George’s Birth Story We bought a housebus, an 1954 Bedford SB3, off some family friends whose gypsy travelling days were behind them. It was set up with everything – bedroom, kitchen, bathroom – but it had been quietly rusting away, leaking in the rain, musty...
Birth of Bali Rose By Keely B Birth was not something we talked about in our home growing up, in fact I remember feeling scared about giving birth before I was even a teenager. I had seen it movies; a woman in hospital screaming, sweating, begging for drugs,...
A Basket for Birth. By Rose Fisher Dec 2015 I’m often asked, “What do you need for a homebirth?” For many homebirth, elicits images of boiling water, grabbing towels and a pair of scissors. My response to this question is well, technically nothing. Women already have...
Rhythms of Marama. By Rachel Pearson Apr 2017 My name is Rachel, and I am a daughter of the Divine through the lineages of the Pearson, Zame, Vella, Calder clans. My high places are Panekire Bluff and the Kaweka Ranges, my watery places are Lake Waikaremoana and the...
Growing Homebirth. By Tammi Heap Mar 2015 We as humans trust in the physiological miracle of the baby – from conception, through to the perfect form of a newborn baby. The perfect synchrony of nature, of our cells, and our hormones in our bodies, creating this most...
