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How to help labour start naturally
For the past 40 weeks you’ve been waiting for this moment. You’re all ready, anticipating labour, which could start at any moment. Then nothing, not even a twinge. Your baby will come when she’s ready, but if a medical induction is looming, you might feel like you want to try some more natural methods to…
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What is Maya Abdominal Therapy?
Maya Abdominal Therapy includes work on the upper and lower abdomen to gently relax muscles contracted through tension and emotion. The uterus, in its correct position, should sit in the centre of the pelvis, behind the bladder and the pubic bone. This is how the body is designed to be, and as long as the…
Top beauty tips for mum-to-be
Gel manicures and pedicures are becoming increasingly popular with pregnant ladies says premier beauty salon, Cannelle, who have also seen 15% growth of their mother to be special treatments in the last five years. Mother-to-be beauty tips:- During pregnancy the uterus grows from the size of a plum to an impressive size of a watermelon!…
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Win Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Pregnancy products
Win a selection of Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Pregnancy Products worth £100 including two sets of the new and improved Stretch Marks Range containing a patented complex Bio C-Elaste™ which has been designed to increase skin’s elasticity and moisture levels. The prize also includes Palmer’s Skin Therapy Oil, Bust Firming Massage Cream, Firming Body Butter,…
Aromatherapy in labour
Aromatherapy massage can provide relaxation and relief to women in the first stage of labour, according to the results of a long-term study of more than 8000 expectant mums. Along with more conventional forms of pain relief, women in the first stage of labour were offered essential oils, dropped onto a slip of paper or…
Maternity Skincare
During pregnancy your skin may need extra moisturising, particularly around the areas where stretch marks are likely to appear. You can buy creams which claim to reduce stretch marks. These will keep your skin soft and supple, but there’s no evidence they will prevent the marks. You may prefer to use a rich moisturising cream instead.…
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Complementary therapies for labour
Many women choose to use complementary therapies such as acupuncture, hypnosis and aromatherapy to help them in labour. For some women these therapies are very useful, and they need no other form of pain relief. For other women these therapies work best alongside mainstream medical forms of pain relief. Your own midwife, or another midwife…
Posted in Complementary therapies, Labour and Birth, Online antenatal classes Tagged Acupuncture, Alternative medicine, antenatal class, aromatherapy, babyworld online antenatal class, class 4, complementary therapy, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, labour and birth, Massage, Midwife, reflexology Leave a comment
Home birth list
Here are some things you may wish to have ready for your labour and home birth: Your birth plan – if you’ve written one, have a copy ready to give to your midwife, even if there’s already one with your notes Hot water bottle/wheat bag to put on your back or front in labour or…
Early pregnancy by Zita West
“I’m sure that without Zita’s advice and supplements I would never have survived filming at eighteen weeks. Zita is often called a fertility and pregnancy guru, and I’m definitely one of her followers. The guidance and support she has given me through both my pregnancies has helped me to stay healthy and positive and to relax and enjoy the whole…
Giving birth abroad
Community midwife, Elizabeth Way-Rider, visited a ‘birth house’ in Germany and discovered a natural and holistic approach to childbirth that leads to very little medical intervention. I was invited to visit the the Gerburtshaus (birthing house) in Soest, Germany to compare their positive, almost holistic care of both mothers and babies in comparison to the midwifery care in the…
Posted in Labour and Birth, Travel Tagged Acupuncture, aromatherapy, Birth, breathing exercises, Breech birth, Caesarean section, Childbirth, Massage, Pregnancy, Water birth Leave a comment
