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 trials and tribulations of the Birth Plan

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How to write a meaningful birth plan.

The birth plan has become an integral part of our modern birth culture. Most women, particular women wishing for a natural birth, will document what they want and what they don’t want for their labour and birth. But is it beneficial to [...]

Birth Activism or Mother Celebrations

It is needless to say that birth in our culture, is very different to what it used to be and  also to what it was meant to be. We save more mothers and babies than we used to in poorer times, but we are now at a place where the medicalisation of birth, is continuing [...]

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 [...]

Public or Private

In Australia today there are a few different options of birth place for women. You can birth in a private hospital, a public hospital, a birth centre, or at home. Not all options are available to women everywhere in Australia and home birth is not funded by the government in Australia at the moment. (But [...]