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Get ready for a new career with NCT and University of Worcester
If you’re looking for a rewarding job you can fit around your family, or are thinking about returning to study or work after having a baby, a change of career to become an NCT practitioner could be just what you need. NCT, the UK’s largest charity for parents, and the University of Worcester have joined…
Posted in Work Postnatal
Tagged Birth, Doula, flexible working, NCT, Pregnancy, returning to work, work, working
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Doulas have impact on birth and breastfeeding
Parents-to-be are far more likely to attempt and continue breastfeeding, and less likely to require intervention during their child’s birth, if they have turned to a doula for support, according to the findings of a new survey. The survey has been published by Doula UK ahead of World Doula Week, which begins on Thursday 22nd…
Posted in Labour and Birth, News
Tagged Birth, birth partners, Breastfeeding, Doula, News
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Ideas for your birth plan
Your birth plan is ideal if there are certain things that you really do or do not want to happen during your labour. Like some women, you may have individual preferences totally unique to you, but the following is a list of more general considerations. You may know exactly how you want your birth experience to be but…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Labour and Birth, Online antenatal classes
Tagged antenatal class, babyworld online antenatal class, Birth, birth plan, Caesarean section, Childbirth, class 5, Doula, first stage of labour, Labour, Midwife, Placenta, second stage of labour, Third stage of labour, Vitamin K, Water birth
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Can you buy a better birth?
Your own personal midwife, therapists to treat you during labour, a private room and hired help afterwards… can paying for your baby’s birth make a difference? Melanie Deeprose investigates Countless thousands of women have given birth on the NHS and been extremely happy with the care they received. But in today’s cash-starved health service, you…
Hypnotherapy for labour: Jessica’s story
If someone told you that labour and birth could be painless and even enjoyable you might think they were pulling your leg, but if you prepare well and approach the whole process with the right mindset then this is the opportunity that using hypnosis offers. Here Jessica Warren describes how after a difficult first birth she was determined to…
Posted in Hypnobirthing
Tagged Case study, Childbirth, Doula, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy in childbirth, labour and birth, Midwife, Water birth
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Your birth companion
Having a supportive companion with you during labour makes a difference in a lot of ways. It can reduce your need for pain-killing drugs, it may make it less likely that you’ll need any medical interventions, and it can make the whole experience a more positive one. Your baby may be stronger at birth too.…
Meet Hilary, the award-winning Doula!
In 1999, actress Hilary Whitehall (née Gish left of picture) put her acting career on hold to train as a post-birth doula. Seven years later, her success speaks for itself: Hilary has become the first doula to win a national childcare award in the ‘One in a Million’ awards set up by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).…
Posted in Labour and Birth
Tagged actress, Babycare, Barney, Birth, Breast feeding counsellor, Breastfeeding, Childbirth, Christmas, Doula, Hilary Whitehall, Inspector, Jacky, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jean Birtles, Kevin Kline, Linley Mysteries, maternity nurse, Midwife, Molly, Parental leave, Parenting, Postnatal, postnatal depression, Recruitment and Employment Confederation
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Getting ready for labour and birth – practical preparations
As well as preparing for labour and birth, there are many practical things you need to consider before labour actually starts. Music According to doula and music therapist Carol Ann Browning, music during labour can help you relax and deal more effectively with the pain of contractions. However it is worth giving some consideration to your labour playlist.…
Posted in Common pain relief, Labour and Birth, Pain Relief
Tagged Birth, Birthing ball, chair, Childbirth, Doula, doula and music therapist, Home birth, Midwife, player, Sonia Griffiths, Water birth
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Doulas – your perfect labour companion?
One of the maddening things about birth is its unpredictability. In the face of such uncertainty more and more women are turning to doulas, a sort of private birth coach. We take a look at this growing army of women, mums themselves, who can bring comfort, reassurance and a sense of security to your labour and delivery. The end…
Posted in Birth choices, Labour and Birth
Tagged Baby, Childbirth, Doula, hire, labour and birth, Midwife
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Worried Dads In The Way?
One of the foremost childbirth experts in the world is set to suggest that anxious fathers should be left out in the corridor while their partner gives birth. Dr Michel Odent, the man who invented the birthing pool and who is responsible for their increasingly frequent use by women in labour, is planning to give…
Posted in Dad, News
Tagged Birth, Caesarean section, Childbirth, Doula, Father, Michel Odent, Midwife, Water birth
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