New research commissioned by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that more women must be made aware of their right to choose their birth hospital. A recent survey showed that 40% of women either weren’t aware, or didn’t feel they had a choice about where they gave birth. And…
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Anyone who reads my blog regularly, or who follow me on social media, will know that back in February I was offered a place at university to study midwifery. It’s been my dream for a long, long time, and I was over the moon to gain a place on the…
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Caesarean rates across the country are at an all time high, and yet so many of us still feel completely unprepared if it is something that happens to us. I think part of that is because it isn’t always presented as an option at antenatal classes and the like, with…
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Anyone who follows my blog, or checks in on my social media profiles, will be aware of the fact that I want to be a midwife. I have spent the last 8 months studying an access course in order to be eligible to apply to university. When UCAS opened for…
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When I was pregnant with Eliza, I worried a lot about a recurrence of postnatal depression. I really wanted to do everything I could to avoid it this time round, and after a lot of research I came across placental encapsulation. In short, this uses the placenta as a form…
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