HOMEBIRTH: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES?By: Sara Wickham, RM, BA (Hons) There is no shortage of evidence to support the fact that homebirth is safe, satisfying and empowering for women and their families. It is also a much-neglected option for childbearing women in Western society today. This article seeks to discuss modern-day attitudes about birth and…
Simple Steps to Getting Breastfeeding off to a Good Start Work with your caregivers and birth place to ensure: 1. Immediate skin to skin care and remain skin to skin until the newborn attaches and breastfeeds 2. Keep your baby with you to learn your baby’s feeding cues 3. Feed with baby’s cues rather than…
About HypnoBirthing HypnoBirthing® is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying, relaxing, and stress-free method of birthing. This amazing program teaches you, along with your birthing companion, the art and joy of experiencing birth in a more comfortable manner. You will learn how to call upon your…