by AlisonAdmin | Apr 5, 2022 | Latest News From Little Seeds Antenatal Oundle
Over the last 34 years (and before that as a student midwife!) I have had the opportunity and honour to stand beside many women and their birth partners, and be ‘with woman’, as they have laboured and birthed their babies. I have never lost the wonder in the...
by AlisonAdmin | Mar 14, 2022 | Latest News From Little Seeds Antenatal Oundle
Whether a new mother chooses to give a few breast feeds or continue to feed for months, starting and stopping should be her choice. It is really sad when lack of support means that the mother stops breastfeeding sooner than she planned or intended. Where does that...
by AlisonAdmin | Jan 22, 2022 | Latest News From Little Seeds Antenatal Oundle
I have fairly recently discovered the joy of audio books. One such book is ‘Be Where Your Feet Are’. I was captured by the title and, although the content has turned out to be not as good as expected, I have taken some insights of wisdom from it. Mindfulness has an...
by AlisonAdmin | Dec 20, 2021 | Latest News From Little Seeds Antenatal Oundle
When I say ‘Goodbye’ to expectant couples at the end of the fourth and final antenatal class there is a vibrant mixture between us all of excitement, hopes and maybe still a little nervous curiosity about the unknown that lies ahead. As I share information,...
by AlisonAdmin | Dec 1, 2021 | Latest News From Little Seeds Antenatal Oundle
It is important to know that ‘cot death’ or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is very rare (1 in 3,710 of all births in England and Wales). It strikes me that almost everything that we do involves a ‘risk’. Often, we don’t think about this at all, such as when we...
by AlisonAdmin | Nov 19, 2021 | Latest News From Little Seeds Antenatal Oundle
As both a midwife and a mother of many years I have long seen how the mind and body are strongly interconnected. Our thoughts affect our body, and our body affects our thoughts. In addition to this, we are affected by what our mind and body detect in our environment –...
