Tag: Cesarean
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Call me a Chameleon!

I realised through my own personal experience the true value of having birth support who can comfortably switch birth settings, who can effortlessly adjust to the mood and atmosphere as birth unfolds and everything shifts dynamically. For me the ability to be a chameleon seems intrinsic to the nature of a birth keeper…to be a…
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My Very First Brelfie (in honour of World Breastfeeding Week 2016)

I’m often torn between sharing my personal stories or not – torn from a professional perspective and torn from a personal perspective. From a professional perspective as doulas we are taught that in the name of providing non judgemental and unconditional support we must be cautious when sharing personal stories so as to keep things…
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Caesarean Birth Recovery – 45 Tips for Healing

I’m guessing you are here because your birth story included a Csection. Perhaps it was planned, perhaps not. Either way you are now healing from major surgery. OK, I know that technically speaking a Csection is not “major surgery” because the uterus – the giver and nurturer of human life – is not considered to…
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Caesarean Birth Recovery – 45 Tips for Healing
Now, as many clients and friends will testify, I am a great believer and fan of the body’s ability to heal itself miraculously – but given that there is so much going on for you after having had a baby, a major surgery and a major rite of passage – a little helping hand to…
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~ In this room ~

In this room; I dreamt of you. In this room; I prayed for you. In this room; I chanted to you. In this room; I imagined you. In this room; my hands traced your protruding limbs. In this room; I grew you, you grew me. In this room; I giggled at your hiccups, I prodded…
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Are we unwittingly perpetuating fear of C-sections; and contributing to birth trauma outcomes by doing so???

You’ve all read the headlines, the sensationalist introduction to link to new studies on the latest medical research, the byline underneath the headline: “Moms beware! C-section may harm your baby’s ‘concentration’ “ “Mother’s agony as anaesthetic wore off during C-section” “Are women losing ability to give birth naturally? They’re relying too much on C-sections and…
