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Who exactly are Obstetricians? Well, they are someone’s brother or sister; mother or fathers: relative or friend; son or daughter. That’s who they are. They studied, learned skills around women’s health issues, pregnancy and birth. They can be very considerate and...

What is ‘suffering’ in childbirth? We’ve all heard that term. In fact, we often hear pregnant women say: ‘I don’t want to suffer in my coming birth, what should I do?’ Another way pregnant women say this is: ‘I’m afraid of the pain of labor contractions, what should I...

Keep in mind women are terrified of TWO elements in childbirth: Pain … the normal and natural occurring pain of contractions. No woman wants to ‘suffer’ Risk … the normal and natural occurring risks that potentially can become a problem and can potentially become a...

Having been involved in the weird and wonderful Childbirth Conversation for 50 years, I have lived through 3 ‘Evidence-based practice’; birthed in two of them; live in another country that implemented a Midwifery Led Maternity System in 1990. And, I’ve been involved...

All of us have had an experience when we’ve reacted spontaneously (instinct) to something and mostly likely avoided something or noticed something. Instinct is hard to explain. All of us experience instinct in a similar manner. It’s a quick reaction to something, for...

Birth choices, Birth Plans and Informed Consent in Childbirth have been the buzz words in childbirth since the 1980s. Prior to the 1980s, women had no choices so advocating for birth choices was good. To be honest, birth ‘choices’ were not actually advocated. In...

Continuity of Care bumps into Maternity Partnership but these two things are different. Continuity of Care is a birth provider who will attend you during pregnancy and your birth and sometimes after your birth. Partnership Maternity Model may or may not include...

Right off the bat, we have to ask: ‘What does the word ‘natural’ mean when referring to ‘natural’ birth? Have you ever really thought about that? Or, like most of us, do you throw that two word phrase around as though EVERYONE knows what it means? You can make a list...

Unless you birth by yourself and never see your local GP, Obstetrician or Midwife, you will be involved with a maternity system. Every maternity system sees itself as ‘delivering a service’ to you … their patient, client, customer or partner. But what does this all...

Humans have given birth around the world since the beginning of our humanity. Birth is how all species reproduce themselves so it’s the most natural and normal part of Life. Modern medicine has really only been around and available to those in ‘developed’ countries...