My Expert Midwife Blog

Open Letter to the Health Secretary to Review Current Restrictions on Maternity Wards in the UK

Open Letter Calling for a formal review of the current restrictions in place on...

PTSD or birth trauma can impact enormously on what should be a happy time after your baby’s birth. You...

Nutrition counselling is a cornerstone of prenatal care for all women during pregnancy. A woman’s nutritional status not only influences...

A rainbow baby is a baby born after the loss of a previous baby, either via early or late miscarriage,...

This is the big question for many. Most women find it hard to imagine that their vagina/perineum/vulva will stretch enough...

During vaginal birth, around 9 out of 10 first time mums and 7 out of 10 mums having subsequent births...

Nowadays it is quite difficult for women to properly know their own menstrual cycle and the changes which it prompts...

As cliché as it may sound, we are what we eat – or, at least, we are in great part....

This weeks blog is written for My Expert Midwife by Dr Emma Ferriman, MBChB, FRCOG, who is a consultant in Obstetrics...

Giving birth can seem daunting. The options seem endless, and yet sometimes restricted, depending on who you talk to during...