The Birth Hub

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20/05/2022

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This is our new fundraising initiative. Our own brand of clothing which we are selling online. We would really value your support.

11/03/2022

I have long talked about the problems that can stem from our use of the word ‘risk’.

For many years, I have written about how we can effectively discuss risk with women and families.

I’ve continued that conversation in my latest book, “In Your Own Time: How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop.”

As I write in the book:

“The word ‘risk’ simply means ‘chance.’
It doesn’t mean ‘you have a medical condition.’

Life itself is risky, and we all encounter risks every day.

Getting out of bed is risky, but thankfully not very risky, so we generally all do this every morning.

We need to put risks into context.

There are pros and cons to induction, as with everything in life.

What’s important is that you have good evidence and knowledge, so that you can weigh up the decision and decide what’s right for you.

Find out more at www.sarawickham.com/time

07/02/2022

There are a number of different approaches to the birth of the placenta.

Some women birth their placenta naturally.

Some have their placental birth medically managed.

There are pros and cons to each option.

If you have certain other types of intervention, such as induction or augmentation of labour, your options may be more limited, but you still have choices.

To answer a question that we get asked by many women: your placenta belongs to you.

It is always a good idea to get informed
before you decide what's right for you.

If you'd like information about the birth of the placenta, we have an information hub on www.sarawickham.com/byp which links to some free blogs posts, articles and information pages as well as my book on this topic.

27/01/2022

The evidence shows that holistic care around the birth of the placenta significantly reduced the rate of postpartum haemorrhage for low risk women… like from 11.2% to 1.7%, in a hospital setting.
The researchers in this study concluded that ‘Active management was associated with a seven to eight fold increase in postpartum haemorrhage rates for this group of women’.
This means that when you attend a hospital as a low risk woman, at low risk of postpartum haemorrhage, the standard method of placental birth management (use of oxytocin injection and controlled cord traction) will result in an 11.2% chance of experiencing a postpartum haemorrhage… this is compared to if you had holistic midwifery led care to support placental birth to come out without medication or intervention, which results in a postpartum haemorrhage only 1.7% of the time.
There you have it, you can read it for yourself, it’s called ‘Holistic physiological care compared with active management of the third stage of labour for women at low risk of postpartum haemorrhage: a cohort study’

20/10/2021

12/10/2021

The Belly Mapping® Method is a three-step process for identifying baby’s position in the final months of pregnancy. Parents can use Belly Mapping® for their own enjoyment and education, while medical caregivers can use it to enhance their skills via visual clues.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3qAWbSV
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