"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child and the smiling faces. Smell the rain and feel the wind. Live your life to its fullest potential and fight for your dream."

- Ashley Smith

Useful links - birthing

Cariad Birthing on Facebook

Tracy Jones's YouTube channel featuring birth related videos

HypnoBirthing - US

HypnoBirthing - UK

Michelle Every of Every Birth is a birth and post-natal doula for Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire. She is experienced in and very supportive of calm births.

Find a doula in your area.

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines on Induction of Labour

British Medical Journal article on delayed cord cutting by David J R Hutchon (10 November 2010) and extract of article by Andrew Weeks (16 August 2007)