A voice in birth. By Catherine Greenwood Nov 2016 When I became pregnant in early 2014, I had no ideas of the challenges I’d face. I don’t mean the general parenting challenges that we all typically face; I mean the ones I’d face because I am a Deaf woman, and a NZ...
A time to heal: Mother blessing By Ashlee Sturme Feb 2015 Crippled with antenatal depression, unable to think clearly, and very much not in the mood to celebrate with a baby shower, I stumbled across ‘blessingway’ in my research and felt a faint warmth of hope wrap...
What Covid-19 means for women giving birth in Aotearoa Even with a pandemic situation and people in Aotearoa moving into a minimum four week isolation period – babies will be born. Many parents, women & whānau are concerned about what birth in a time of...