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Pregnancy and Sleep

The lovely folk at Tuck Sleep in Seattle, Washington, have shared this in depth piece on sleep in pregnancy with us.  Tuck is a non-commercial community devoted to improving sleep hygiene, health and wellness through the creation and dissemination of comprehensive, unbiased, free web-based … [Read more...]

Winning As A Mummy

Emma Cottam is a designer, photographer and mum based in Lancashire. Emma runs an Etsy Shop and website, offering mama and daddy merchandise. Here Emma writes about becoming a mother, and being one, and tells us about her Kickstarter campaign to develop a range of 'Winning As A Mummy/Daddy' … [Read more...]

Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan

Rebecca Schiller is CEO of Birthrights, the human rights in childbirth charity, and a Doula UK doula, (sometimes known by her Twitter handle @TheHackneyDoula). Rebecca writes about parenting, pregnancy, birth, reproductive rights, feminism and more for a range of publications including the Guardian … [Read more...]

Induction of labour: how is the birth world changing?

Sara Wickham (midwife, author, speaker, researcher) reflects on the questions which arose while she updated her newest book, “Inducing Labour: making informed decisions”.   The process of updating a book is a great opportunity for reflection. What has happened or changed since the last … [Read more...]

Annual Walk for the Quality of Birth and Birth-giving

A message from Hungary! A collective from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), a program launched in 2007 by ELTE and the Hungarian Society of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine (HSPPPM), extend the following invitation to join their Walk for the Quality of Birth and Birth-giving for any period … [Read more...]

What Causes Pelvic Pain in Pregnant Women?

During pregnancy, one in five women experience a range of painful symptoms around their pelvic region which can manifest along the lower back, groin, and inner thighs. Pelvic pain itself is not a condition but a symptom of other things happening as the body changes during childbearing. As the uterus … [Read more...]