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Placenta remedies Q&A with Victoria Mustafa
Midwife and placenta encapsulation specialist, Victoria Mustafa, covers what placenta remedies are, how they're prepared, what hygiene...
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erinbetterbirth
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
The Better Birth podcast
Yes, I’ve delved in to the world of audio and started a podcast! As fantastic as the recorded and live Q&A videos are, I know a lot of...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 27, 2020
- 4 min
Pregnancy comments to go in the bin
When you fall pregnant, you’ll find that all of a sudden everyone and their dog has an opinion on literally everything... whether you’re...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
Best online class commendation!
OH MY GOODNESS! I was nominated for best online class award at the Kentish Mums Lockdown Awards, and I received a special commendation! I...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
Q&A on postnatal care & recovery with doula Laura Scarlett
Today I had a fantastic online session with the wonderful Laura Scarlett, a birth and postnatal doula who covers Kent and South East...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
High BMI and water birth
If you have a high BMI you may find it difficult to get a water birth agreed. Different NHS trusts may say different things and have...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
Group B Strep
This month is group B strep awareness month. Group B streptococcus, or GBS, is a common and normally harmless bacteria that comes and...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min
Sweeps - the risks and benefits
Let’s talk about sweeps! Often called a stretch and sweep, or sweeping the membranes, they’re seen as a “routine” procedure to get things...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 13, 2020
- 5 min
Positive birth story - Ziggy
Georgia and Tom completed the 8 hour hypnobirthing course with me in April and decided to do 1 hour a week, so we formed a lovely...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 12, 2020
- 2 min
Positive birth story - Elodie
Kathryn and her husband Dom did the full 8 hour hypnobirthing course with me in February. She had her little girl this week and messaged...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jul 11, 2020
- 1 min
Q&A with midwives Laura, Leonie and Tess
On 10th July I held a fantastic Q&A session with Consultant midwife Laura Mackenzie from the Princess Royal University Hospital, and Tess...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
How to advocate for yourself in the birth room
Here’s my tips on how to advocate for yourself in the birth room. Some couples worry about how to speak up when they’re at hospital. It...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
Plan your birth like you planned your wedding!
Let me ask you a question. When you got married, did you TRY to have a fantastic day, or did you just assume it was going to be wonderful...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jun 17, 2020
- 3 min
The subconscious in birth
In my classes we spend a fair bit of time understanding the brain. Why? Because your mindset and the hormones the brain releases all have...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min
Vaginal seeding
If you have a caesarean, your baby will miss out on a healthy dose of bacteria as they travel through the vagina. Newborns get three...
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erinbetterbirth
- Jun 5, 2020
- 4 min
Am I allowed....?
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker It’s something I hear time and time...
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erinbetterbirth
- May 31, 2020
- 2 min
Optimal cord clamping
With many options for birth, my role is to remain impartial, to provide research, sign post couples to information so that they can make...
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erinbetterbirth
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
Birthplace options
Being in Bromley we are very fortunate to have a midwife led unit (MLU) as part of the PRUH. When you’re pregnant, you have several...
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erinbetterbirth
- May 20, 2020
- 3 min
Monitoring in labour
If your labour is very long, or you have interventions such as an epidural or artificial oxytocin to augment labour, your midwife will...
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erinbetterbirth
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
The benefits of dates
Nope I don’t mean that X on the calendar signifying the day your baby probably WON’T be born... I mean the sticky dried fruit that we all...
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