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Amanda Burleigh – FAB Network
Campaigner for Delayed Cord Clamping & Midwife of the Year 2012 Amanda Burleigh is currently the only midwife in the country actively campaigning for delayed cord clamping. As a community midwife and mum to two children with special needs, Amanda has always had an interest in children’s health. As her own children were growing up…
New legislation set to destroy Independent midwives
Families, birth workers, midwives and midwifery groups from all over the U.K will take part in a protest outside Parliament on Monday 25th March at 11am in protest at EU legislation which will see the end of independent midwifery and drastically reduce the birth choices of all U.K families. A Department of Health consultation into…
Posted in Ask our Midwife, News Tagged birth choices, Department of Health, Home birth, independent midwife, Midwife, News, News - Pregnancy Leave a comment
Ask our Midwife forum
Your midwife is your guide through pregnancy, and to a degree they can help to shape your experience. That may be a positive thing, or it may be a source of stress if you don’t find yourselves seeing eye-to-eye. Though you’ll probably be assigned a midwife at your booking-in appointment, it’s quite rare to have…
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Did you get the birth that you wanted?
There’s no doubt about it, the day you give birth is one that you remember for the rest of your life. You become a mother, you welcome your child into the world and hopefully you’ll have had a positive birth experience, with a midwife that you trust, who has supported you throughout your pregnancy… All…
Posted in News Tagged Labour, labour and birth, Midwife, News - Parenting, The Birth I Want Leave a comment
Breastfeeding tips from Carol, Cantaloop’s Midwife
We chatted to Carol, who is the midwife for the Cantaloop nursing and maternity bra brand as she shares with us her advice, breastfeeding tips and support on breastfeeding. Are you sitting comfortably? Breastfeeding tips When breastfeeding it is important to be completely comfortable and without interruption once baby has started to feed. So before…
Your pregnancy team
Being pregnant for the first time can be a little bit daunting, your body is changing in ways you’ve never experienced, so you’ll meet a team of experts trained to guide and help you have the best possible journey through pregnancy and beyond… Baby charity Tommy’s and Asda are lending a helping hand to would-be-parents,…
Posted in Antenatal Care Tagged antenatal, antenatal services, ASDA, GP, Health visitor, Homepage - Antenatal care, Midwife, Pregnancy, Tommy's Leave a comment
What do my pregnancy notes mean?
They’re the holy grail of your pregnancy, the one thing (apart from your baby of course!) that stays with you throughout the whole 9 months. Your pregnancy notes contain everything that your healthcare team need to know about you, your baby and your developing bump, but what do all the abbreviations, jargon and codes mean?…
The baby boom continues with mothers getting older
It would appear that the baby boom continues with mothers getting older, as the annual State of Maternity Services report is released. The report highlights that there were 688,120 babies born to women in England in 2011 – the highest number for four decades. While provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics for the first…
Posted in News Tagged Babies, Baby boom, Doula, Doula UK, Midwife, News - Pregnancy, Royal College of Midwives, State of Maternity Services report Leave a comment
What to expect from your midwife
All midwives working in the UK must keep to the rules and standards set by their regulatory body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). On 1 January 2013, the NMC released the new the Midwives rules and standards (2012). Along with other standards that the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) produces, the Midwives Rules help…
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Hospital Visit
The blood test went surprisingly well…the bit afterwards, not so much. I had kept my eyes closed throughout and didn’t feel any more than a scratch, as the kind nurse had promised. “That wasn’t too bad”, I thought gratefully, but my relief was short-lived. As I stood to leave that familiar combination of dizziness and…
Posted in Guest Blogs Tagged blog, blood test, booking in appointment, Case study, Diary, Midwife, Mindy Miller First Trimester, Mindy Miller's Blog Leave a comment
