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15Mar

Stop! I want to get off the conveyor belt of birth!

by Tanya Cawthorne
Thu March 2018
Birth Doula, Birth Preferences, Birth Story, Birth Trauma, Caesarean Surgery, Cascade of Interventions, Childbirth Education, Continuity of Care, Doula, Feminism, Human Rights in Childbirth, Informed decision making, Labour interventions, Lamaze International, Midwifery, Midwifery model of care, Midwifery-led care, Natural birth, Obstetric led care, Physiological labour, postnatal depression, Reproductive rights, Woman-centred care
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You know when a series of seemingly unrelated events coincide, and then you start to realise that in fact they aren’t unrelated at all? Yeah, well that happened to me this past weekend. I was scrolling through Facebook late...

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13Feb

In honour of Aksel Jude

by Tanya Cawthorne
Tue February 2018
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TRIGGER WARNING: This blog deals with stillbirth and features photographs that some people may find upsetting. My first meeting with Sarah began like any other doula meet and greet. A nice café, a cup of coffee, and a chance...

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21Sep

Aromatherapy for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

by Tanya Cawthorne
Thu September 2017
Aromatherapy, breastfeeding, Clinical Aromatherapy, Comfort measures, Essential Oils, Labour tools, Uncategorized
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In this blog, I am excited to welcome our special guest writer, Sonya Edmonds. Sonya is a Clinical Aromatherapist and a Registered Nurse and Midwife who is an absolute wealth of knowledge when it comes to aromatherapy; particularly when...

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16Aug

We need to talk about Birth Trauma. Now.

by Tanya Cawthorne
Wed August 2017
Birth Trauma, Cascade of Interventions, Continuity of Care, Evidence-based research, Feminism, Human Rights in Childbirth, Informed decision making, Labour interventions, Midwifery, Midwifery model of care, Midwifery-led care, Obstetric led care, Perinatal anxiety, postnatal depression, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Woman-centred care
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August 14 – 21, 2017 is Birth Trauma Awareness Week. First of all, it profoundly saddens me that we need to set aside even one day of the year, let alone an entire week to raising awareness of birth...

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