Pregnancy Blog

What changes at 24 weeks of pregnancy?  You start to focus on The Birth. Now is the time to begin to prepare your pregnant body for your coming birth. Your uterus has grown up to your belly button. You can now finally feel your baby move throughout the day and night....

Coping With Contractions

No matter how you ask this question: ‘How do I cope with contractions?’, ‘What will ease contraction pain?’, ‘How can I ease contractions?’ or ‘What things will help with contraction pain? What you are saying in one word:...

NZ Midwife 2-Year Training/Supporting You

Who supports you? Your clients and Common Knowledge Trust are your two support partners during this 2-year midwife training and collaborative effort. This training may seem like a heavy lift but in fact, it will be much easier than you think. Common Knowledge Trust...

NZ Midwife 2-Year Training/The Concept

You’ll be trained to teach a Concept that is a societal message to all expectant families: That self-learning birth and birth-coaching skills are an essential part of childbirth preparation along with choices. And using skills to do the activity of birthing your baby...

NZ Midwife 2-Year Training/Midwife Participation

Personally, you might be thrilled, excited, keen to start this NZ midwife 2-year training and feel relieved something like this is now available or you might feel skeptical, critical, unbelieving and hope to prove The Concept wrong. Every willing midwife is accepted....

Calling All New Zealand NZCOM Midwives

Our Nelson Charitable Trust, Common Knowledge Trust is inviting 100-150 NZ midwives to participate in a unique 2-year training of the benefits of growing a skilled birthing population for all families, every birth … no matter where the birth takes place, who is...