Guest Post by Paula Cleary – I decided to watch ‘This is Going to Hurt’ on BBC iPlayer to try and see if there was anything I could find sympathetic about the protagonist. Unless you’ve witnessed birth from various angles you might be forgiven for thinking “This is going to hurt” is an accurate representation of normality. And that’s because it IS. One kind of reality, anyway.
Do vaccine mandates breach the NMC Code?Saturday 22nd January 2022 saw large demonstrations of NHS staff and supporters, including midwives, through London and many towns and...
Written by Georgia Clancy The management and communication of risk in pregnancy and birth is a complex issue for both women and their maternity care providers, feeding into the...
“Women should be offered induced labour earlier than previously advised to make birth safer for them and their babies, according to draft guidelines published by NICE today (25...
I’m old enough to remember Changing Childbirth five, ten and even fifteen years on (now it’s 28 years – how did that happen?) And now it is Better Births five years on. The two...
I am sure I am not the only midwife who has found themselves desperately trying to look patient, while observing a newborn babies first nappy change. It's hard to enjoy the...