Guest blogger Sarah Buchanan reviews 'Rediscovering Birth' by Sheila Kitzinger. Giving birth is a shared experience by women all over the world and no matter your experience, age or societal status it is a unifying act. However, the physical and spiritual methods of how the world’s different and diverse cultures give birth is fascinatingly complex ...
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‘The Business of Being Born’ by Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein
In 2007 two friends decided to make a film about the current state of childbirth in America. These friends just happened to be Ricki Lake, a popular television personality and Abby Epstein a film director. The result is a personal, heartfelt and sincere documentary about their own experiences of childbirth and a film which ...
Book Review: Childbirth Without Fear by Grantly Dick-Read
Guest blogger Sarah Buchanan, a HypnoBirthing Practitioner in Wales writes about the ground breaking book by Grantly Dick-Read.
How does it feel for daddy to be mummy?
Something a little different Hello Maternal Link. I have been asked to write about some different perspectives on childcare so I would like to introduce myself. In itself, this is a problem: how do primary carers introduce themselves? In previous lives I have made people give me the ‘oooohhh’ followed by a turn away after finding ...
HypnoBirthing: The Power of Nothing by Marie Mongan
The Power of Nothing With HypnoBirthing. "Nothing" works! We see it often - HypnoBirthing mothers accept that they have the ability to relax through the first phase of labor. But when it comes to talking about the baby's descent and birthing, the question is, "What do I do then?" My answer is always the same - ...
Guest Bloggers
Have a burning issue you want to share? Got strong views about any aspect of maternity care or parenting? Come across some information that you think people should know about?This blog is another way of circulating information. Anyone can read it and comment on it so you could be sharing important information with a wide ...