by cherylsamuels | Mar 15, 2021 | 4You, Articles, Freeflow, Your birth
How to Have a Positive Birth in a Birth Centre Evony Lynch Midwife Instagram @art.of.midwifery Summary Choosing to have your baby in a birth centre is a really positive step towards optimising your body’s ability to give birth. Not only is the environment...
by cherylsamuels | Mar 11, 2021 | 4You, Factsheet, Pregnancy, Your body and becoming pregnant, Your postnatal health
Factsheet – Neonatal Jaundice Written by Maria Kiriaki Ntagianta Student Midwife, Greece. Instagram @maria.ntagianta Summary This fact sheet provides a comprehensive summary on the evidence around neonatal jaundice. This document is aiming to help parents...
by cherylsamuels | Mar 10, 2021 | 4You, Articles, Freeflow, Your birth
What Is A Placenta And How Is It Supposed To Come Out? Mireia Manzano Staff Nurse and Student Midwife Every person who grows a baby, grows a placenta too. However, this tends to go highly unrecognised in the birthing world. Sometimes named as “the...
by cherylsamuels | Mar 5, 2021 | 4You, Articles, Freeflow, Your birth
Thinking Of Having A Home Birth? Cheryl Samuels Midwife, Project Lead All4birth, BSc Midwifery, Summary Home birth midwifery services and therefore rates vary from country to country. Currently only 2.1% of births in England and Wales are at home.1 With the...
by cherylsamuels | Jan 29, 2021 | 4You, Factsheet, Pregnancy, Your body and becoming pregnant, Your postnatal health
Factsheet – Physical activity before, during and after pregnancy Dr. Rehana Jawadwala Founder of Mummy Yoga, yoga teacher and author Instagram @mummyyoga Summary This fact sheet provides a concise summary on the evidence around physical activity before, during...
by cherylsamuels | Jan 16, 2021 | 4You, Articles, Freeflow, Your birth
Aromatherapy In Childbirth Alex Green Midwife BSc Midwifery Summary Aromatherapy is known to aid relaxation, calm fear, promote a feeling of well-being, act as a distraction tool and even enhance contractions 1. Pain in labour is caused by heightened...