Birth Trauma
Birth TraumaThe APPG Birth Trauma report arose out of MP Theo Clarke’s concern that she was not alone in her...
Revisiting the Womb’s a Balloon
A new way of thinking about how the uterus works
Anatomist Extrordinaire
modelling the clitoris Gil Hedley
The Clitoris in Labour
Did you know that, like an iceberg, most of the clitoris is hidden beneath the surface? I didn’t until a couple of years ago but there was a spate...
Kick starting labour – a new model of uterine function
Kick starting labour – a new model of uterine function. The current management of women in labour is based around RCTs of what health professionals...
Zen and the Science of Birth
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance has replaced Arthur Ransom’s The Picts and the Martyrs as my desert island book. My daughter says that no...
Traumatic Childbirth
Yesterday’s Observer (7/5/2017) had a heartrending piece about traumatic childbirth. The comments section confirmed that the author was not alone....
Dangerous Liaisons?
“Why should women have to prepare themselves and psyche themselves up for encounters with health professionals? It’s ridiculous.” Not my words, but...
Journeying towards better birth
I came to the birth world through psychology. After my third child was born happily at home, I decided to write a home birth book and also to do...