This is the slide show that accompanied the talk I gave yesterday. I was talking to hospital midwives so wanted to make it interesting, informative but in some way relevant. That’s a hard call as all my pictures are of homebirths. I did make myself notes but actually used the pictures to prompt myself. The discussion came quite easily and [...]

Setting up the birth pool is simple to do and fun for all the family. This clip was shot by the 12 year old film maker of the family. They are all pretty excited getting ready for the new addition.

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After witnessing a beautiful birth by candle light last night I am even more convinced (if possible) of how important it is to at least have water available to women in labour. With me at home this is always possible but even for women who are short sighted enough to choose hospital birth (the majority I know) then they should [...]