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Why relaxing through your labour benefits body *and* soul

So. I read this amazing blog at the beginning of this year, and told all and sundry about it. Then I got involved in all sorts of other...

Dads - an essential element

One day I'll learn how to sync The Good Birth Practice Facebook page with the website, so that when I post there it'll appear here on my...

What is a Good Birth?

I have 3 sisters. Between us we've had 10 children and 10 totally different births. There has been 3 homebirths; 7 hospital births; 3...

Exciting reading!

I was VERY excited to receive this in the post this morning. I had a sort of Eureka moment when I heard about this book, as I find so...

About girls

Like so many things in life, it started with a joke. Then came a piece of viral marketing. Followed by a dull thud as a sack of cultural...

Delayed cord clamping - revised NICE draft guidelines

Congratulations to Amanda Burleigh! She's been campaigning since 2006 to delay cord clamping, and is now delighted to see draft NICE...

Hello Pregnant Women of Sevenoaks!

Just a quick 'Hello' as today is the first day my website is live! I want to make this site a great resource of positive information...

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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