Thoughts and musings from the team at Birth Baby Balance.
We continue with Charlotte’s day as a birth doula
Sometimes being at the hospital to have your baby can be a little intimidating and scary. A doula can help to explain what the equipment is and what it may be used for.
Read MoreBeing asked to be the birth doula at a client’s birth is a huge priviledge and one we do not take lightly. Once we have made that mutual commitment, we work hard to make sure the expectant family are as supported, informed and nurtured as they need.
Read MoreWander into your local bookstore, when you next have a spare minute, and get yourself to the ‘Parenting’ section. It may even be a whole stand- believe me there are enough parenting books out there to fill a whole store. Take a look. Take it all in. All the Expertise. All the Good Practice. All the Right Ways to parent your child.
As a mother to be, you want to devour them all. After all, these parenting books are telling you how to do it right so you won’t mess them up and have to work until you’re 70 in order to pay for their therapy from your shoddy and haphazard parenting.
Read MoreIf you’re pregnant you may have found that people tell you that you need to learn to breathe for labour and you might be asking yourself why? Why do I need to learn how to breathe for labour? I know how to breathe, I do it all the time without giving it a second thought.
Read MoreThis is a common and HUGE cause for concern for any new mother or mother at all. It is a constant topic of groups and forums: how many hours does my baby need? When should my baby be sleeping through the night? Why has my baby stopped napping in the day?
Read MoreYou may or may not be aware of all the wonderful things we have going on for those with babies, normally as well as during the Covid-19 safe-keeping. Here is the lineup and please do check out our calendar for all the classes details.
Read MoreCharlotte talks about the challenges of adding more children into the mix and celebrates a mother’s love!
Read MoreYou’re pregnant! Congratulations! That’s such exciting news! Is your mind whirring, thinking about all things you need to do before your baby arrives…? May I suggest that, fairly high on your list, you put “book onto an antenatal course”? The reasons to attend an antenatal course are many and varied (see blogs from 2016 and 2020 for more thoughts on that), so this blog is going to focus on what to look for when deciding which course to sign up to.
Read MoreThe term doula was first associated with childbirth back in the late 1960’s & it remains the connection that most people make when they hear the word, but over recent years, the doula world has grown!
Doula, comes from a Greek word, meaning ‘Devoted servant or caregiver’.
Read MoreWhen I sat down to write this blog, I was originally going to call it “Why to take an antenatal course”, and I was going to concentrate on all the reasons to attend a “normal” course - i.e. not in lockdown, where you could get out of your house and meet other expectant parents. But as I started writing, I realised that was a bit pointless, as that is not what we are all experiencing at the moment, and I want to give you information that is useful in the current situation.
Read MoreWelcoming, expert and practical antenatal classes across West Oxfordshire. We also provide baby classes and placenta encapsulation services, plus birth and postnatal doula services for women having their baby either at home, the Cotswold Birth Centre in Chipping Norton, the John Radcliffe in Oxford or the Horton in Banbury.
Sarah: 07909 545484 Lucy: 07762 720898 Charlotte: 07920 774705
Birth and postnatal doula services, antenatal and baby classes and groups, placenta encapsulation services across Oxfordshire and surrounding areas.
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