The Baby Business Midwives

25/09/2025

Exactly..

25/09/2025

The foundation of many maternity care guidelines is based on ‘expert opinion’ and not on high quality evidence 😓

23/09/2025

With that recent headlines this is important to share! An English post but totally applicable! Paracetamol in pregnancy is 100% safe! ❤️

💊PARACETAMOL USE IN PREGNANCY💊

With the recent headlines we thought it was important to share the current guidance regarding the use of paracetamol in pregnancy.🤰

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulation Agency (MHRA) states:

"Patient safety is our top priority. There is no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children."

"Paracetamol remains the recommended pain relief option for pregnant women when used as directed. Pregnant women should continue to follow existing NHS guidance and speak to their healthcare professional if they have questions about any medication during pregnancy. Untreated pain and fever can pose risks to the unborn baby, so it is important to manage these symptoms with the recommended treatment."

"Our advice on medicines in pregnancy is based on rigorous assessment of the best available scientific evidence. Any new evidence that could affect our recommendations would be carefully evaluated by our independent scientific experts."

"We continuously monitor the safety of all medicines, including those used during pregnancy, through robust monitoring and surveillance. We encourage anyone to report any suspected side effects to us via the Yellow Card scheme."

More information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-confirms-taking-paracetamol-during-pregnancy-remains-safe-and-there-is-no-evidence-it-causes-autism-in-children and https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/paracetamol-for-adults/pregnancy-breastfeeding-and-fertility-while-taking-paracetamol-for-adults/

19/09/2025

The work of labour is your baby's first gift ✨

18/09/2025

Sharing from Nenookaasikwe Skippingday

18/09/2025

You’re on the edge of everything you’ve been waiting for ❤️

To the mama that’s almost there…

You’re exhausted.
Your back hurts.
Your patience is gone.
And honestly? You’re just done.

But listen, this is the hardest stretch of the marathon.
And you’re still moving. Still pushing. Still showing up.

You’ve carried life.
You’ve sacrificed sleep.
You’ve lived in a body that hasn’t felt like your own for months.
And you’re still here.

You’re not weak for wanting it to be over.
You’re powerful for making it this far.

And soon…
You’ll be holding the newest piece of you.
The little soul you’ve dreamed of.
The reason every ache, every tear, every sleepless night was worth it.

Those kicks will turn into cries.
Those late night tears will turn into late night cuddles.
That pain will turn into a love so fierce it will take your breath away.

Mama, you’re not “almost there.”
You’re on the edge of everything you’ve been waiting for.

©️Caty Sanders

04/09/2025

This will be AMAZING.. guaranteed! 🤩

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04/09/2025

Birth does not always need our hands 🥰

04/09/2025

❤️❤️❤️

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30/08/2025

Dads also experience hormonal shifts and structural brain changes following the birth of their baby! 😍

Did you know that Dads also experience hormonal shifts and structural brain changes following the birth of their baby?

Researchers have found that emotionally
🤩involved fathers experience:
🤩increased oxytocin (the love hormone)
🤩increased dopamine (the happy hormone)
🤩reduced levels of testosterone (aggression,
s*x drive hormone)
🤩higher levels of prolactin (breastfeeding
hormone)
🤩higher levels of vasopressin (bonding
hormone)

Research has also shown that men who hold their
baby close within the first 24 hours following birth, report better bonding. Dads should definitely enjoy skin to skin too, just a half hour of skin-to-skin for dad essentially rewires their brain. I encourage dad to have his first skin to skin not long after birth, while mum enjoys her first (unforgettable and well deserved) shower.

Other benefits of skin to skin include:
🥰calms and relaxes both dad and baby
🥰regulates baby's heart rate, breathing, temperature and blood sugars; helping bub to better adapt to earthside life
🥰enables colonisation of baby's skin from the
natural flora which exists on dads skin, thus providing immunity and protection against infection.

"The brain also appears to undergo structural changes to ensure that fathers exhibit the key
skills of parenting. In 2014, Pilyoung Kim, a
developmental neuroscientist at the University of
Denver, put 16 new dads into an M.R.I. machine:
once between the first two to four weeks of their
baby's life, and again between 12 and 16 weeks.
Dr. Kim found brain changes that mirrored those
previously seen in new moms: Certain areas
within parts of the brain linked to attachment,
nurturing, empathy and the ability to interpret and react appropriately to a baby's behavior had more gray and white matter between 12 and 16 weeks than they did between two and four weeks."
- Dr Anna Machin, evolutionary anthropologist.

Beautiful capture - by - https://www.instagram.com/bobbilockyer/

- https://www.instagram.com/midwifemamahub/

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