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31Mar

Ask the Childbirth Educator… how to get labour started

by Tanya Cawthorne
Fri March 2017
Childbirth Education, Comfort measures, Healthy Birth Practices, Labour tools, Lamaze, Lamaze International, Uncategorized
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Welcome to the first column in our new series, Ask the Childbirth Educator. Do you have a question regarding pregnancy, birth or early parenting? Send us an email with your question and we’ll feature it on our blog! Today’s...

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18Mar

Why it’s time for a (new) birth revolution.

by Tanya Cawthorne
Sat March 2017
Caesarean, Caesarean section, Caesarean Surgery, Childbirth Education, Feminism, Informed decision making, Lamaze, Lamaze International, Media, Natural birth, Physiological labour
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The other day, a friend tagged me on a post that she saw in a popular parenting group on Facebook. The post read; Any mums out there that didn’t bother with any of the prenatal classes? How did you...

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18Feb

So what the heck is Lamaze all about?

by Tanya Cawthorne
Sat February 2017
Caesarean, Caesarean section, Caesarean Surgery, Cascade of Interventions, Childbirth Education, Lamaze, Lamaze International, Physiological labour
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The most common response I get when I tell people that I am a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator is; “Lamaze? Isn’t that the breathing method?” If you’ve ever watched an American television show or movie that features a birth,...

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10Jan

Sunrise strikes again – early hospital discharge is not the problem.

by Tanya Cawthorne
Tue January 2017
breastfeeding, Caesarean, Caesarean section, Caesarean Surgery, Home birth, Labour interventions, Midwifery, Midwifery-led care, Perinatal anxiety, postnatal depression, Postpartum
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Sunrise co-hosts Monique Wright and Andrew O’Keefe have jumped on the bandwagon yet again (or perhaps more accurately, their producers did) with a story that aired on Channel 7’s Sunrise on January 8th. Click here to watch it. The...

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