Fear of Birth

Women have birthed babies successfully for millenniums. We don’t know if they were scared. Some of them probably were. It would be pretty unnatural not to have worries and even fear of something so epic and unknown in many ways. The difference, I suppose is that women in the past, partly was part of birth [...]

BaBs in the news

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Older articles mentioning Pernille.

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/03/16/kids-ok-to-share-bed-expert-sids-manietta/

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2010/04/20/no-written-manual-babies/

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The key to meaningful birth preparation

The key to meaningful birth preparation: Prepare for pain, intensity and the unexpected

There seem to be a common belief in our culture today; that as long as a woman thinks positively about birth & is determined to birth without drugs, then that will give her a good birth. And if a woman worries [...]

Soulful birth preparation

Most couples in Australia do pre-natal preparation classes before the birth of their child. Most of us feel it is important to get information about this big event, which is foreign to most of us in our culture today. For others it is about taking time to focus on baby, in their otherwise busy lives [...]

Is Birth Getting Harder?

Based on a presentation by midwife and lecturer Rachel Reed. Check out her very informative website: MidwifeThinking

Birth is rarely described as easy, and in today’s culture birth is surrounded by lots of fear and feelings of danger and risk. However, for most women the safest and healthiest way to birth is a normal, vaginal [...]