A metric for pain By Sian Hannagan Home Birth Matters : Issue 3.2 Winter 2016 We need to stop using birth as a metric for pain. A few years ago I had a wisdom tooth out, during the healing process I got dry socket, a complication with healing that can be painful. I...
2022 National Home Birth Conference and Hui About the Event 29th & 30th October. Narrows Landing 431 Airport Road, Hamilton 3282. Saturday Conference: Key note speakers, workshops, information tables, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea. Sunday Hui: Kei a wai...
Brianna’s Birth Story After a night of food, family, discussion (and even some Dutch tourists coming to camp on the grounds), I listened to my pregnancy/labour meditations and went to bed, peaceful calm and relaxed. It’s always lovely to have family...
Level 4 Lockdown homebirth By Harriet Thomas I had always liked the idea of a homebirth. Most people’s default option seems to be a hospital birth, and yet, I have never met anyone who has regretted their decision to have a home birth. I was fortunate...
The homebirth of Alice, during a level 4 lockdown By Lucie Kinzett Photos by Lucie’s support midwife It was a Friday in April 2020, 3 weeks into a level four country wide lockdown when I felt the first stirrings. I was snuggled up on the couch with my two...