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May 7, 20192 min read

I promise you aren't the ONLY one feeling the fear about birth....

I have a clear memory from my first pregnancy. I was sitting in the waiting room for my 20 week scan. I was in full pregnancy glow by now...

May 1, 20194 min read

Can we really accept so many mothers feeling this bad?

I was asked to write a piece about maternal mental health this week. I had intended to write something that really drew attention to the...

Mar 26, 20191 min read

Saturday 6th April 2019 - Sevenoaks very first Parenting Show

Picking up Thing #3 from pre-school today, I was handed a leaflet for Sevenoaks first Parenting Show on Saturday 6th April, which I am...

Mar 18, 20191 min read

You're not pregnant anymore! What Motherhood means in the first hours, days & weeks....

#womensupportingwomen One of the loveliest things about my work is that I regularly meet women who are making things happen. And so it is...

Feb 13, 20192 min read

Positive Birth Meeting, Sevenoaks

Home births, inductions, birth centre births, assisted births, calm births, shocking births....all experiences come together at the...

Jan 23, 20194 min read

From tropes to truths; moving on from Mum-Tribes and getting real about birth

Encouraged by friends and colleagues I’ve ditched my antagonistic attitude to Twitter and taken digital flight. Within days of being...

Jul 10, 20184 min read

32 words that tell us what almost every woman expects from birth

If all we are told is that birth = suffering, how can we do anything other than suffer? It’s Monday evening, 9th July. It’s raging hot....

Jul 3, 20183 min read

Sunshine, Mum-mates & traumatic birth stories

A short tale of frustration and feminism. This beautiful weather isn’t just about the glory of the sun on our skin. It’s social too. It...

So why ARE you writing that birth plan?

The birth trauma myth: it's not bad luck, it's not your fault, and it's not fair on any of us

Necessity is the mother of invention : the birth of the Pocket Doula, and why it works so well

We're human. Our relationships are everything.

We have to learn to accept that everything is 'and/also' not 'either/or'.

There is no alternative? Don't you believe it...

The repeal of Roe vs Wade: an urgent call to return to the fundamentals of women's right

Why we say 'good birth', and what it means for you

Framing the maternal body: neo-liberalism, dualism and sexed difference

3 problems with birth plans (and why you should write one anyway)

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