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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…
How to organise a waterbirth
First of all discuss the matter with your midwife. She might be happy to support you in labour, or to give you the name of another midwife who has more experience of waterbirth. If she cannot help you, get in touch with the supervisor of midwives at your hospital. If you are planning a home birth, you may…
Waterbirth – contacts
The Active Birth Centre offers advice, antenatal classes and hires out pools: Active Birth Centre 25 Bickerton Road London N19 5JT Tel: 020 7281 6760 Fax: 020 7263 8098 Shop tel: 020 7263 8098 Email: info@activebirthcentre.com www.activebirthcentre.com Having trouble organising a waterbirth in hospital? You might consider hiring the services of an independent midwife who will be…
Posted in Labour and Birth, Water birth
Tagged Active Birth Centre, Baby, birth pool, hire, Home birth, independent midwife, organise, Water birth
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Home birth: your rights
Even though you have decided on a home birth, you may find that family, friends and some medical staff are against the idea so it’s worth knowing just what your rights are, how to convince others that you actually really do know what you want and, if all else fails, what options you’re left with…
How to arrange a home birth
Once your GP knows you are pregnant he or she will then arrange a booking appointment. This usually takes place around 12 weeks but may vary around the country.You’re most likely to see your Community midwife at your booking in appointment and she is the person who would normally attend a home birth, so this is the perfect opportunity…
A chance for mums to say “THANK YOU” to their midwives
Was your midwife truly amazing? Do you feel you couldn’t have done it without him or her? If you felt lucky to have a midwife who went above and beyond their call of duty to help you through every aspect of your pregnancy and labour, there is a way to say “thank you”. To show…
Is a home birth right for you?
Home birth offers you the chance to have more control over your labour in a familiar environment but is it safe? We take a look at what’s involved… Home birth – the facts Most of us choose to go to hospital to have our baby without even considering the option of a home birth. Yet the…
What are birth centres
With many women attracted by the prospect of a less medical birth, we take a look at what birth centres can offer mums-to-be. Birth centres – what they are ‘Birth centres’, ‘midwife-led units’, ‘birthing centres’, ‘maternity homes’, ‘maternity hospitals’, ‘cottage hospitals’ and ‘GP units’. These are the various names that are used to describe the various small…
babyworld’s Antenatal Clubs – press release
babyworld’s Antenatal Clubs welcome Mrs Thatcher! Where could you make 20 friends in less than a year, trade notes on the most intimate pregnancy aches and pains, talk babytalk endlessly without the risk of boring the other person AND get quick, personal, totally free expert advice on everything to do with pregnancy, labour and birth?…
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Tagged Blair, Childbirth, independent midwife, Mary Cronk, Midwife, pain, Pregnancy, Seychelles, Thatcher, Victoria, young
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Meet the winners of our home birth awards
babyworld.co.uk is the first UK website to recognise the work of midwives who have attended home births. We joined forces with one of the most out-spoken and passionate advocates of home births – midwife Caroline Flint – to help us judge our first ever awards. After reading and selecting the winners and runners up Caroline said” ”Thank you for…
