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Don’t Fear Sunday’s Child – A Look At Today’s Headlines On Weekend Births
If I was pregnant at the moment I suspect I’d find today’s headlines pretty scary. They report that giving birth at the weekend, something most women can not control or predict, puts babies lives at risk. It would be great if we could dismiss this as yet another case of media hype, a rouge press […]
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A Mum’s Guide To Dodgy Science: Publication By Press Release
Sometimes, it sucks being a grown up. I’ve actually had enough time to write some blog posts recently but other events have left me with a lack of motivation for anything other than eating cake and reading Tudor crime novels under a blanket (it’s a fairly niche slump). Anyway, in an attempt to drag myself […]
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The Loneliness Of the Smart Phone User?
I’ve seen links to images by American photographer Eric Pickersgill a few times now on social media. He took photos of people looking at their smartphones but removed the phones. It’s supposed to highlight now strange and lonely smart phones can make us, how we can be in the presence of friends, family or lovers yet […]
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Acupuncture For All – On the NHS?
I was really disappointed to read this article today in the Guardian, The general gist is that some doctors think acupuncture works and should be available on the NHS with all doctors learning at least a little about it in training and midwives being trained to administer it to ease labour pain. According to the […]
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Why It’s Not Science V Nature
Getting back to nature seems to be increasingly important to many people. Wander about health advice on the internet or in print and you’ll soon find stories about how eating, living and parenting like our wilder ancestors will make us happier and healthier. That we can, if we learn from them, get back to a […]
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Have Your Say In The NHS Maternity Review
A big review of NHS maternity services is currently underway and those involved are actively seeking out the opinions and experiences of Mums and Dads. This week they launched an online consultation which you can access here: https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/nhs-maternity-review If you or your partner/friend/family member has had a baby with the NHS please please take a […]
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C Section Rates – The Economist Edition
So I was going to take a break from blogging this month. It’s the school holidays and I’ve been trying to juggle childcare, work and my new sideline reviewing festivals (check out the fab Festival Kidz website btw). Frankly, I’m exhausted. But, MrSB sent me an article in the Economist and now I’m sneaking back in […]
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What I Want The National Maternity Review To Know
There is a lot I would like to say to you but it all boils down to this: Please listen. Listen to as many voices as you possibly can. Even, no, especially the difficult ones. There must be no voices too hard to hear and no beliefs too sacred to be challenged. Listen to the […]
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Finally, MissE’s Birth Story
I’ve always been in two minds about writing down the details of MissE’s birth. In some ways it seems odd to share such an intimate and difficult story with whichever total strangers come across my blog. It is necessarily very long and I’m wary of producing a horror story or looking like I’m just fishing […]
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Should You Eat Your Placenta?
In 1998 Chanel 4 was was reprimanded by the broadcasting standards commission for a program in which a TV chef helped a new mother cook up placenta pate to serve to party guests. At the time it was judged to be a taboo and considered “disagreeable to many”. Things have changed a lot since 1998. […]
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