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I promise you aren't the ONLY one feeling the fear about birth....

I have a clear memory from my first pregnancy. I was sitting in the waiting room for my 20 week scan. I was in full pregnancy glow by now...

Can we really accept so many mothers feeling this bad?

I was asked to write a piece about maternal mental health this week. I had intended to write something that really drew attention to the...

Saturday 6th April 2019 - Sevenoaks very first Parenting Show

Picking up Thing #3 from pre-school today, I was handed a leaflet for Sevenoaks first Parenting Show on Saturday 6th April, which I am...

You're not pregnant anymore! What Motherhood means in the first hours, days & weeks....

#womensupportingwomen One of the loveliest things about my work is that I regularly meet women who are making things happen. And so it is...

Positive Birth Meeting, Sevenoaks

Home births, inductions, birth centre births, assisted births, calm births, shocking births....all experiences come together at the...

From tropes to truths; moving on from Mum-Tribes and getting real about birth

Encouraged by friends and colleagues I’ve ditched my antagonistic attitude to Twitter and taken digital flight. Within days of being...

32 words that tell us what almost every woman expects from birth

If all we are told is that birth = suffering, how can we do anything other than suffer? It’s Monday evening, 9th July. It’s raging hot....

Sunshine, Mum-mates & traumatic birth stories

A short tale of frustration and feminism. This beautiful weather isn’t just about the glory of the sun on our skin. It’s social too. It...

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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