I was recently interviewed On the Nine Today Perth Show. The 3 minutes wasn’t really enough to say everything I wanted to say about the importance of Fathers to be, so here are some more thoughts. Nature wants newborn babies to have two carers, so she pumps...
Do You Know Your Birth Options in Perth? I have just been a guest panellist at the Health Consumers’ Council multidisciplinary forum. This was held at KEMH and was a forum for Midwifery and Obstetric professionals, plus consumer advocates, to discuss the current state...
Love Your Labour I recently had a client email me about her birth and it was this was the bit that made me smile “It was amazing and I wish I could go into labour every month” She clearly loved her labour. Not just the actual birth or the magical moment afterwards...
Have you ever wondered why pregnancy puts you in an “at risk” group and therefore you can get the flu vaccine for free? Basically the pregnant body is immunosuppressed. Your immune system is running slightly below normal levels so that your body accepts...
Birth Plan? What Plan? This is a draft of the article I have written for Empowering Birth eMagazine The phrase Birth Plan always raises such opposite points of view. As a young midwife “in the system” I remember that the general consensus among the midwives and...
I was going to write a blog about the hot topic of cord blood banking and how it relies on early cord clamping, but this video says it all so much better than I could. So if you have been wondering about Cord Blood Banking, watch this...
Did your antenatal class teach you all the pros and cons of an induction of labour? This is not a decision to take lightly. Here is a copy of my article that appears at www.birthgoddess.com.au...
Have you been asked to book your epidural before going into labour? I recently had a private consultation with a couple who told me they had to book their epidural before going into labour at a hospital here in Perth. Apparently they were told the hospital has too...
