I visited the birth centre at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) in Orpington as part of their weekly guided tours for expectant parents. I called...

When describing what it is that I do I sometimes use the analogy of a doula as a personal trainer for pregnant women: we are helping you to prepare for an en...

Following on from my post about the Pregnancy Information Evening, this post covers the tour part of the evening. The tour of the Birth Centre and Labour War...

Having been fortunate enough to complete tours of the Birth Centres at Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth hospitals previously (see my earlier blogs for my viewpoi...

When I fell pregnant I was ‘only’ 22 and in my third year at university. I was the first of my friends to embark on the journey of pregnancy, childbirth and ...

If you are pregnant and live in one of the South East London areas such as Lewisham, Greenwich, Catford, Blackheath, Mottingham, Hither Green and New Cross y...

Since my eldest daughter was born over 20 years ago (gulp!) I have loved hearing other women’s birth stories: the dramatic ones, the scary ones, the fast one...

I went out with some friends last week for dinner and a movie. Over pizza and drinks the conversation turned (as it seems to all too often nowadays #doulalif...

If you are an expectant mother in South East London you may be trying to make the important decision of where to birth your baby. The Which? affiliated Birth...

I really enjoyed this article in last month’s mindbodygreen relationships section. www.mindbodygreen.com is an American website concerned with physical and m...

Hi there! If you’re reading this then you may be a pregnant mother or expectant father in Greenwich, Bexley or Bromley, childbirth professional with your eye...

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