Last night I was listening to the BBC World Service (as I do) ,and heard this segment on the “Nocebo Effect” and I nearly jumped out of bed to write this blog then and there. I highly recommend that you listen to this and then get your care provider to listen to it...
I recently attended a midwifery study day on the very glamorous topic of “Continence Promotion”. And while I sat there practising pelvis floor exercises until my eyes watered, I just kept thinking this is something I need to start talking about again in my...
I just listen to a great webinar from the Building Better Babies Summit. It was titled ‘Routine Interventions in Childbirth’ and was by Dr Rachel Reed. It was so good I thought I would summarise it (and add my own thoughts) here. Dr Reed points out that...
Here is a recent interview I did with Paul Murray on 6PR because of the spotlight on home birth in Perth. With the current Coroner’s Inquest into 3 home birth deaths in Perth we are bound to hear people arguing how risky home births are. Home births are not inherently...
I was recently interviewed On the Nine Today Perth Show. The 3 minutes wasn’t really enough to say everything I wanted to say about the importance of Fathers to be, so here are some more thoughts. Nature wants newborn babies to have two carers, so she pumps...
