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The birth trauma myth: it's not bad luck, it's not your fault, and it's not fair on any of us

While it is an utter failing of our culture that childbirth is so closely equated with trauma, it is not without basis.

Should your birth preferences really be the 'cherry on the birthing cake'?

The pandemic really laid bare the role that 'woman centered care' plays in the NHS - the institution that most of us have our babies in....

Take back your glorious body

At Edun Towers March began – as it did for many mothers – with an excited countdown towards the return to school. March 8th made my...

Why is it so hard to believe birth will be ok?

2020 is a shitstorm, so I’m going to offer you the chance to take a moment and rewind to 2010. It was a simpler time. Fewer pandemics,...

Birth Top Trumps - who holds the winning card?

My novice’s inability to balance the fear of something awful happening to my baby, and the risk of something awful happening to me. I feared

The birth trauma myth: it's not bad luck, it's not your fault, and it's not fair on any of us

Necessity is the mother of invention : the birth of the Pocket Doula, and why it works so well

We're human. Our relationships are everything.

We have to learn to accept that everything is 'and/also' not 'either/or'.

There is no alternative? Don't you believe it...

The repeal of Roe vs Wade: an urgent call to return to the fundamentals of women's right

Why we say 'good birth', and what it means for you

Framing the maternal body: neo-liberalism, dualism and sexed difference

3 problems with birth plans (and why you should write one anyway)

6 things I loved about this week’s birth

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