Beautiful Beginnings Yoga & Pregnancy Yoga

12/11/2025

Breech Without Borders is a wealth of information, research and learning about all aspects of breech birth.

3-4% of babies lie breech at term

And some of these can be a surprise breech where everyone was expecting baby to be head down

It can be a useful part of your birth preparation to consider how you would feel if your baby was breech - known or surprise - and explore your preferences (breech vaginal birth, ECV where medics attempt to turn your baby head down, or elective c section)

Do have this conversation with your care team, and explore your options and preferences

This always helps you to be able to make informed decisions, give informed consent, and in turn helps your care team to give personalised care

Breech Without Borders is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to breech training, education, and advocacy. We help information cross linguistic, geographic, and knowledge borders by:

12/11/2025

📣Please share : 📣An Open Letter on Birth: In Defence of Midwives, Mothers, and the Truth From: Midwives, Doulas, and Educators across the UK (written by The People’s Birth Tribunal)
To: Parents, Professionals, Politicians, and the Press:This open letter has been written and signed by midwives, doulas, and educators working across the United Kingdom.
Together, we represent those who stand beside women and families through pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period - the people who have witnessed both the miracles and the failings of our maternity system firsthand.We are speaking out because the public conversation about birth in the UK has become dangerously distorted. Misleading headlines, sensational stories, and selective statistics have created a culture of fear - fear of birth, fear of accountability, and fear of trusting women, birthing people and midwives.
It is time to set the record straight: Maternity care must prioritise the health and well-being of the whole family, ensuring good mental, physical and emotional health and protecting reproductive rights, thus creating a foundation upon which parents and children can thrive.Clinical safety is just as important: preventing mortality and severe morbidity is, of course, crucial in high quality maternity care. However, prioritising clinical, risk-focussed management over holistic, community and relationship-based care can, and does, introduce other dangers to the well-being of the whole family, both in the short and long terms.
We write as midwives, doulas, educators, and advocates for families - united by our terror for the future of birth in the UK.We have watched with growing alarm as midwives and the concept of “normal birth” have been scapegoated for the failings of a broken maternity system. 📣 To read the rest of this important letter and to add your signature please visit this site: https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-on-birth-in-defence-of-midwives-mothers-and-the-truth-b6b91d96

12/11/2025

This week I'm on a 2 day training course about breech birth with the fantastic Independent Midwife Deb Rhodes.

It's a wonderful group of women passionate about supporting women to receive choice, safety and respect in birth.

On day 1 we learnt about the different ways breech has been thought about through medical and indigenous cultures, differing approaches to supporting breech birth, reasons why babies may lie breech, and the physiology of breech birth

Around 3-4% of babies will be breech at term

Babies go through a number of clear physiological stages during breech birth, and being able to recognise these stages and movements, which differ from head down babies, can help care providers to know how baby is getting on and the best ways to support the mother.

Breech without Borders is a fabulous resource for learning more about breech birth, if you are interested in this, they have many videos on their website, resources and trainings.

02/11/2025

In our Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation class today we talked about pre-labour - that stage before the stages - where you may be having niggles, changes in energy and emotions - and some physical signs.

Why this is a valuable and important part of the process - that a lot IS happening - including cervical changes preparing for labour

And the value of supporting your energy here - not wearing yourself out, and the importance of remembering that it is OXYTOCIN which brings on your contractions - and ways to support and work with, rather than against this process.

Always so valuable to have time for women to talk, share experiences and learn from one another.

Then we enjoyed a flowing posture practice sitting, kneeling, standing, pelvic floor work, breathing to activate relaxation response, relaxation, visualisation and connection with your baby and much more.

New mums are always welcome

Just message Clare to book your class
Clare Whatsapp 07906 188345

02/11/2025

November Pregnancy Yoga
& Birth Prep
Classes
Sundays 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd

22/10/2025

✨MARYPORT ALLONBY SILLOTH SOLWAY COAST MUMS✨

Have you had a baby in the last 3 years and living in Maryport, Allonby, Silloth Solway Coast area?

Would you like to share your experiences of Maternity Care (All anonymously)

What went well?

How were you supported?

What would you like to suggest could be different?

Come along to a listening session at The Creative Space in Silloth on Friday 31st Oct 12-1.30pm for a cuppa, cakes and informal chat.

Do share with any mums who may like to share their experiences - this listening is focused on hearing the voices of local women and improving experiences of maternity and postnatal care

Message on whatsapp or just drop in

22/10/2025

It is valuable to learn about your opitons and choices for the 3rd stage of labour - delivery of the placenta and add these preferences to your birth plan

Whatever you choose - remember that your needs in labour (warmth - quiet - calm) help to support the 3rd stage contractions, as does having your baby skin to skin, initiating breastfeeding and holding baby close.

🟣 BLOG POST
"Active management of the placenta will reduce the chance of a PPH in a setting that does not support physiology and in which routine intervention is the norm." In contrast, it may increase the chance of a haemorrhage after a physiological birth.
https://www.rachelreed.website/blog/active-management-placenta