Preparing To Write Your Birth Preferences
When writing birth preferences, we want to prioritise thinking about ‘why we need’ something, rather than ‘what we want’. Here are some ideas on how to reflect on and prepare to write your birth preferences. Here, are some questions to consider which use very basic examples to help you to understand how we can be thinking about this.
THE BRAIN - A Guide To Making Decisions In Labour
Let’s look at how we can use ‘THE BRAIN’ to think about our choices and make informed decisions with minimal disruption and maximum empowerment.
Your Birth trauma is Not Your Fault
Some birth trauma is unavoidable, but the responsibility of the avoidable trauma doesn't lay at our feet as the birthers. It lays at the feet of those around us to respect our ownership and help us feel safe, loved and cared for. We do the best we can with what we have. So why does birth trauma happen?
SAFETY - A guide to feeling safe in birth
A positive birth experience is about ownership, feeling loved, cared for and safe. Safety in birth has objective and subjective considerations. There is so much to be said surrounding safety in birth. For now, let’s focus on some things you can do to feel safe during birth…
A Healthy Baby Is Not All that Matters…
“A healthy baby is all that matters.” Heard that before? I have heard that phrase tossed around mindlessly in the aftermath of many women’s disappointing or traumatic births. It’s a phrase with the best of intentions but potential worst effects. What can we do when our birth experience leaves us grieving?