Thoughts, stories and ideas.

Why a private midwife is not a doula, and why that difference matters

You have probably heard of doulas by now. Perhaps a friend used one and spoke warmly of the experience. Perhaps you have seen them in the same conversations as hypnobirthing instructors and birth photographers, in that general category of taking your birth seriously. They are increasingly visible in London'

From pregnancy to family life: announcing our partnership with Fox & Cubs

We are proud to partner with Fox & Cubs, award-winning nanny and private staff agency, to help our families plan for every chapter of parenthood: from pregnancy and birth through to the family life that comes after.

The 6-Week check won't tell you if you're really recovering. This will.

The 6-week GP check is a starting point, not a recovery plan. Discover why combining expert midwifery care with a Women's Health Physio assessment gives you the full picture.

Stronger Together: Where Movement Meets Community In Pregnancy

Frame's Mumhood community just got bigger. The Motherhood Practice is partnering with Frame to bring prenatal community groups to pregnant women in London. Here's why it matters.

Therapy alone isn’t going to fix what’s missing in maternal health care

This fact might surprise you: Mental illness is the number one complication of pregnancy and the postnatal period. Not high blood pressure. Not postpartum haemorrhage. Nothing “physical” comes close - in terms of numbers - to the amount of reports clinicians receive regarding mental health.

Gestational Diabetes: What the NHS doesn't have time to give you

Just diagnosed with gestational diabetes? Here's what good midwifery care looks like when your pregnancy becomes high-risk, and what you shouldn't have to navigate alone. You weren't expecting the call. Or perhaps it was a letter, or a message through the NHS app, brief

After everything it took to get here: Why pregnancy after IVF can feel like falling off a cliff

IVF pregnancy comes with anxiety the NHS isn't set up to hold. Here's why having the same midwife throughout is life changing. You spent years getting here. Perhaps two rounds of IVF, perhaps more. Miscarriages. The blood tests at 6am. The injections. The two-week waits that

The midwife who knows you

What continuity of midwife care actually means, and what the evidence says it changes.

The midwife who stays when your pregnancy gets complicated

Specialist-led care manages your condition. A named midwife manages you. Here is why both matter. You did not expect the call. Or perhaps you did, because you had been quietly bracing for it since the scan, since the blood test, since the moment a consultant used a phrase that sent