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| We all want our children to grow up strong, healthy and happy. What then, when we have a child with special needs? ...more |
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| No matter how carefully thought out, nothing ever goes completely to plan. When we are talking about birth plans that is especially true. ...more |
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| In 2003 Adela Stockton a registered midwife, doula, childbirth educator and qualified homeopath from Edinburgh, wrote the following paper which appeared in the MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. ...more |
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| Do our policy-makers know what is best for our families? Is their rhetoric on providing a ‘head start in life’ with early day care based on solid research, or is it more about serving their political party’s socio-economic agenda? ...more |
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| I was awake, as usual, at 5 a.m., staring at the wall, wishing that I were asleep when I thought I had wet my pants.
I hopped up to go to the loo and noticed a little blood which was the mucous plug coming away. Then a gush of water came that I knew was ...more |
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| A practical and enjoyable way for a dad to spend time with his bundle of joy is bathing. At most maternity hospitals, the midwives are more than happy to give fathers a cursory instruction in the practice of bathing a newborn. ...more |
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| Obstetricians have turned birth into a surgical procedure and done damage to women’s bodies and now suggest the solution is to promote yet even more radical and aggressive surgery: caesarean section. ...more |
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| Quite often, mothers (and to a lesser extent dads) find themselves needing to re-establish a sense of their own boundaries, after years of a symbiotic merger with their babies. ...more |
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| In 2001, actress Ricki Lake gave birth to her second child in her home—with the assistance of a midwife. She decided to birth at home after she experienced unwanted medical interventions while delivering her first child. ...more |
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| Pregnancy is such a wonderful, magical time when considering the hidden processes in the belly and beyond! It is also an opportunity for women to gather together and nurture, celebrate, pamper and recognise the pregnant woman. ...more |
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| Western culture has built an entire system of care — obstetrics — around the belief a woman is not able to successfully birth on her own. ...more |
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| Breastfeeding — this most natural act in the world — wasn't always surrounded by myth and fallacy. While its benefits are undeniable, the fact remains that the act of breastfeeding is under constant scrutiny politically and culturally. ...more |
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| After 3 long years of trying, a miscarriage, Chinese herbs fertility stones and an eventual successful IVF cycle I was to finally be one of the ‘smug mothers.’ ...more |
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| Every mother intuitively knows the supreme importance of the relationship between her and her child with every fibre of her being, for Nature has designed it to be this way. There is nothing obscure or esoteric about the bond of intuitive connectedness th ...more |
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| Have feminists, in their quest for equality rather than liberation, led women out of the frying pan into the fire, with adverse repercussions for themselves, their families, and social wellbeing? If so, as plans affecting the family develop, it is importa ...more |
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| Giving birth in ecstasy: This is our birth right and our body's intent. Mother Nature, in her wisdom, prescribes birthing hormones that take us outside (ec) our usual state (stasis), so that we can be transformed on every level as we enter motherhood.
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| Birth, She is dying... This primal and unspeakably powerful initiation, the only road to motherhood for our ancestors, has been stripped of Her dignity and purpose in our times. Birth has become a dangerous medical disease to be treated with escalating le ...more |
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| The first documented use of specific homoeopathic medicines to prevent specific infectious diseases was in 1801. The method is called Homoeoprophylaxis (HP).
In 1801 Dr Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homoeopathy, wrote an essay titled The Cure and Prev ...more |
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| The Victorian government has just approved a bill that will allow for abortion of as late as 24 weeks (6 months) 'for any reason' ...more |
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| Without embodied love, peace is not possible. Without integrative bodily pleasure, moral behaviours of peace, harmony and human equality are not possible. Depression replaces joy and drugs are sought to drown the depression, the anger and rage that escala ...more |
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| Circumcision — ten years ago I had trouble spelling the word. I would stumble over the pronunciation of it, had I cause to use it, which I rarely did. Then Marilyn Milos entered my life through our founding meeting of the Alliance for Transforming the Liv ...more |
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| Elimination communication, also known as Natural Infant Hygiene or simply Nappy Free, is a recent trend in Australia. This very natural, gentle, environmentally-friendly way of dealing with your baby’s waste. ...more |
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| The world of nappies can be daunting for new parents, so we have supplied this page as a glossary of terms. ...more |
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| Until 1946, cloth nappies were the only nappies that existed in Western society. They were usually cotton or muslin. There were no nappy covers except for knitted wool pants. With few covers and basic washing facilities, motivation was very high to train ...more |
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| Tips on choosing a nappy, facts on disposable nappies, cloth nappy options, washing tips, price and waste disposal, healthy choices for your baby ...more |
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| It was six months into my second pregnancy when I woke up and my cervix was spotting blood, accompanied by very intense contractions. Our midwife that assisted my first child’s home birth was willing to support our decision to have our twins birthed at ho ...more |
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| s it really possible to raise a baby without nappies? Can our babies actually communicate their elimination needs? Well, how do you know when your baby needs to breastfeed? ...more |
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| Care of the intact penis is a simple task - leave it alone - so why all the confusion? ...more |
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| If your child is near or has passed his first birthday, you can begin incorporating pre-potty training ideas into his life. They are simple things that will lay the groundwork for potty training and will make the process much easier when you're ready to b ...more |
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| There are many things to consider when planning your pregnancy, labour and birth. It is important to remember that there are many options available, and you need to consider your own expectations and birth experience before deciding. For example, the foll ...more |
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| In many ways our modern life style and world are deficient in both touch and movement, both critical for healthy and whole development. ...more |
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| The night before giving birth to our daughter stayed up with my Mum and husband Greg and watched 'Memoirs of a Geisha', interestingly about the plight of under- privileged girls in Japan, thinking how lucky our soon to be born daughter was to be born in A ...more |
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| We had waited a decade for our beloved daughter. I guess I had a romantic view of motherhood. I thought that because our child was so wanted, I would be able to comfort her in an instant and soothe her to sleep. I had ...more |
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| "The kids at school were amazed to hear I share a bed with my brother and sister. I never told them about the times we'd squeezed five in that bed. All my own class mates had their own beds, some of them even had their own rooms. I considered them disadva ...more |
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| Touch, especially, is a powerful nutrient for your baby’s development – it is the first sense to develop, just days after conception, and is important for a whole lifetime. ...more |
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| Mothers today are made to think that our only real social contribution is done through the workforce. Could it be that the opposition of motherhood to serious work and thought, the supposed contradiction between art and life, is wrong?
When my second c ...more |
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| There’s nothing more refreshing than a dip in the ocean, the freedom, weightlessness and buoyancy. For a woman in labour, those qualities of water provide incredible, infinite benefits.
When a woman relaxes in warm water, free from the pull of gravity a ...more |
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