Trask’s Birth Story

Trask’s Birth Story

Trask From early on in my pregnancy my husband Ben and I had discussed having a homebirth. He was a bit cautious at first but after discussing it with our midwife Linda Shannon we decided as long as we had a trouble-free pregnancy we would go ahead with a homebirth....
Elsie’s Birth Story

Elsie’s Birth Story

Elsie’s Birth Story  I was lying in bed, two days past my due date, awake after my husband Tony had gone to work. I was reading and suddenly got a really crippling gut cramp. I didn’t think much of this, because I’d had an upset tummy the night before, had spent a lot...
First time home birth

First time home birth

First time home birth   I never pictured myself being in a position where I would be heavily advocating home births, breastfeeding and natural parenting. I never ever thought I would have such passion for something until I had my first child. At the age of 18...
The Birth of my Son-Shine

The Birth of my Son-Shine

The Birth of my Son-Shine. By Xavia Healy-Diaz   The evening before Rico was born, I was in the middle of making Anzac biscuits when my friend and I remembered that we had seen a cow in labour down the road. So off we trotted, saw the calf all wobbly legged, and...
Miri’s birth story

Miri’s birth story

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

Jessica’s Birth

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...