Lotus Birth. By Rose Fisher Jan 2018 The practice of having a Lotus birth is one of many choices you can make after the birth of your baby. Lotus Birth is the practice if leaving the whenua attached to baby by the umbilical cord until it naturally separates. In recent...
Life and birth with HIV. By Melinda Susanto Sep 2015 The diagnosis and life before children I’m Melinda; a wife, a mother of two beautiful and perfect young children, and I also happen to be living with the HIV virus. In 2006 I was living in Indonesia, in Jogjakarta...
It’s her choice. By Sian Hannagan Oct 2016 Choosing homebirth can be monumental, or it can be as ordinary as laundry and cups of tea. Each step to homebirth can be lifechanging, life affirming or simply life. That’s because the reasons to home birth are as varied and...
Hypnobirthing, old skill/new fad? By Sian Hannagan, Jo Easton Nov 2014 Hypnobirthing is a relatively recent innovation in the birth community. At core it is a commercialised system for birthing that enables very deep relaxation through the birth process. The premise...
Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond. By Louise Bell and Kathy Thomas Jun 2014 As a Midwife, of many years I have been blessed to participate and journey alongside women and witness the miracle of childbirth. Women innately know their bodies and know...
Elemental & Ancestral. Descendants, transcendence, and birth. By Nadia Kersel Jul 2014 FIRE “After just 3 or 4 generations of highly technological childbirth, it seems very possible that our human oxytocin system is weakening… In other words, our capacity to give...
