April, 2009 Archive

I was introduced to 'The Mother' magazine by a midwife friend who lives and works in Glastonbury She was so impressed with the magazine that she had bought all the back copies I spent a long weekend with her soaking up the magic of Glastonbury walking several times up the Tor and pawing th ...

The Essex Midwifery Practice had one of our social get togethers today We have regular 'meet ups' with our clients both past and present Its a really good opportunity for us to catch up with how 'our' babies are doing and to socialise more with our current clients We really believe that by ...

If only everyone could have you as their midwives the world would be a happier place! You rock!!!! I Just wanted to say you are amazing midwives and friends - I cannot even express how much I valued your input into my pregnancy and how much I appreciate your caring attitude and late night facebook chats!  Because of you guys my pregnancy was so relaxed and even though it was a tough birth i enjoyed sharing it with you.  I can honestly say that I trusted you with my life and am convinced that due to your expertise and calm brilliance I had the birth I did and not the birth I would have had if I had been in hospital or with less experienced midwives.  I am sure Sebastian and his shoulders will always remember you with fond memories too!!

   "I do really appreciate you all so much - you really helped me have  a birth I never would have had otherwise the best experience it  could've been. It was due to you I had a home birth at all, and now I'm  running a support group. Who would've thought it?!"

When I found out I was pregnant last year I decided to try for as natural a birth as possible I'd had twin boys in February 2005 delivered by caesarean section at 35 weeks My experience of a twin pregnancy and birth was highly medicalised with about 10 medical personnel present at the birt ...

This was in the BBc news today and thought it made interesting readingHome births 'as safe as hospital'There have been few comprehensive studies into home birthsThe largest study of its kind has found that for lowrisk women giving birth at home is as safe as doing so in hospital with a mid ...

My daughter was born in hospital in 2005 under difficult circumstances I had lost my mum very suddenly when I was 7 months pregnant and the gestational diabetes diabetes which comes on during and as a result of pregnancy became extremely poorly controlled The grieving I went through meant ...

The Essex Midwifery Practice has been successfully running since 2006 and I thought we would share our impressive statistics with you79% of our women have had a normal vaginal birth61% of these women had their babies at home61% of our women exclusively breastfed beyond 6 weeks87% of women ...