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 | What are your Chances of Having a Natural Birth?Many pregnant women wonder what their chances are of achieving a natural birth. It is a common question asked on online forums, at hospital check-in visits and of midwives, doctors and other medical staff. But while discussion ensues about strategies to maximise your chances of a natural birth and ways to combat unnecessary interventions, the New South Wales Mothers and Babies Report 2010 puts a figure on it – 57.7%. That’s right. In 2010 only 57.7% of women achieved a normal vaginal birth. Find out more ... |
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Bouncing Back Postpartum"This is the message that caregivers, educators and women at large need to deliver loud and strong to all pregnant and postpartum women. Your postpartum form is neither unhealthy nor unattractive." This article captures the feelings and views on image for postpartum women and gives a positive message throughout it.Find out more ... |
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Successful VBAC with Gestational Diabetes"This is the story of the pregnancy and birth of my second son ... I had had the perfect labour, birth and baby." This article tells the story of how successful vaginal birth after caesarean with gestational diabetes and describes the events of a second pregnancy.Find out more ... |
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Wondering what to do with your placenta?“Well you also have the option to encapsulate your placenta and ingest it.”........ blank stares, open mouths, nervous giggles, or simply no registration at all. This is the normal response I see when talking about the third stage of labour in my calmbirth® classes. I have been encapsulating women’s placentas for over two years now and what once seemed to me like sacred “ooga booga” has now reached the brink of mainstream and almost all of the families I support as a doula Find out more ... |
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Mums and BubsForum Thread: Redeveloping physical fitness after having a baby offers challenges. Caring for an infant is tiring! Even if you're keen, can you exercise with your little one in tow or make care arrangements you're happy with? If you choose a class, will it accommodate your pregnancy recovery needs? The answer may be a mums and bubs class. Find out what our forum members had to say about mums and bubs exercise classes. Join in the conversation. Find out more ... |
