Sophie Messager is a birth and postnatal doula based in Cambridge. Sophie also offers one-to-one birth preparation, antenatal breastfeeding preparation, sling consultations, optimal fetal positioning/spinning babies techniques, as well as workshops for doulas and parents, Closing the Bones massage … [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...]
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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...]
Caesarean *birth* – why the language we choose matters
Lisa Casson (mother, doula and Placenta Specialist) writes about her #caesareanbirth #birthisbirth campaign. After several years of personally trying hard to use the term ‘caesarean birth’ within the birth worker world and beyond, I began to increasingly feel it wasn’t enough, and felt the pull to … [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...]
New #everyonesbusiness campaign maps show perinatal health service shortage
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is a coalition of over 85 UK organisations with a vision to see all women across the UK get consistent, accessible and quality care and support for their mental health during pregnancy and in the year after giving birth. New maps launched today by the … [Read more...]
A report from the 2018 Doula UK conference
Here Doula UK Member Siobhan Ridley, from Norwich, reports on the 2018 conference, which took place in London on 24th March. Huge thanks to Siobhan for sharing this in depth review. The Sixth Annual Doula UK Conference...my first Doula UK Conference. My first thought upon being asked to write … [Read more...]
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