There’s an old saying … ‘practice makes perfect’. That’s nonsense really. The best any of us can do is to perfect our skills. Our human mind loves being skilled. We take pride in doing our jobs well. Helping your birthing partner to do...
There’s nothing sadder then a dad-to-be that knows he’s expected to “be there” at the birth of his child, knows that his partner expects him to help, but also knows that he doesn’t have a clue what to do. Then, during the labour, he shows it. Becoming a...
Giving birth is definitely ‘woman’s business’. Only your birthing partner is directly doing the activity of giving birth. So ‘women’s business’ is the right word for this aspect of the reality of birthing a baby. The danger is...
Continuing with this Brain Fitness book I picked up just before a long trip I was about to take. If you’ve been reading anything about childbirth then you know we are being asked not to use our ‘cognitive brain’ for childbirth but rather let the... 