People seem really intent on having a "Birth Philosophy". I was advised a few years ago by lecturers and prospective employers to have a "philosophy of birth" and know it well. To have it in my portfolio to show people. This was recently reiterated to me by someone when discussing my content for my antenatal classes. It really got me thinking about what a philosophy of birth is.... and did I even have one myself. I am sure that for my portfolio, I printed out some generic cra

Happy Belated Valentines Day Guys. Just wanted to say sorry for the time out .…. I guess all the stuff happening in my personal life really took its toll on me and I needed a little break to get my mind and my emotions back on track; because I like to give this blog my full attention. I have been having a hard time with changing situations. Not knowing how to fix things that are broken but still important to me. I didn’t realise how cathartic this blog was to me, until I star

At the start of January I had the pleasure of sitting down with two lovely Dubai Doulas Shereen and Eleonora. I was invited to guest speak on Shereen's blog about induction of labour. What is it? Why do we induce? How do we induce? What are your rights and options? I'm not going to lie, I was pretty nervous! I have never done a podcast before and I have the standard "I hate my own voice when it's played back to me" mentality. Anyway, post night shift (because... well I always