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Submitted by MammyDoula on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 14:47

One of my gorgeous ladies called me the other day.  She'd been having problems with sore nipples.  

It turns out her daughter not only had a tongue tie, but also had a bubble palate.  Despite all of this, she managed to get more than enough milk to keep midwives and health visitors happy.  Mum is producing copious amounts of milk.  Once all of this had been sorted, my lovely lady took her daughter to be weighed.  When she called me to update me she told me which percentile her daughter was on.

A Tale of Two Births

Submitted by MammyDoula on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 01:27

I adore twin births.  I admit to bias as a twin mum myself...

My own twins were a transverse lie, so the vaginal option was out for me, and I take joy when I see other twin mums get the birth that I didn't.

Ask Me About Breastfeeding Twins (Part 2)

Submitted by MammyDoula on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 22:50

On becoming pregnant with twins, women are told of the dangers of the babies coming early

 

This is one of the

Letter to my firstborn

Submitted by MammyDoula on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:06

The evening that you were born was strange to me. 

They took you from my body and told me that it was because of my failure.  My body had failed to progress beyond 4cm and your heart rate was falling.  No-one told me that that was a risk I had taken when I accepted the epidural at the insistence of the Midwife.  I hadn't prepared myself for your arrival.  I was pretty clueless.  I told myself that I would be a good enough mother.  Not for me the dizzying heights of perfection. 

Ask Me About Breastfeeding Twins (part 1)

Submitted by MammyDoula on Thu, 08/04/2011 - 11:45

Ask me about breastfeeding twins

When breastfeeding isn't an automatic bond...

Submitted by MammyDoula on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 07:39

I talk to a lot of women about their pregnancies, their births, their babies and their breastfeeding experiences

 

They all say so many different things.  I was particularly struck by a conversation that I had with one mum recently that made me stop and think about things that others have said and things that I have felt myself.

"I have read a lot of books about breastfeeding and I don't get that bonding experience that everyone talks about..."

In Praise of Midwives

Submitted by MammyDoula on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 18:43

The term Midwife means 'with woman'.  

What a gorgeous phrase.  With woman.  There are many good Midwives who simply are 'with women'.  They sit and wait.  They understand that women's bodies birth babies and that pizzas are delivered.  They know that babies sometimes take their time in exiting.  There is no rush, no need to speed things along. 

Don't turn THEN indicate

Submitted by MammyDoula on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 13:06

Why do we signpost our actions after we have begun them?

Just a quick Wednesday morning grrr before moving on to the important things.  As I was crossing the road with the Wee Weapons (my 7 year old twins), a car turned the corner and then indicated.  Why would he do that?  Had no-one told him that you signal your intention and then you manoeuvre?  Clearly not.  Having just missed us, he carried on his merry way.  Bless him.

Grandmother's Footsteps

Submitted by MammyDoula on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 23:04

"You won't be able to breastfeed.  I couldn't!"

I can't begin to count how often I have heard the mothers of my ladies say that as they look at their daughters during the early days.  Something that made me really sad was hearing of the young mum whose mother told her this:
"Your baby isn't crying tears.  It's because your milk is bad."  The young mum gave up immediately.  Her sister is hoping to be more informed on hearing that perhaps her mother had gotten it wrong.

Subcontracting our parental instincts

Submitted by MammyDoula on Sat, 04/30/2011 - 10:08

Subcontracting our parental instincts

It was a simple comment made by the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg that got me thinking.  I know, how scary.  Nick Clegg got me thinking!