While pregnant you may find yourself chatting to your growing bump, maybe even singing. Have you considered reading to your bump? My mother had told me that I should talk to my baby, just chat away…describe what you are doing or seeing, or hearing…sing songs…this is how baby will learn to speak. The important …
The maternity system provides ‘standard’ or ‘routine’ care. What can you expect for your maternity care? From the moment a woman begins her medical care, she becomes a number. She stands on a metaphorical conveyor belt, and her pregnancy is processed and treated according to the ‘standard’ of care. View this post on Instagram …
The ‘vogon day’ happens to us all, maybe you have had a vogon week, your throat is sore, your voice is lost – you want the earth to open up and take you – you may as well be invisible..You would not stand for someone else speaking to your kids or behaving so in front of them…but there …
Our child does not have to be trained to speak. They learn to speak by copying, by listening, by being spoken to. Once this skill is achieved, it leads to reading, and writing. Language is a gift, absorbed through immersion. It is the result of a literacy rich environment, with loving guidance and modelling, opportunity and growth. Our child does …
updated postScientific Birth is birth as nature intended, without intervention. Technological Birth relates to the interventions. Understand both. Determine for yourself whether or not a technological aspect to your birth is necessary. Go with the Flow or pack a Paddle?Who you birth with (care provider and non-medical support) will influence how technical your birth will be, so if a scientific birth is important to you – align your support with the less technical care […]
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Is this going to end well?
Informed Birth Preparation puts you in the drivers seat. You get to determine the route, including any detours. You choose the music, the companions and guide the conversation. Taking the drivers seat takes some responsibility. And it gives you immense power. In this post, we explore what it takes to have an informed and positive birth, and discover the benefits of taking the effort and stepping […]
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Now published – About Bloody Time: the menstrual revolution we have to have from Victorian Women’s Trust on Vimeo.I received this book after pledging in the Crowd Funding campaign. It is beautifully presented, with the times and powerfully feminine. And it shines a light directly on the ‘unspeakable’.The Victorian Women’s Trust surveyed over 3000 women and girls about their experiences. They also investigated feelings towards menopause. What this revealed was shocking and d […]
Today, I’m soap-boxing about midwifery topics, and I’d love for you guys to consider these two images. Two healthy mamas, each with two healthy babies. No big deal really, except that in both of these cases, one of the babies belonging to each mother was a complete surprise at birth – an unexpected twin. One […] …
