Preparing for birth
One of the things that concern many mothers expecting a baby is the 'due date'as women want to know when they will meet their bundle of joy! Carrying a baby for 9 months is a momentous task and it's easy [...]
Using your breath and visualisation for a better birth In hypnobirthing, we describe contractions as waves or surges. In the first stage of labour their job is to draw open the circular muscles of the cervix, rather like hitching up [...]
Hypnobirthing for Birth Trauma Imagine for a moment you had been preparing for the perfect birth throughout your entire pregnancy, in fact you couldn’t imagine your baby’s birth could be anything but perfect. However, nature had other ideas and you [...]
Hypnobirthing If you’re pregnant there’s a good chance you will have heard friends or colleagues talk about the benefits of hypnobirthing. Thanks to a lot of positive media attention it has grown massively in popularity. When a woman finds out [...]
If a birthing ball is a labour aid that you're considering, it's a great idea. Helping you to keep moving through your labour, the rhythmic movement and gentle exercise can help to relax you and to help labour progress. However, [...]
It's one of the most well known phenomena of pregnancy, and not just in humans. Nesting! The sign that your baby's arrival is imminent is a curious urge to clean, order and tidy, but is it an old wives tale [...]
So, after a long 9 months of waiting, don't stop now! keeping labour going.... the worrying and anticipating is over, finally your contractions begin! Not long now and hopefully labour will be well and truly under way, and your little [...]
We make an effort to explain what is tokophobia - fear of childbirth. There's no two ways about it, whilst having a baby is an exciting time, the thought of actually giving birth isn't likely to make any of us [...]
A recent survey by Healthwatch Bucks has identified that dads want to be involved in the birthing experience. The research mainly focused on dads in Bucks, and normally the mums are vocal about their needs found the new dads were keen to give [...]
During your pregnancy you will be focused, quite naturally, on your growing baby, and as you reach your last trimester daily thoughts about the birth will be on your mind. It is a good idea to know what is expected [...]
