by Tricia | Jan 10, 2017 | Birth, EFT
Well certainly not for birth – planning for birth needs preparation – mental, physical, emotional preparation as well building knowledge about the physical act of birth. Consider a marathon runner – what would she do to prepare for her marathon? Especially if she was...
by Tricia | Oct 4, 2016 | Birth
***** TRIGGER WARNING ***** (touches on babies born sleeping, infant loss, difficult births and obstetric violence/birth trauma) . . . . Without a doubt it can. Sadly. For the vast majority of women, around 2/3rds of women – childbirth and/or the arrival of a...
by Tricia | Feb 13, 2015 | Birth
What do we mean by positive birth? When I talk about a positive birth, it’s where a mother’s feel empowered, that they’ve had ownership over the decisions about their birth as they’ve had access to good quality information, where mums have felt...
by Tricia | Jan 11, 2015 | Birth
Informed consent is a practice provided by medical teams during the birth of a baby or babies – mums may consent over the use of interventions such as for induction, pain relief, surgery. However, what is it that they are consenting over? Often it’s the side effects...
by Tricia | Oct 12, 2014 | Birth
Last weekend I had a life-changing experience sitting for three days in a circle with amazing and inspiring women. I decided in spring this year to train as a doula – I thought having a more holistic understanding of birth and motherhood would really help me to...
