You may be wondering why a birth blog is mentioning Donald Trump. Well, the reaction to the Trump Phenomenon in the US, has got me thinking. When people are discussing the fact that so many Americans are voting for him, I keep hearing this comment. “It could...
Really? Are Labour Pains Mainly in the Brain? We know that people have different “pain thresholds”. And the more I learn about pain the more I realise that “Pain is mainly in the brain”. Think about Phantom Pain, feeling pain in a limb that actually isn’t there. So...
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,...
