Physiological birth
Five months ago today, I went off to labour land for the day. I closed off from everything else around me that day, and focussed on the job
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It was Thursday morning & we’d had such a stressful week with our 3 year old, Noah, having a horrid sickness bug for 5 days. Being so close
One of the biggest obstacles in physiological birth is...
Biomechanics. Movement. Positioning. When planning a vaginal birth, preparing your physical well-being is VITAL in optimising your...
EPIDURAL & POSITIONING
You wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that having an epidural during labour takes away your choice of positioning. We rarely see real, raw...
How to encourage optimal positioning?
Your lifestyle really impacts your baby’s position ready for birth. Lockdown life has meant that many people are more sedentary than ever...
6 things your birth partners can do!
Birth partners - listen up! (Tag them below!).. WE NEED YOU! The person / people you have supporting you during birth make a MASSIVE...
Biggest obstacles in physiological birth and how to avoid them!
Do you want to know what one of the biggest obstacles in physiological birth is?
Biomechanics. Movement. Positioning.
When planning a vagi
Yoga for birth free introductory LIVE class
Join me for a talk all about the benefits of pregnancy yoga and Yoga for Birth - are they different, are they the same? How did I come to...
PAIN RELIEF DURING CHILDBIRTH - LIVE TALK
Here we discuss both medical and natural pain relief methods to use in labour and childbirth. We also discuss why pain levels can feel...
The Physiology of Birth LIVE TALK
A MUST WATCH FOR ANYONE WHO IS PREGNANT! How has labour been designed to work? What is the body doing? What might it feel like? Do you...
"I can't believe I did it'!
‘I can’t believe I did it’ - those were my exact thoughts as this photo was being taken. Little did I know that the birth of my water...
So, why do people lay on their backs to give birth!?
With all my chat about upright birth and active labours, you may be wondering why we have beds at all? If being upright is so important and
Evolution - move your pelvis!
Evolution is one of my favourite topics, & I have an amazing book I love to constantly go through, all about the evolution of the female. Th
PAIN RELIEF & BEING ACTIVE
Active birth!? But what if I want pain relief? It’s really important for everyone to know that it is TOTALLY ok to use pain relief dur
BREECH BABIES
Yoga postures and movements are amazing at turning breech babies head down, and I have had many clients help their babies to turn through my
ACTIVE BIRTH POSITION
Being active during your labour doesn’t mean you have to be standing up and walking about the whole time! Labour can be a lengthy process, e
Monitoring during an active labour?!
What do you think of when you hear a friend say ‘I was monitored during my labour’? It sounds restrictive, doesn’t it? It sounds...
Active Labours
Being active during your labour can significantly shorten the amount of time 🕒 you are labouring for, and completely reduce your...
What is the importance of a positive birth?
If you follow lots of birth workers on social media such as hypnobirthing teachers, yoga teachers, Doulas & midwives (all of which are my...
Lower body strength for an active birth
Lower Body Strength in child birth
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