01Dec
Can the Maternity Care System Survive the “Lockdown Generation”? Why Australia Must Prepare Now for the Next Wave of High-Needs Parents
Australia is standing on the brink of a generational shift – one we are barely talking about, let alone planning for. The children and adolescents who lived through the most prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns in the world are now entering...
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29Mar
When’s the best time to plan for a VBAC? Maybe before you’re pregnant!
I have long been passionate about educating women and their partners about vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC). Many of my doula clients are hoping for a VBAC, following a less than positive previous birth experience. Understand the birthing landscape....
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Can we please just stop fu$%ing with birth already?
Just a day after International Women’s Day, an article appeared in The Age today with the alarmist headline; “‘The figures are appalling’: Rising number of Victorian women haemorrhaging after childbirth.” You want to know what’s appalling? → The fact...
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