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Angela Mackenzie – FAB Network
Placenta Specialist, Doula and Holistic Therapist Inspired by her own experiences of birth and motherhood, Angela Mackenzie, realised her desire to support other families through pregnancy and the early stages of motherhood and trained as a breastfeeding support worker in 2010, and then qualified as a Birth and Post-natal Doula. Two year ago Angela became…
Louisa Thomas – FAB Network
Pregnancy Yoga Teacher, Postnatal Yoga Teacher, Well-Women’s Yoga Teacher, Birth Preparation Workshop Teacher Louisa Thomas is a yoga teacher with a specific passion for teaching yoga during pregnancy and the post-natal period, and offers well-women’s yoga for all stages of a woman’s life. Louisa also runs Birth Preparation workshops for men and women. Her interest…
Lori Fitzgerald – FAB Network
Natal Psychotherapist (PND/Birth Trauma Specialist) & Women’s Holistic/Integrative Counsellor Lori is a mother of two and a Natal (Antenatal, Birth and Postnatal) Psychotherapist who specialises in supporting women with anxiety, depression and Post Traumatic Shock following birth (also known as Birth Trauma). Lori is one of a limited number of specialist private counsellors in the…
Is giving birth embarrassing?
You may have heard horror stories about giving birth from family members and friends. Some people say that it’s one of the most embarrassing things you will ever have to go through, or that you leave your dignity at the door. Giving life to a child it doesn’t have to be like that however. Opening…
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Women with gestational diabetes missing out on crucial postnatal care
Just 13 per cent of women who have had gestational diabetes receive the right care after giving birth, leaving them at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a lifelong condition. The study by researchers from the University of Surrey, presented today (Thursday 14 March) at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2013, used data on nearly…
Biography : Angus Kennedy
Angus Kennedy (father of five) is the Author of one of Amazon’s top selling baby books, ‘The Kitchen Baby’ which was published in Feb 2013. He and his wife have had five children together and all very close. He says it’s amazing he finds the time to write at all with all that is going…
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Win a copy of The Hypnobirthing Book
Katharine Graves – who teaches more mums-to-be in the UK than any other hypnobirthing practitioner – has published her first complete guide to hypnobirthing. Katharine, founder of the Hypnobirthing Centre, has been practicing hypnobirthing for some 10 years, supporting mums and training midwives and others to become hypnobirthing teachers. The new book distils her knowledge…
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Meet The Fertility and Birth Network
A West Yorkshire based mum has created a pioneering network, The Fertility and Birth Network, made of birth workers, therapists and specialists to provide a one-stop facility to support women during conception, pregnancy, birth and beyond. The Fertility and Birth Network is a team of professionals who are passionate about supporting women with advice, support and…
Know your Birthrights
Almost as soon as you find out you are pregnant, friends, family, even the nice lady on the bus seem to feel the need to share their birth experiences, or unfortunately tell unsettling accounts of how things went wrong. Giving birth is surely the most important and lifechanging thing you will ever do, yet all…
UK MUM Award – the story behind the awards
The UK Mum Award (Maternity Unit Miracles) has recognised the life-saving achievements of the maternity teams across the UK. There stories of how they saves the lives of “miracle babies” and who nominated the unit can be read here. Thirteen maternity unit teams were the deserving recipients of team UK MUM award after the grateful…
