Beautiful Aurelia The Gorgeous Meneghello Family Happy Sunday folks… Sunday story time this week comes from a very special lady. I had the absolute privilege of being her mentor for a while. She was an awesome student midwife. I knew that when I wasn’t in the room for whatever reason, the women in our care had as good as a qualified midwife in there anyway. It was always so brilliant to watch Anna grow in to the midwife she was meant to be. Her passion and knowledge are clear

(Picture from Patti Ramos) Do Midwives and Doulas even get on? I guess there is a misconception here and when you ask most people, their answer is no, not so much. It is not uncommon to hear a Midwife groan and see her eyes roll so hard they almost roll out of her head when they are told a Doula is in the room. I cannot lie, coming from the UK my impression of Doulas was not a good one. At all. I had spent so much time arguing with them. It was often a battle of wills. I woul

Epidurals… One of everyone’s favourite things to demonise. Have we all become so obsessed with natural birth that any form of pain relief is the work of the devil? It sometimes feels that way. When women come in to the labour ward many of them have birth plans that do not include any pain relief except hypnobirthing techniques or the use of water and active positioning. I love this. I am all for active, physiological birth. I think that if your method of coping comes on a CD

This week we have Abby's birth story with her second baby Martha. This being her second induction of labour she knew what was going to happen and was lucky enough to have a good lead midwife to discuss her options with. It's really good to hear stories of midwives and doctors discussing options before a care plan is made. Shared decision making should be the only way! "I went into hospital to get induced on the Monday morning. After discussions with the lead midwife we decide