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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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05Jan

Rockstar Birth Magazine Podcast – Lamaze with Tanya Strusberg

by Tanya Cawthorne
Thu January 2017
Childbirth Education, Healthy Birth Practices, Informed decision making, Labour interventions, Lamaze
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A few months ago, I was invited by the creator of Rockstar Birth Magazine, Shalome Stone to appear on her awesome podcast series. You know all those classic movie scenes where the woman is birthing on her back, holding onto...

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