Category: Pregnancy

1. The Misnomer of Blue Monday

   Posted on 4:05pm Monday 18th Jan 2021

   Blue Monday

   "The Most Depressing Day of The Year"

   Right? Wrong.

   Blue Monday doesn't exist.

   Let me say that again.

   Blue Monday Does Not Exist
   

2. The Birth Plan: What It Isn't

   Posted on 7:00pm Sunday 17th Nov 2019

   Last week, I saw a comment on a public facebook post. The post was asking for experiences of hypnobirthing, and the comment said, “my advice is to write your birth plan, and then have a ceremonial burning of it, because that’s the only part of your plan that will actually happen”.

   I felt sad.

3. Long Pregnancy Series: Doulaing Beyond 42 Weeks

   Posted on 8:00pm Sunday 27th Oct 2019

   When you are a new doula, you know it is only a matter of time before you come across your first long pregnancy. As a business we have to operate in the way that is most efficient, and for most of us that means blocking out a 4 week block [38-42 weeks] per client and only being on-call for one client at once. We all know that clients can go into labour outside of that time, but that is when they are most likely to labour. Of all the births I’ve supported, only a handful have been before 38 weeks, and almost all of those births have been planned early inductions.

4. Long Pregnancy Series: Consent

   Posted on 10:35pm Thursday 17th Oct 2019

   At this point in the series it is important to discuss what consent is, and critically, what it is not. This section carries a * SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING * because some of the things discussed here can be upsetting if you have experienced them or something like them.

5. Long Pregnancy Series: The "Problems" and The "Solutions"

   Posted on 11:15am Friday 11th Oct 2019

   When you're having a long pregnancy, it can seem like everyone is treating you like you're broken. It can make you feel like something is wrong, like your baby is at risk. Are they at risk? Should you be induced? What are the alternatives?