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People are always upset when I say this, but it needs to be said:
Hospitals create MORE emergencies during birth than they prevent.

It’s not because doctors are bad… it’s because the system turns a biological process into an over medicalized event the MOMENT you walk through that door. The policies and rules are focused on protecting THEM legally, not necessarily giving the most evidence based care to you.

Let’s first look at continuous electronic fetal monitoring (the belts they strap on you and are constantly adjusting).

Here’s the part studies show but nobody wants to hear:

👉 Continuous fetal monitoring increases interventions, NOT safety.
👉 It does NOT reduce cerebral palsy rates.
👉 It does NOT reduce stillbirth.
👉 It does NOT improve neonatal outcomes.

But it does increase:
• C-section rates
• Forceps/vacuum use
• Fetal distress diagnoses
• Unnecessary inductions
• Mom getting stuck in bed leading to a cascade of interventions

And this isn’t some crunchy opinion.
This is straight out of literal *decades* of data.

Studies show continuous monitoring has a significantly higher C-section rate with no decrease in adverse neonatal outcomes.

Meaning?
We’re creating emergencies by looking for emergencies that aren’t there.

Once you’re strapped to the bed:
• you can’t easily move
• contractions hurt more
• labor stalls
• Pitocin gets started
• baby doesn’t like Pitocin
• monitors look “concerning”
• suddenly you’re “not progressing”
• and then… SURPRISE! “Emergency” C-section.

Tell me how that’s safer??

Birth works better when:
• you’re upright
• you’re not bound to machines
• you’re not starved or dehydrated
• you can change positions freely
• you’re not on a clock
• your hormones aren’t suppressed by fear

But none of that fits well inside of hospital protocols.

So we pretend the medical emergency started in your body when it actually started from cascading interventions. 🫠

You want the truth?
Most “birth emergencies” in hospitals are iatrogenic… meaning created BY the system.

And every mom who’s lived both sides (hospital vs home birth) knows exactly what I mean. 🫶🏼

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Mindful Wise Antenatal & Parenting Education...... and calm,babyled musical sensory sessions for babies & toddlers

I’ve spent 26 years teaching for the National Childbirth Trust in Worcester, as an Antenatal Teacher and then as an Advanced Teacher. In those years I have chaired the Maternity Services Liaison Committee at the Royal Worcestershire, and run a Miscarriage Support Group in Worcestershire for The Miscarriage Association. I was NHS Parent Education Consultant for 3 years. spending much of this time working on the script for a dvd for Parents - The Story of Birth, and attempting to formalise antenatal education within the NHS Trust. I also taught Parent Education classes for the NHS for 2 years. For over 15 years I have lectured midwives and Student Midwives at University of Worcester, mainly on “how to teach” and “Active Birth”.

My degree is in Healthcare, and I have a PGCE in Higher Education.

I have supported women at births, and have been priveleged to be present at the births of two of my grandchildren.

I believe in simple, practical and straightforward teaching about childbirth - providing women and their partners with the tools to cope with labour and afterwards - breathing,movement, vocalisation, and helping them to understand how their baby is involved in the birth process as well.