The Blog
Being polite doesn’t have to cost you the birth experience you deserve- but it could.
Advocating for yourself when accessing health care (of any kind), but particularly maternity care is so important, but often easier said than done.
Human Rights in Childbirth
You might think its strange to bring this up in the context of childbirth, but it’s incredibly important. Hands up if you’ve been told you ‘can’t have a waterbirth because of x, y or z’?
The Curse of the ‘high risk’ label. (And how to avoid it)
Does the ‘high risk’ label, increase the chances of needing intervention?
Beware! The over medicalisation of birth...
How is it in 2019, with everything we know about birth, that labour wards still look like bleak, bright hospital rooms & couldn't be less likely to encourage physiological birth?
How to take CONTROL of your birth experience!
A MUST READ for any pregnant mums! It’s all very well and good having an idea of what you’d like your birth to be, but how do you get it?
Do we actually WANT control of our birth?
What is it that we are trying to control? And what do we want to?