10 ways to Ease your mind and your bits when going to the loo after birth
Going to the loo after having your baby may be a bit of a faff, but here are some things you can to do ease your mind and your bits…
What It Really Means To ‘Trust Your Body’ In Birth
Trusting your body is not simply believing that it will do as it should, no questions asked! It requires us to meticulously get to know our bodies, questioning how we feel and respond to it.
Kira’s Birth Story
Kira shares with us her positive birth story of her first child at home.
When The Fear, Doubts and Questions Come During Birth
When aiming to have a positive birth experience, we may sometimes feel led by external and internal voices to believe we are only allowed to feel and express positive thoughts, emotions and actions; suppress our apprehensions, silence our questions, and conquer the fear.
Preparing To Write Your Birth Preferences
When writing birth preferences, we want to prioritise thinking about ‘why we need’ something, rather than ‘what we want’. Here are some ideas on how to reflect on and prepare to write your birth preferences. Here, are some questions to consider which use very basic examples to help you to understand how we can be thinking about this.
THE BRAIN - A Guide To Making Decisions In Labour
Let’s look at how we can use ‘THE BRAIN’ to think about our choices and make informed decisions with minimal disruption and maximum empowerment.
Your Birth trauma is Not Your Fault
Some birth trauma is unavoidable, but the responsibility of the avoidable trauma doesn't lay at our feet as the birthers. It lays at the feet of those around us to respect our ownership and help us feel safe, loved and cared for. We do the best we can with what we have. So why does birth trauma happen?
PLEASE - A Guide to support your partner in birth
The role of the birth partner is a privilege with great responsibility. You have love and care to bring in the form of emotional and practical support. These quick tips to please your partner will help guide you.
SAFETY - A guide to feeling safe in birth
A positive birth experience is about ownership, feeling loved, cared for and safe. Safety in birth has objective and subjective considerations. There is so much to be said surrounding safety in birth. For now, let’s focus on some things you can do to feel safe during birth…
Preparing For The Journey Of Birth
Labour and birth is very much like a journey. There is a start and a finish with all sorts of twists and turns, highs and lows along the way. As with any journey, we can give ourselves the best chance of a positive experience in the ways we prepare.
A Healthy Baby Is Not All that Matters…
“A healthy baby is all that matters.” Heard that before? I have heard that phrase tossed around mindlessly in the aftermath of many women’s disappointing or traumatic births. It’s a phrase with the best of intentions but potential worst effects. What can we do when our birth experience leaves us grieving?