You have a right to access your medical notes written about you during your pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. It doesn’t matter what reason you want to access them for you have a right to request a copy from your local NHS Trust

Birth trauma is still not talked about enough between friends, social media, news and even the medical profession. It can be confusing to understand what birth trauma is let alone what help there is out there to support those who may have experienced a traumatic birth.

In this blog post, we will explore the importance of birth planning, discuss key elements to consider, and offer some practical tips to help you create a birth plan.

Holidaying with a baby or toddler can feel daunting; these handy tips will help you relax, prepared and enjoy that holiday!

Using a pregnancy ball at home during pregnancy has lots of benefits. It can help rotate the hips to help which in turn helps mobilise and free the sacrum. It can also help strengthen your back and help to open your pelvis whilst keeping upright.

Eating dates in pregnancy may have some benefits to help induce labour, reduce postpartum bleeding and cervical dilation .

Your birth environment can have a huge impact on your birth experience and your labour. This blog post is all about your birth environment and how to create a space just right for birth for all birth options!

Using a TENS machine during early labour may help with pain relief and comfort levels. Read more to find out all about tens machines and how they work!

Everything you need to know about your birth & labour hormone prolactin and how to help to boost it to help in establishing milk production and breast/chest feeding.

How to time your contractions in early labour

A beautiful & calming home water birth of baby Ethan