Why Microbirth matters. By Tammi Heap Nov 2014 When I was a child, it wasn’t true that one in three people develop some form of cancer. Heart disease, diabetes and other chronic conditions didn’t happen to every few people. Chronic health conditions appear to be the...
Where the Heart Is, Stories of Home Birth in New Zealand. By Tess Trotter Jun 2014 Where the Heart Is: Stories of Home Birth in New Zealand Carla Sargent, published by Birth Rite, Hamilton, New Zealand. Reviewed by Tess Trotter It is with an obvious unbridled passion...
We review ‘Bump’ by Kate Evans. By Rachel Ouwejan Feb 2015 I was privileged to read and review Kate Evans’ book “Bump: how to make, grow and birth a baby.” The author describes it as “a choose-your-own adventure comic mash-up of choices and options in fertility,...
Undisturbing Birth. By Rangimarie Aperahama & Madison Fredheim May 2015 Sarah Buckley is not only a Dr at the forefront in her field, exploring the true physiology of birth. She is also a passionate advocate for home birth. As part of her ‘Undisturbing Birth’...
The Pelvic Floor. By Janet Thackray Jun 2018 Many women accept incontinence as part of being female and giving birth, and do not seek help when the problem arises. This can be due to lack of knowledge, shame or embarrassment, and normalisation of incontinence as an...
The Birth House by Ami McKay. By Sian Hannagan Sep 2014 Dora Rare, the first daughter born in five generations of Rare’s, was born in the caul, touched by magic, a changeling, a witch. Born out of turn, born a woman, she lives her life caught between her desire for...
