We feel so blessed to be showered in such wonderful feedback from our Friends and Family test questions. Thank you to all of our past clients who took time out of their busy lives to put pen to paper.
Click here to learn more about the NHS Friends and family Test https://surreyhillshomebirth.org/2016/06/24/what-is-the-friends-and-family-test/
Over night the team supported this amazing first time mum as she birthed her baby boy at home.
Every birth we attend is special but yesterday the team were incredibly privileged to look after this friend, and midwife college, and her family as they welcomed their first baby, (first human baby anyway!) in to the world.
#HomeBirthJustHappened #continuity
#SheBelievedSheCould #AlfTheDoulaDog
Another brilliantly busy start to the week with two mums birthing their babies at home on Monday. Meanwhile another strong mummy, supported by the team and cared for by our lovely @RSCH_Maternity colleagues, birthed her baby this morning! #Continuity #Teamwork #choice
Did you know that baby’s have needs before they are born and that Responsgive Parenting starts in pregnancy?
You can help your baby’s brain develop to in pregnancy by taking time out to relax and bond with them. This can be as simple as responding to your baby’s kicks with a gentle nudge of your own.
Talking, reading and/ or singing to your growing baby and stroking your bump are also wonderful ways to increase yours and your baby’s oxytocin and promote bonding and brain development.
You can invite your partner, children and other close family and friends to start to develop a relationship with your baby in the same way.
Learning your baby’s normal pattern of movements and responding to any changes helps to keep your baby safe.
Ask your midwife about Bump Bonding, Responsive Parenting and monitoring your baby’s movements in pregnancy.
#AskUs #Antenatal #Pregnancy #BrainDevelopment #Oxytocin #BumpBonding #BuildingAHappyBaby #KicksCount #ResponsiveParenting
Ask your midwife about how to involve your children and partner in bump bonding.
Encouraging other family members to feel the baby move and talk, sing and read to your bump encourages family bonding and promotes baby brain development.
#BrainDevelopment #BumpBonding #Antenatal #Pregnancy #SiblingBonding #FamilyBonding #Family #Oxytocin
Skin to skin is a wonderful way to greet your baby and help them transition from the uterus in to the world.
Skin to skin has been shown to help your baby regulate their temperature, heart rate and breathing and start to develop their immune system through the colonisation of their skin with friendly bacteria.
Being close to you helps your baby to feel safe, secure and loved. When they feel like this your baby will release the hormone Oxytocin which has a wonderful effect on brain development helping your baby to be happy and grow in to a confident child and later adult.
Skin to skin also enhances the release of oxytocin in Parents . This helps to contract the uterus after birth, reducing maternal blood loss, is essential for breastfeeding and is the hormone responsible for bonding.
Ask your midwife about how you can incorporate skin-to-skin in to your birth preferences.
Ask your midwife about bump bonding.
You can help your baby’s brain develop in pregnancy by taking time out to relax and bond with them.
Talking, reading and/ or singing to your growing baby, stroking your bump and learning your baby’s movement patterns are wonderful ways to increase yours and your baby’s oxytocin and promote bonding and brain development.
#AskUs #Antenatal #Pregnancy #BrainDevelopment #Oxytocin #BumpBonding #BuildingAHappyBaby
