Partners and doulas make the best birth team
Why you the birth partner, needs to have me, the doula, on your birth team. You are happy to go with the flow, you think …
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Birth Partners – Supporting Better Birth Outcomes
2023 – What a wonderful time to be a birth partner. Birth partners can now play an active role in the birth space, a massive …
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Doulas, homebirth and freebirth – is it illegal?
Hi, my name is Vicki Hobbs from Back to Basics Birthing and my business has been operating since 2004, so I consider myself a fairly …
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Active Birth – The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally
This is a book review for Active Birth – The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally by author Janet Balaskas. This book review was written …
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How can I prepare for my labour and birth?
So, you have just found out that you’re pregnant, congratulations on the amazing news, I’m sure you have millions of questions you would like answered. Below, …
Have you got skin (to skin) in the game?
Skin to skin is when your naked little, fresh-out-of-the-oven bub lays on a bare chest. In an ideal world, baby is on mum’s chest, however, …
Book Review – The Birth Space
The Birth Space – A Doula’s Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond written by Gabrielle Nancarrow. Book Review by doula India Simpson. “If there is …
Celebrating the Birthing Goddess
Celebrating the Birthing Goddess The importance of celebrating birthing women. I want to begin with a story, of an ancestor of mine who lived long …
Book Review – Hypnobirthing The Mongan Method
A Book Review By Melinda Evans “Hypnobirthing – The Mongan Method” by Marie F. Mongan, M.Ed., M.Hy. is available as both a paperback version and …
Top 10 Tips for a Positive Birthing Experience
Written by Doula Aynsley Rope I want you to imagine that you have had your baby and have a friend around post birth for a coffee …