Category: birth choice
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7 Reasons Why Giving Birth In A Stable Definitely ISN’T Better Than A Hospital
How did Mary and Joseph know that baby Jesus was 7lb 6oz? They had a weigh in a manger. Boom-tish (and thanks to the NHS Epsom and St Helier twitter feed for that cracker standard joke) //embed.gettyimages.com/embed/451540593?et=Nj59damvQDRdbfMEMVO0Dg&socialOnLoad=on&sig=0POe5Rblihcw1dK7kfdymn28BbkqNlTHPT7O5Jfpw0s= View image | gettyimages.com I saw a link yesterday to THIS Article by homebirth advocate Milli Hill which claims […]
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Home Birth, Hospital Birth and Not So NICE Advice
I’ve written previously here and here about the draft guidance from NICE on where women should give birth, but (as you’ll have noticed if you were anywhere near UK media this morning) the final version is now out. The headlines mostly read something like this (From the Mirror): Mums-To-Be Warned “Have Your Baby At Home, It’s […]
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When Is The Best Time To Have An Epidural?
Ok I’ll do it for you – Shortly after conception and for the next 18 years Boom-tish //embed.gettyimages.com/embed/173629237?et=B5aOrJnSTSpJTSRk587n8A&sig=M6yCgu8lZhjmtOVgcxEoxRjNGvJfKFgk8XdWdjCQ46o= #173629237 / gettyimages.com I wrote recently about a new study which disproved the idea that inducing labour increases the liklihood of a women ending up with a Caesarean section. Hot on it’s heels came another publication which called into […]
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In Which SouthwarkBelle Says Something Nice About The NCT
The following statement may come as something of a surprise to regular readers of this blog. Well done the NCT! No seriously. Last month I wrote about a new piece of research showing that inducing labour wasn’t as problematic as is often made out. I included a quote from the NCT website: Induction of labour […]
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Induction – Cascade – Caesarean Section
It’s well known fact of modern childbirth: Inducing labour sets off a cascade of other interventions which often lead, with grim inevitability, to an emergency C section.But is this actually true?update, 1/10/14 – Since writing this post the NCT have updated their information on inductions and removed the section quoted below. More on this here. […]
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A Few More Notes On the Nice Guidance
When I wrote about the new NICE guidelines yesterday I hadn’t been able to find the actual document and was relying on the news stories about it (none of them seemed to link to the source, helpful!). Inevitably about 25 seconds after I hit the publish button I found the document. Cue hurried skim reading […]
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New Nice Guidance – The Correct Birth Choice
Well damn it all, looks like I was totally wrong when I said that there was no one “right” way to give birth and women should have clearly presented evidence to make their own decision. Just look at the news today: Labour wards not for for straightforward births – BBC More Women Should Give Birth at Home […]
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Is Home Birth As Dangerous As Not Letting Your Child Wear A Seat Belt?
Choosing a home birth is dangerous, unethical and akin to driving your child around without a seat belt on according to recent stories in The Independent and Mail Online. The articles are based on a review published in the BMJ . So should we be enforcing tougher rules to prevent reckless women endangering their babies […]
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Womans Hour: Kirstie Allsopp V NCT
This morning, Womans Hour was guest hosted by Kirstie Allsopp. She chose to devote the entire programme to discussing childbirth and why many women don’t have the birth they had planned. Her guests included Belinda Phipps, CEO of the NCT, an organisation Allsopp has been (very) critical of in the past. It was actually all […]
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Top Tips for Caesarean Mums
30 Day Blogging Challenge – Day 2: Top Tips – and… Day 3: Call To Action Today’s task for the blog challenge is to post a top tips list, so here are my 10 c-section tips. Some of these only apply to those who know they’ll be having a caesarean but others are worth keeping in […]
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