Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Lovely freebirth story

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There's a rather wonderful series on British TV this advent called Our Yorkshire Farm (four episodes I believe, one for each season) fol...
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Monday, 3 December 2018

Birth centre and home are safe for low-risk women: new systematic review.

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Maternal and perinatal outcomes by planned place of birth among women with low-risk pregnancies in high-income countries: A systematic r...
Sunday, 11 November 2018

Why mobility in labour matters...really, really matters!

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Below is a link to a blog written by birth physiology expert Margaret Jowitt.  Margaret Jowitt is also the designer of the Osborne Kneeling ...
Monday, 1 October 2018

New blog on birth and politics

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A group of experienced birth activists, writers and campaigners have got together to write a campaigning blog focusing on threats to choice,...
Tuesday, 17 July 2018

Sad but truly excellent film about recent maternal deaths in Ireland and the commemorative quilt made in memory of the women who died.

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Heart-wrenching but essential and inspiring viewing - well done to all involved.  It's beautiful. https://vimeo.com/202475404
Thursday, 10 May 2018

Being a bigger woman doesn't necessarily mean big birth risks.

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The Birthplace Study continues to publish interesting analyses, this one about the birth risks associated with larger BMI (over 35 kg/m2).  ...
Saturday, 31 March 2018

The contemporary bullying and adversarial culture of UK midwifery and Jane Greaves RM

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Update: Jane Greaves reinstated!!  AND the story is covered by today's Sunday Express. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/946014/jane-g...
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Saturday, 24 February 2018

More reasons to be cautious about paracetamol-use during pregnancy and labour

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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/892824?nlid=120841…t_obgy&uac=45732BX&spon=16&impID=1566858&faf=1#vp_1 24/02/2018, 08O...
Tuesday, 6 February 2018

First rate paper exploring why Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) is used despite its uselessness.

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Thanks to Ruth Weston of Aquabirths for alerting me to this very interesting article exploring the widespread use of EFM (or CTG as it is mo...
Saturday, 13 January 2018

200 women freebirth annually in London (London Evening Standard 11.1.18)

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It's not often the London Evening Standard publishes anything of interest (neo-liberal, property-price obsessed, consumerist, growth-add...
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