The latest MBRRACE 2026 report (or to give it it’s full title: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2026 – Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2022-24) was published last month. And now I’ve had an opportunity to read and digest the information, I’d
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Health professionals love to give advice about ‘healthy eating’… We see the phrase everywhere. But they rarely say what they mean by it! And often when you are given advice, it’s overly simplistic, patronising, or not culturally aware. So I was delighted to happen across this recipe book for diabetes in pregnancy. It’s called “Tasty
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Yesterday, I was extremely privileged to be invited to an event INSIDE Parliament! Mothers for Mothers were celebrating their 45th birthday and the launch of their report: This Is Our Truth: A Grassroots Call to Reimagine Perinatal Mental Health Care. You might remember the adverts on here for it, or even have taken part in
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I started the BigBirthas website for a number of reasons. One was because I wanted to give birth in the local Midwifery Led Units (MLUs) and was denied both times. I ended up having a home birth with my second, which was AMAZING, and I’d recommend the experience to anyone. But… …would I choose home
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