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A Home Birth Consideration

A Home Birth Consideration

Posted by Nichola Shaw on 18th Apr 2023

When my husband and I were thinking about what we wanted the birth of our second child to look and feel like, we knew we wanted it to be different than our first. Although my first labour was not overly traumatic, there had been some unnecessary interventions and some disempowering experiences in hospital. We pictured a low intervention, physiological birth and felt supported in this when we were …
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Jess's Home Birth with Akari

Jess's Home Birth with Akari

Posted by Jessica on 26th Jan 2023

Akari's Birth was Jessica’s second home birth. Jessica birthed her first baby Elias at home in 2020 due to Covid restrictions and the possibility of not having her  support partner and a waterbirth at hospital. After a successful, beautiful and intervention-free birth (despite being classified high risk due to Gestational Diabetes and Graves’ disease) Jessica realised and decided she cou …
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Mila’s Birth... A Home Birth...Written By Dad

Mila’s Birth... A Home Birth...Written By Dad

Posted by Dave Treleaven on 25th Jan 2023

THE BIRTH OF MILA“How are you feeling now?” I asked after answering my phone.“They are getting a bit stronger now, I was in tears before.” Mirjana replied.“Ok I’m coming home now.”“You don’t have to, I’m ok.”“I’m on my way.”We knew when the cramps started the night before that today could be the day, and with the progressive but slow increase in frequency it seemed that we were getting closer. We …
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Natural Pain Relief Options in Labour

Natural Pain Relief Options in Labour

Posted by on 24th Jan 2023

I’m hoping that women take this little blog info on board and utilise what they feel comfortable and compatible with, because I’m certain it will be of benefit to any labouring woman, who would prefer to limit or refrain from using pharmaceutical pain relief offered at the maternity hospital.Most women who have laboured would say that labour was the most painful, exhausting experience they have e …
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