These are some ideas on how to cope with your CAESAREAN BIRTH that I have borrowed from other NCT teachers and from women who have shared with me ideas which helped them. Take pain relief when you need it. Some mothers prefer to cope with smaller amounts during the day but take bigger doses at [...] Read more »
The Obstetrician and his Wife
I’ve been doing some fiction writing. But I’m not sure this is entirely fiction…. A highly respected obstetrician came home to his wife one day with some worrying news. ”Darling,” he said, “I’ve just seen the specialist about those pains I’ve been having. I’m afraid I’m going to have to have major abdominal surgery next month, without [...] Read more »
Home Birth: Truth and Propaganda
Standing alone among all the ignorant dross being spouted in our national press about caesareans and home birth lately was Lucy Cavendish’s smashing, well-informed, knowledgeable and humane article in the Independent. And a mum called Louise has sent me her lovely birth story to cheer me up. What makes Lucy’s article stand out from the [...] Read more »
Caesareans for all? Why?
Is the National Institute for Clinical Excellence being very naive about Caesarean birth? According to reports today NICE believes that its new guidelines allowing women to have free C/S for no medical reason – on demand, if you like – will result in fewer caesareans. What??? Which planet is NICE on? It also puts the [...] Read more »
Childbirth as horror: Ten Twilight-Related Facts About Childbirth
I doubt I will be seeing the final film in the “Twilight” trilogy unless by accident. I didn’t see the other two. The relative hotness of R-Patz and Taylor Lautner does not fire me (though as the mother of two pallid West London schoolboys I feel a slight patriotic pride to see girls swooning over [...] Read more »
Home Births
Evening Standard 5 April 2007Delivering the truth on “risky” home births Any woman with a low risk pregnancy in London would be mad not to consider a home birth, especially if she has had a baby before.In the capital, a transfer to hospital only takes a few minutes by ambulance. If things look dangerous, a [...] Read more »
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