Natural Birth

A little while ago I wrote a blog post about how the Montessori approach for guiding children in their learning seemed to fit wonderfully well with those parents who have focused on trusting the natural abilities of their babies and bodies to have the be… more »

When working with a pregnant mum it is incredibly important to understand the psychological impact you have on her and ultimately her birth. Regardless of whether you are a trainee midwife attending your first birth, an experienced birth professional of… more »

When I was pregnant, all of my focus was on giving my child the very best start in life though enabling a calm, gentle and if possible, natural birth. Once my child was born, this focus didn’t stop, it continued on into looking at how I could raise my c… more »

It was the middle of the day when Shirley started to go into labour. She had already transferred to the birth unit where she was to give birth; it was comfortable and familiar to her. As labour progressed she chose to walk around and get into whatever… more »

As mentioned in one of my previous blog posts, there's a lot of focus about women achieving a natural birth. This post led me further down this road to consider what actually is a natural birth? Many people would say for example that it's not natura… more »