I mean…WOW…what a book!! This is written from the perspective of an NHS midwife (previously a Doula) who highlights the extreme pressures that face maternity care here in the U.K. It is full of passion, heroism, joy, love, trepidation, confrontation, a love for her work and then a hate for her work. So many parts of this book scream out for help and urgent help at that, but no one is listening. She writes her blueprint for a better maternity system within the NHS (which sound

Frozen cabbage leaves. Absolutely brilliant for relieving discomfort of blocked ducts and mastitis. They do get a bit whiffy though when they start to warm up under your nursing bra. Needs must though, and believe me, if you are ever to experience blocked ducts and/mastitis you will do ANYTHING to get rid of that discomfort. A smelly old frozen cabbage leaf is nothing really in the grand scheme of things. The cold compress will reduce swelling as well as some magical enzyme b

Come on everyone, let’s do this! This year WILL be better than the last, that’s for sure. We can absolutely be certain that there is an end to this very long tunnel this year. We don’t know when this year, but it WILL BE THIS YEAR! For that reason, I am already raising a glass to 2021. Are you with me? I hope to reunite you in my back garden with a big old Equilibirum Tea Party this summer. One where we can actually hug and meet other new parents and share positive birth stor