We, The Women, have to wake up. We are not alone in feeling confused throughout pregnancy, birth and adjusting to our newborn. There’s an old adage: ‘Nine months to grow. Nine months to know’. Pregnancy does eventually settle down. The Birth takes...
A hospital is a place. Your hospital will have an overall personality. The maternity ward in your local hospital will have a specific personality. It’s a great idea to visit during pregnancy if you haven’t already birthed there, to see what that...
Get your COMPLIMENTARY eBook for Father-to-be Here’s another profound article about TABS … trauma after birth syndrome … as experienced by men, fathers, and partners. In the last post, I mentioned that statistically 15% of women experience trauma...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are going to stick to this theme for a while because we, The Women, owe it to Men the dignity and acceptance that they are hugely impacted by how we birth our (their) baby! Dads are traumatized by birth more than you know. This...
34 weeks pregnant continues to bring you one week closer to your baby’s birth. Your belly seems to grow daily. By this time you should clearly be able to find your baby’s head (it’s a large round object that feels hard). Your baby’s butt also...
There is so much focus on TABS (trauma after birth syndrome) that has increased since the 1980s … as it affects women. But men are impacted by birth as well and too often left feeling traumatized. In fact often more so than women. This is true of almost all...