Maternal Anxiety
Posted by Karen Faulkner onAnxiety is a far more common issue with new mums than postnatal depression. For many women, anxiety, not sadness, is what they feel after having their baby.It can start in pregnancy and once the baby...
Becoming a Midwife and going back to the village
Posted by Karen Faulkner onVillage Life Nurse Bracken is the reason I became a midwife. Growing up in a tiny English village, Levens, in the South of Cumbria near the Lake District, where families had their own midwife. It's...
What you need to know about a babymoon
Posted by Karen Faulkner onMore parents are taking a babymoon before welcoming a new baby into their life. Approximately 1:5 parents have it on their bucket list. They are seeing it as one last opportunity to holiday as a...
Caesarian sections and the effect on the baby's gut - benefits of probiotics
Posted by Karen Faulkner onIt's not very often that Karen has a WOW moment when she reads some medical research, but it has arrived and it's huge.We've known for a while that allergies in babies and children have had...