If you’re approaching your due date, there’s a fair chance somebody will mention your placenta. Perhaps you’ve heard: “Your placenta starts to deteriorate after 40 weeks.” “Your placenta might stop working.” “Baby needs to be born before the placenta fails.” That sounds pretty alarming. After all, the placenta is your baby’s lifeline during pregnancy. If somebody tells you it could stop working, saying yes to an induction can suddenly feel less like a choice and more like the

If you’re pregnant in Edinburgh, West Lothian, Falkirk or the wider Forth Valley, chances are you’ve already heard the phrase: “Your baby is measuring big.” It sounds harmless, but for many parents it’s the start of what I call the curse of the big baby. A casual comment can spark anxiety, chip away at body confidence, and lead families down a road of interventions such as induction, caesarean, increased monitoring ... only for the baby to arrive at a perfectly average weight