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Parents or Judges, Juries and Jailers?

23rd June 2019 By doulamaddie 2 Comments

My daughter Libby, who taught me so much about parenting

Would you order your life partner to stop swearing? Or manhandle them onto the naughty step? How about sending your girlfriend to her bedroom? Would you consider it appropriate if your husband sent you to bed or dictated what you wore?   The chances are, if one adult acted towards another Continue Reading

Planning a Wedding

29th November 2013 By doulamaddie 2 Comments

This is a guest blog post from my dear, imaginary friend Janet. She wrote me a letter recently with the happy news that she is expecting to get married in the spring. It is copied here verbatim. "Dear Maddie, It was so nice to hear all your news! I'm well too and I have some good news for you - Continue Reading

Breastfeeding Support-Doulas: Boundaries and Benefits

26th March 2013 By doulamaddie 2 Comments

I've spent my working life thinking about boundaries in one capacity or another and have been through the pain of working out why it's important for me to understand where my role begins and ends as a doula, breastfeeding counsellor and doula course leader and believe me, sometimes it's difficult to Continue Reading

Getting Between the Sheets of the Bed-Sharing Debate

8th May 2011 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

In the true spirit of this site, we'd like to make sure our readers have access to the facts about bed-sharing - especially in the light of press coverage about the SWISS study. A couple of facts: A cot death means a death in a cot - not in the parental bed. The correct term is SIDS - Sudden Infant Continue Reading

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