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In the quiet of Sunday morning, we welcomed our beautiful fourth baby, Arthur. This was my fourth natural birth and my second time birthing at home - an experience made even more special by the warmth of the birth pool we chose to hire this time. I’m so grateful we did as it transformed my labour into something truly incredible. Labour began on Saturday evening but as the hours passed, …

Language and words affect expecting women so much so that it affects the way their labour and birth.Pregnant women are exposed to many stories and many opinions throughout their whole pregnancy.Unfortunately most of what women hear are the horror stories. The horror stories are seen on social media, negative birth stories re-told by family, friends and work colleagues. Perhaps the obstetiric …

Ash is a:First time Mum• Planned water birth at home through public hospital Midwifery Group Practice program• IVF/ICSI pregnancy• Used hypnobirthing techniques• Unplanned public hospital admission (instrumental and medicated delivery)• Didn't know sex of baby before birth• Two midwifery students present (one known to/assigned to me; the other was with my midwife that day and I allowed them to com …

We had such a lovely experience with the water birth of our second son. With quite a short labour this time around (just under 4hrs), it was quite intense! Once we realised how quickly things were progressing, my husband raced to fill the birth pool and it was such a beautiful sensation to be able to clamber in and calmly birth our baby under the comforting warm water just like we'd hoped, right …

Labour TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) machines are supportive during labour for several reasons. The main reason i find that women wish to use them is because they want to have a natural vaginal delivery. TENS machine is a main pain relief tool in labour, supporting women to avoid pharmaceutical intervention which often leads to the cascade of interventions.Reason to use a TENS …