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’?

Birth is three things. Physical. Physiological. Phycological. One thing cannot exist without another. When you are in labour, each aspect needs to be cared for and considered equally.

Having planned a prepared for a home birth, but finding her waters breaking at 36+1, it seemed this baby had other plans! A lovely positive hospital birth story for a first time mum.

What are the benefits of skin to skin after giving birth? Why should you put this in your birth plan?

Group and Private Hypnobirthing & Antenatal Courses in Surbiton and Tolworth

Hypnobirthing and Antenatal Classes in Teddington TW11

The birth-ed podcast has launched! And we are topping the itunes charts in the company of BBC Woman’s Hour, Deliciously Ella and Yoga Girl!

You can listen to all the episode so far by searching for ‘the birth-ed podcast’ on your podcast app today!

After Ella Mills of ‘Deliciously Ella’ reports using hypnobirthing with the birth of her daughter Skye earlier this year, founder of birth-ed Megan Rossiter chats to the Evening Standard about WHAT exactly hypnobirthing entails.

Most women know that there are a few medical options of pain relief available to them in labour.. gas and air, epidural, pethidine or diamorphine.. but because of the possible side effects of these, often women want to avoid them, either entirely or for as long as possible.

But, it’s absolutely NO good going into labour thinking ‘oh i’ll use a TENS machine and maybe a pool’ as your only alternatives. The bigger your tool kit of comfort measures, the more things you have available to you to help manage the sensations of birth.

Does the ‘high risk’ label, increase the chances of needing intervention?