Why Consent can not be trusted
Imagine if we were decision focused instead of consent focused.
Imagine if we supported physiology rather then relied on technology.
It’s easy if you try.
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Humanised Birth: the minimal standard
Our current approach to maternity is far short of what the minimal for maternity should be. In a society that values mothers, we would see a minimal standard based on compassion, connection and confidence. We would be celebrating and honouring the transformation, and doing everything we could to ensure women transition whole and powerful. We …
The Maternity Crisis in Australia is worsening:
why the silence? One in three Australian mothers experience physical and emotional birth trauma. One in 10 emerges with post-traumatic stress disorder. For many it begins with induction. From there women are at risk of the cascade of consent. First time mothers have over 40% chance of induced birth. Between 2000 and 2016 induction of labour …
Do you have what it takes?
The medicalised approach to maternity leaves women feeling processed. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Birthing Your Power
Birthing is not innate, Not in this Modern World Our instincts may be masked and crushed We may find ourselves being processed Our questions being hushed. For many women birth is something they Survive A life event without honour or joy It is enough to just get through with a healthy girl or boy. For …
Becoming Mother
We have a huge problem in our society. And it is not that women need time and support to ‘recover’ from birth. The problem is we have developed a culture of segregation: where babies and mothers are not immersed in the ‘every day’ where children are sent off to school and adults to work where …
Birth beyond Leboyer
The Year was 1975.It was International Women’s Year. Colour TV came to Australia and The Netherlands won Eurovision with ‘Ding-a-dong’.It was the year Frederick Leboyer published Birth without Violence. In the led up to 1975, women fought to be heard. In the 45 years since, the fight continues.Whilst gains have been made, some very fundamental needs have been neglected. And not for lack of voices.By 1975, the way we were born had changed dramatically. Fr […]
Autonomy in Childbirth – Why it Matters
Many women don’t seem to realise they CAN question the doctor, let alone seek another opinion or change care providers. As a society we have been groom to unquestionably trust the doctor. This patriarchal model of medical care works very efficiently, and assumes everyone has the same values, needs and abilities. This patriarchal model places …
Birth – is it a matter of luck
Birth, for the modern human, is not without difficulty. Does a positive birth come down to luck,or is it a matter of Good Management? or could it be something else? We are high-level thinkers and social beings…this impacts our ability to birth. Some women experience birth without the need for assistance. And some women are …
The Game of Birth
There is an unspoken reality lurking in the undertones of maternity care.It is sinister and unconscious, a toxic unawareness that seeps into all communications and puts the weight of expectation onto The Woman.I will call this The Game of Birth. The Elephant in the Womb. The unspoken rules of the maternity system. It is a game about power, about control. A game of Dark and Light. The aim of the game is to keep it light. The rules are simple, but never implicit.&nbs […]