It’s important to pack a hospital bag even if you are planning to birth at home, so you have everything available should you need to transfer to the hospital for any reason. Read on to see what essential items our midwife recommends.

Preparing for the arrival of your little one can be such an exciting time, but it can be an expensive time too! We’ve created a more realistic guide with some essential items for your newborn that you may not have thought of, but will definitely make your life a whole lot easier.

Katie Mcguinnes explains what a natural birth is, how to achieve it and the risks and benefits of them.

As a new parent, ensuring you have everything you need when you’re going out with your baby for the 1st or 100th time makes life so much easier! So here’s our list of must haves for your day to day changing bag.

We asked the experts at Elvie their thoughts on the benefits, things to consider and useful tips to make your breast pumping journey an enjoyable one.

Katie Mcguinnes explains what's happening during each stage of labour, what your body is doing, how to know when it's happening and ways to manage it.

In honour of World Continence Week, with the help from the experts at Elvie, we’re shining a light on pelvic floor health.

Water births are becoming an increasingly popular way to give birth. They involve spending part of labour when surges become stronger, in water.

3 in 4 women or birthing people who decide to have a VBAC are successful, so what are the general benefits and risks to be aware of?

If you agree with your medical team that you would like to decline an induction for now and try alternative methods, here are 8 ways you can encourage labour.

Positive births can be the result of ALL types of birth. Women frequently report positive experiences from emergency caesareans, forceps, unmedicated vaginal births and every other type of birth.

If you’re wondering what the cover would be around hospitals in case you need anything, we have the lowdown from a midwife on how maternity care functions over the holidays.

There’s a common misconception that hypnobirthing can only be used for vaginal births and not for c-sections. But that’s just not true! Hypnobirthing techniques can (and in our view should!) be used for any kind of birth.

Antenatal means before birth, relating to pregnancy. But good antenatal education will also cover everything you need to know about birth and vital parts of the postnatal period. In this blog, we’re going to tell you about all the antenatal options out there, so you can find the right one for you.

Our resident midwife has compiled a list of hints, tips and ideas that might be useful to bear in mind as a Birth Partner. However the most important thing is to be led by the birthing person, aim to fulfil their needs, be their advocate if needed and aim to support them mentally and physically through birth.