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04/09/2026

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Here’s a fun fact: breasts aren’t just decorative. Researchers have found that they serve as a built-in warming pad for breastfed infants. Researchers wondered whether this might be so because infants can’t regulate body temperatures very well. To test their theory, they used a temperature controlled chamber to compare breast skin temperatures in breastfeeding mothers with women who weren’t breastfeeding and men. Skin temperature in breastfeeding mothers was slightly higher than in the control groups and remained so even as researchers lowered the temperature in the chamber. (The usual response to decreasing external temperature is to reduce blood flow to skin to conserve core heat.)

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04/09/2026

Dr Sara Wickham looks at the recommendation for induction for advanced maternal age. Is there good evidence for this?

04/03/2026

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04/03/2026

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04/01/2026

This does NOT mean you can't have a hospital birth....it just means be informed.

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. 🫶🏼

04/01/2026

April is C-section Awareness Month.

Honestly… is a C-section really “easy”?

This image shows just some of the layers a mother’s body goes through
Skin. Fat. Fascia. Muscle. Peritoneum. Uterus.

Layer by layer… to bring a baby safely into the world.

And then she’s expected to get up, care for her baby, and recover at the same time.

That’s not the easy way out.
That’s strength. Real strength.

Your birth mattered.
Your experience counts.
And your scar tells a story.

Are you c-section mama ?

Share this for the mamas whose births deserve more respect ❤️

04/01/2026

Our culture has really embraced the idea of due dates.

We accept that they are a ‘thing’ even though they are totally man made, as I discuss in my new book, In Your Own Time: how western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop.

We allow due dates to dictate many of our actions, thoughts, conventions and conversations around pregnancy.

But many women and families will tell you that they and everything that goes along with them can be a source of considerable stress.

It’s really disheartening to know your due date but to have a professional (or, worse, a machine) insist on changing it.

It’s immensely stressful to have to fight to not have an induction when you KNOW your baby isn’t ready to be born.

As I wrote in In Your Own Time:

“Assigning a due date, allowing a machine to change it and then using that date to determine the end point of pregnancy sends a very clear message.

It conveys the idea than medical science knows more about when a baby should be born than either the baby herself or the woman whose body has created, grown and nourished her baby.”

But, when you look closely at what we know about the length of pregnancy, you find something rather curious.

You find that it isn’t based on good evidence.

In fact, you find – as I have done over the two decades that I have been researching this area - that, “the policy of induction at a certain point in pregnancy is largely based on fear, tradition, fashion and some outdated, misogynistic ideas rather than sound evidence.”

If you’d like to know more, visit https://www.sarawickham.com/time

03/26/2026

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03/25/2026

What if you had a table that compared ways of coping with labor pain head-to-head?

Labor Pain: What’s Your Best Strategy? includes that table and much, much more. The book provides evidence-based information on the pros and cons of all your options so you can make an informed choice and develop a plan that meets your goals.

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