In a health system where language tends toward the careful and the qualified, the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation used unusually plain words. Having the same midwife throughout pregnancy, at birth and in postpartum (aka continuity of carer) is "not a luxury, it is a clinical safety mechanism."
The National Maternity Investigation's findings are damning and accurate. Here's why its recommendations won't change your care in time, and what will.
Hannah was pregnant with her first child. She was doing everything she was supposed to do, attending her appointments at the hospital and turning up on time. And yet, somewhere in the middle of it all, something felt quietly wrong. The appointments were short. The midwife was different each time.
Camille came to us in her third trimester, anxious about her second birth. Here's how bespoke birth preparation changed everything.
When a private 3rd-trimester scan revealed a rare cardiac condition, K. and J. needed more than medicine. They needed a midwife who who knew them.
When we started The Motherhood Practice, we hoped we could make a real difference to women during one of the most significant periods of their lives. We didn't dare imagine feedback like this.
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'
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 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.
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.
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.
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,