Skin to skin was never a “Fad” Nine years ago, I felt compelled to respond to an article in The West Australian titled “Fad Blamed for Deaths of Babies.” In it, Dr Michael Gannon made the astonishing claim that there was a “new obsession amongst mothers...
UPDATED: November 2020 I just had an email from a client with a concern I get quite a lot, so I thought I would share this and my response: “Hi Pip, The main concern I have right now is that I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes (borderline) and even though...
So you been put on Bed Rest During Pregnancy. How’s that going? A couple of things have inspired me to write this blog. Firstly, a colleague asked me to write a few words on the importance of relaxation during pregnancy for her eBook. As all of my clients know,...
I was asked to comment on Homebirths on local Perth radio station 6PR. It was after the West Australian quoted me in response to Dr Gannon’s comment that Home Birthing Mums are selfish. I realIy, really want to apologise publicly for getting the great Hannah...
The Western Australian Department of Health Mother and Baby Report for 2015 has been published. Among all the data that I am yet to deeply analyze, are the individual Perth hospital’s caesarean section rates. I thought it would be interesting to compare these...
