While every birth story is momentous, not every one is the same. And it’s the unpredictable nature of just how your baby’s real world debut will play out that can make it all seem a little daunting. […]

Doctor Shares Ultimate ‘Push Playlist’ for Labour
If you’re scouring the net for ways to keep you zen in the delivery room – music is one of the most powerful methods of helping you push through to the finish line. According to Jacques Moritz, M.D., an OBGYN at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, putting together a ‘push playlist’ of your […]

Five tips from dads on surviving a difficult birth
There is a great article in the Jan-Feb edition of Prima Baby & Pregnancy magazine, which talks about how a difficult birth can be as traumatic for a dad as it is for a mum. It’s easy to forget about dads in the heat of the event because all the physical stuff is happening to […]

Home births encouraged by NHS
Based on NICE (National Institute for Health And Care Excellence) recommendations, the NHS is reportedly set to embrace a policy change that will encourage new mums without high risk pregnancies to give birth at home. The NHS has, in the past, been weary of the home birth option. New guidelines by NICE also say that […]

The NHS teams up with Mumsnet to run maternity wards
BIG news mums! Big. The department of Health has announced a new scheme that will see the NHS team up with Mumsnet, to run the nation’s maternity wards. The outsourcing of maternity wards to a fourth-sector organisation is the first of its kind. Wow! Why? – Well, the NHS, which has its fair share of […]