By a mother for a mother I am a firm fan of well written, informed books written by mothers for mothers. What might be termed 'lay authors'. In the 1960s Chesterman-Phillips did her own research about how to achieve a mixed family and successfully applied her theory first to her own family and then to other friends. ...
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“Baby Proofing Your Marriage” by Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O’Neill and Julia Stone
There are not many British self-help books and even less that strike such a chord you laugh out loud as you recognise yourself within the pages. This book is guaranteed to put a smile on your face
Induction of Labour
Induction: help or hindrance? Like most medical tools, inductions have a valuable role to play when there is a medical need. Like most medical tools they are used too often, too quickly and with minimal regard for the complications they pose to mother and child. The NICE guidelines, on which this post is based, state in the ...
Beautiful Bump: a photo diary
She's got the magic During pregnancy many women feel beautiful, sexy, healthy - generally full of life and fun. There are other days...but keeping this positive we won't dwell on them here! This is a photographic diary of one woman's pregnancy taken by her partner. What struck me was the vision that when you think ...