My Joyous Birth Story: Excerpt + Interview with Rebecca Dettman from A Modern Woman’s Guide to a Natural Empowering Birth Rebecca writes….. Last year I was lucky enough to connect with Melbournian Katrina Zaslavsky, who is the driving force behind the most positive, joyful, self-empowering, modern amaaaaazing book on natural birth I’ve come across. The […]
Positive Birth Stories
I’ll never forget that feeling: the birth of my little man
The birth of my little man 14/12/13 On Thursday 12/12/13 I did my food shop as usual and came home a little tired. I went to the toilet and noticed a gush of fluid. I called midwife who advised to put on a pad and monitor fluid loss . After weeks of pre labour I […]
VBAC story: eternally grateful that all the stars aligned for me….
My VBAC Story – 26/09/2013 It all started on Thursday 26/9/13, at around 10:30am with what I’d describe as period pain like cramps which eventually became more regular. I spent most of the morning on my fit ball, listening to music, burning clary sage, spending time with my son and hubby as what would be […]
The Homebirth of Asher
One hundred years ago, the home birth of Asher would have been considered the norm at a time when 99% of pregnant women were birthing at home, however in 2008, when I announced my plan to give birth to my second child at home, with the assistance of two midwives (but no obstetrician), it was […]
I will not allow myself nor anyone else tell me that I cannot do something
Amazingly, I delivered my sixth baby Saturday September 14th at 12:24 am. I was in the hospital majority of the day on the monitor with nothing happening. I was sent home at about 9:45 pm. Starting contracting consistently the moment we walked out the hospital. We drove all the way to our place, which is […]
Welcome baby Jack – tale of a self confessed control freak
While in my late pregnancy, a group of friends and I were discussing where we were having our babies. Someone piped up and suggested that of course I would be having my baby in a private hospital and popping a bottle of Moet moments after the birth. Well, only the latter is close to the […]