If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent a fair amount of your pregnancy wondering what labour will actually feel like. Will I know when I’m in labour? Will my water break and gush everywhere like it does on the movies? Will I have to rush to hospital? I also spent a lot of time Googling …
If you’re researching home birth, or are interested in having your own, you’ll know that one of the big draw cards with a home birth is the comfort factor. Even those who are preparing for a hospital birth will often stay home as long as possible because it’s so much more comfortable there. That being …
The debate between a having a home birth or a hospital birth is one that runs deep. It is a highly emotional topic for some, which is completely understandable. Despite people touting the line ‘as long as you have a healthy baby’, the way your labour and birth plays out can have a significant and …
I’ve often heard that labour is more like a marathon and that we should prepare for it like it is one. You don’t just show up to a marathon and ‘wing it’. You prepare yourself, physically and mentally. It was the ‘mentally’ part that really surprised me when it came to preparing for my home …
As we’ve already established, I’m a big lover of lists. Like, I looooove them. They can help us feel more in control (I like being in control, okay?), they help us clear our mind of erratic thoughts, and they help us communicate our wants and needs. When it comes to your home birth, having checklists …
I’m a bit of a list lover… okay, that’s an understatement. I am obsessed with lists. Writing them makes me feel like I’m a little more in control and it helps me to sort my thoughts out. When it came to pregnancy, labour, birth, the fourth trimester and general motherhood craziness, I turned to lists …
Now more than ever we are seeing women move towards birthing at home. This mass exodus from the conventional ways of birth has been triggered by the current health crisis. Women just don’t want to birth or have their vulnerable newborns in hospitals, seen to be high risk localities. As a Private Midwife, I attend …
If you’ve found yourself here, you’re probably ready to ‘get this kid out!’ If I was your Midwife, you’d be sitting in my office, maybe a bit teary, maybe with lots of questions, maybe a little bit in meltdown mode as you’re well and truly over it. I’d be listening to you, supporting you, motivating …
If you have ever experienced vulnerability with another, where if there are two people (sometimes more), you’re both exposed and vulnerable, then maybe you already know the look or gaze that occurs between the one that is witnessing and the one that is enduring, The experience of, ‘Am I being seen? Am I being heard? …
The birth of a placenta is referred to as the third stage of labour. The first stage being the bulk of the labour itself, and the second being the pushing/birth stage. Although the party isn’t over after your babe is born, fortunately the placenta doesn’t have bones, and it is relatively painless to birth. It …