Category: How birth works

1. How to Use an Umbilical Cord Tie

   Posted on 9:45am Tuesday 27th Apr 2021

   What is an umbilical cord tie?

   An umbilical cord tie is a piece of thread that is used to tie off an umbilical cord when separating the baby from the placenta.

2. Stay Back, Stay Quiet: My First Lesson in Mammalian Birth

   Posted on 10:35am Wednesday 22nd Jan 2020

   I remember my first birth like it was yesterday. Well, I do and I don’t. I have clear memories of it, but they are flashes of clarity in a sea of murkiness, in the way that memories from your childhood tend to be. I was probably around the age of 7 or 8, so I’m sure this can be forgiven.

   I have come to realise that that evening was a rather important experience for me as a person. It is said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step and that evening was, I think, my first step.