Elemental Birth and Therapies

11/01/2023

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“To change the world, we must first change the way babies are being born.”

~ Michel Odent

12/12/2022

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I've just seen an antenatal colostrum harvesting kit in Boots for £26! WHAF??

The syringes are FREE from your midwife or maternity triage department.
Please, please, please do not waste your money on purchasing one - this is a ridiculous amount of money.

I'm am actually really bloody cross about this, we're in a cost of living crisis, and they are charging £26 for some syringes that cost pence!

Here's a blog post and a little video all about expressing and storing colostrum antenatally.

www.formodernmothers.com/blog/colostrum

Also ask your midwife about it too - all for FREE

Susan x

15/10/2022

https://www.elementalwoman.co.uk/birth-trauma

Guided assistance processing traumatic experiences for men and women and couples. If you have been with people around the time of birth, you will know that sometimes, births leave people emotionally scarred. Approximately 30% of all parents in the UK will describe their birth as traumatic.

22/07/2022

brilliant catch Mrs 💕

12/07/2022

Dr S Wickham and blog by Henci Goer

“A revision of existing active labor expectations . . . is warranted, and efforts to do so must supersede efforts to change labor to fit existing expectations.” Neal 2010, p. 31713 “How long is normal labor?” is a crucial question because doctors determine when to intervene based on when the...

23/06/2022

From Dr Sara Wickham

What are the best questions to ask if you're offered induction of labour?

As a midwife who has researched and written about induction of labour for more than two decades, I get asked that quite a bit.

Especially as I have a fundamental belief that there is no one 'right' path for everyone.

Twenty years before anyone hashtagged , I was promoting that very idea to women and families.

One size doesn't fit all.

You need to decide what's right for you.

And in order to do that, you might need to ask some questions.

So I have put together this guide to the five best questions that you can ask in order to get more information and make the decisions that are right for you.

I'm also going to tell you what can you learn from the answers you are given.

You can find my blog post at https://www.sarawickham.com/articles-2/five-questions-to-ask-if-youre-offered-induction-of-labour/

There's a link to my website in my insta bio as well.

I hope you'll find it useful.

20/06/2022

15/06/2022

09/06/2022

Have you considered a mobility aid?

When walking with crutches, try to use two crutches to help keep your pelvic asymmetrical.

You can borrow crutches from your manual therapist or a local Red Cross.

01/06/2022

love my job 😍

Tracy Ripley is a certified Real Birth Teacher!

a quick message from Tracy!

"I delighted to be joining The Real Birth Company!

The RBC programme and my business fit together perfectly. I am a former Midwife and Health Visitor who has now created a truly holistic and individual service for the well-being and wishes of women and their families, from pre-conception to early days after birth. I am dedicated to facilitating and promoting choice and empowerment through my workshops.

I offer a range of traditional massage therapies and woman centred guidance including, Aromatherapy (Royal College of Midwives Accredited in Childbirth and Labour). Reflexology and Pregnancy /Post Natal recovery.

Supporting women and their birth partners further, I am available as a birth and post- natal advocate or Doula more details about this service are available on my website.

For those who need additional support in processing birth experiences I offer Three Step Rewind Technique – this guided learning tool may be useful to both women and men in regaining emotional well-being.

My mission is to offer continuity and support to women and their partners throughout the journey of birth and beyond."

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https://therealbirthcompanyltd.com/workshop/certified-teachers-hospitals/
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