this page on inflatable birth pools compared. It can be challenging to work out which is the best birth pool for you. To help you in your decision making we've developed a comparison of inflatable birth pools chart that you are welcome to download in PDF format. Inflatable birth pools compared
What are the most common reasons that women transfer to hospitals? The most common reason a woman transfers into a hospital after a planned homebirth is because her labour goes on and on and she becomes exhausted. Lots of strategies can be tried at home to help facilitate labour and combat exhaustion, however even
This article about turning a posterior baby is written by Hannah Dahlen Midwives have traditionally encouraged women whose babies are lying in a posterior position (baby facing the mother’s back) to use a hands and knees position and pelvic rocking exercises during pregnancy to try and help rotate the baby into an anterior position
At PBB we want to share with you this valuable video about maximizing milk production with hands on expressing. When an infant is unable to breastfeed effectively, and their mother needs to stimulate the breasts and express milk with a breast pump, building and maintaining an adequate supply can be a challenge. This video
Learning how to express breastmilk by hand is a great technique to learn as you don't need any special equipment and it is relatively easy to learn. The benefits of hand expressing breastmilk include: It is free You don't need any expensive or cumbersome pumps It is convenient, you can do it any time,
Perhaps the most important factor in successful breastfeeding is a baby’s ability to latch onto your breast and achieve a good seal. While this might seem an obvious conclusion and a straightforward action, in practice, not every baby will latch well at the outset. Sometimes establishing that first really good latch can be challenging.
If your doctor said you have bilateral polycystic ovaries, you’re probably wondering why and whether it makes it harder for you to conceive a baby. Don’t worry; we’ve answered your questions about what it means for you and what you need to do. What causes bilateral polycystic ovaries? Having bilateral polycystic ovaries can be
Question Asked by Hans24 on our forum: Can my wife and I have sexual intercourse during pregnancy? My wife is on her 4th month now. I really don't know if this question is allowed. But we are seriously concerned to this. Every now and then, my wife sees tiny spots of blood on her
