Miri’s birth story, an U2HBAC Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything. Miri’s birth story starts way...
Jessica’s Birth My memory of Jessica’s birth is a little faded after so many years, so please excuse it being a little ‘basic’. I had an awful time when I had been giving birth to Sean that dragged on for nearly three days, so decided that perhaps a homebirth...
Michel Odent touring New Zealand this May In conjunction with Capers Bookstore, Home Birth Aotearoa is proud to announce that Michel Odent will be hitting our shores this May to present his workshop Childbirth and the Evolution of Homo Sapiens. Obstetric practice is...
Media Release: Coroner’s Report Media Release in response to the recommendations in Coroner’s Report: Whānau of Casey Nathan, for immediate release, 3 February 2015 It is with the greatest empathy to the whānau of Casey Nathan and her son Kymani that Home Birth...
My Valentine’s Day surprise I found out I was pregnant on my birthday, which was a wonderful birthday present. When I called my sister in the U.K. the first thing she said was “are you going to have a homebirth? “My sister had had 2 successful home births. I replied...
