What is SoundBirth?
A SoundBirth is when a woman’s contractions are accompanied by the resonant sound of a crystal singing bowl giving her ‘permission’ to use her voice …
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Book Review – The Women’s Doc. Hero or Hinderance?
Book – The Women’s Doc by Caroline de Costa. Book Review written by doula Krista Cue. Can you truly know what you believe if you …
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How does advanced maternal age affect pregnancy and birth?
Advanced maternal age (AMA) is a term that is used to describe pregnant women over a certain age bracket. Unfortunately the term is not clearly …
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Retained Placenta: The What, the How and the What’s Next
Have you heard of a retained placenta? If you have, it’s probably been at the end of a particularly worrying birth story, but if you …
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Aromatherapy and essential oils in labour
Essential oils have become somewhat of a craze in recent years thanks to companies like Young Living and doTERRA. It seems like there is an …
Book Review – In Your Own Time by Dr Sara Wickham
Book Review- ‘In Your own Time’, ‘How western medicine controls the start of labour and how this needs to stop’, by Dr Sara Wickham. I …
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Why are Birth Plans important?
The Importance of a Birth Plan ~ Why have a birth plan? Why is it important? Is it necessary? We are all wired so uniquely …
Your placenta is too old so is it time to induce?
One of the things that women get told as they get towards their estimated due date (EDD) and in particular, post EDD, is that their …
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Postpartum traditional rituals
I had my eldest son back in my home country of Malaysia. Despite not having the birth experience I really wanted (I tried having a …
Book Review – Why Induction Matters
Book Review – Why Induction Matters, by Dr Rachel Reed This review was submitted by Ashleigh Rankin, Doula Why Induction Matters was written by Dr …