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23.01.2022 Please text before stopping by! #motherhood {art by @arynlindsey on Insta}

23.01.2022 I love this one

22.01.2022 Check out beauitufl Beth and her pregnancy clinic at Secrets from the Honey Tree in Eumundi

19.01.2022 All screening tests have downsides. They may lead to overuse of intervention. And every time we use technology like this, we are undermining women’s own knowled...ge. The constant use of technology implies that our bodies aren’t capable of growing, birthing and feeding babies without a shed load of expensive machinery. And that’s not just true. I spent last week chatting with a wonderful, passionate group of midwives, obstetricians, doulas, childbirth educators, hypnobirthing teachers and other birth workers from around the world, and this came up - again - as a key theme that so many of us are experiencing. It's so important to keep sharing positive messages about the awesomeness of the female body. And to remind people that we did this for millions of years before the machines came along. If it hadn't worked, none of us would be here today. If you'd like more information, see www.sarawickham.com where I have a whole information hub on screening as well as more than 500 pages of information. #midwife #midwifery #doula #decisionmaking #decisions #whatsrightforme #book #bookstagram #childbirth #childbirtheducator #childbirtheducation #hypnobirthing #pregnancy #pregnancyyoga #women #birthrights #trustbirth See more

18.01.2022 It is always interesting to ask who co sleeps, and nearly everyone does it whether it is intentional or not otherwise we don't get any sleep!

18.01.2022 So important to remember that the due date is not a deadline

18.01.2022 Pretty significant!!!

17.01.2022 If we asked this question instead, it would change the entire way we think of sleep and breastfeeding.

16.01.2022 Look at all that amazing vernix. All my babies were born with a good bit of vernix despite the fact that they were all born after 42 week!

15.01.2022 Beautiful Beth

14.01.2022 This is why midwifery care and doulas are SO IMPORTANT!! How you feel about your birth matters just as much as the birth itself! Yes, safety is an absolute pri...ority but it should not negate how you feel while that safety is being maintained! I’ve seen plenty of emergent c-sections or emergent deliveries/interventions made where a mother felt completely empowered in that decision and BOTH mom and baby were safe! What fear based care have you suffered? There is NO place for fear in birth. Decisions can not be made in a healthy way when provoked by that kind of emotion. FEAR is a powerful tool of manipulation. It creates a stressful and therefore toxic environment in the body, disrupts a clear connection to one’s intuition, and scrambles the ability to make autonomous, confident decisions. . Due to our masculine-dominant society, a misogynist medical system, broken and traumatized matrilineal lines, and a complete lack of adequate educationamong other thingsFEAR is a driving force in how women are choosing to birth on a daily basis, all over the world. . Not only do we witness how women regard and plan their births from a place of fear, we also witness the sabotage of their birth plans by unsupportive care providers who use fear tactics (under the guise of letting you know the risks) to control the birth for their own benefit, at the mother/baby’s expense. . I call this fear-based medicine, and it looks like what a lot of people consider routine care. . While there is always a time and a place for modern medical interventions, the rate at which it is being utilized in birth is a direct and violent act against women and babies. . Swipe right to see a list of common assertions that I believe fall under fear-based medicine. Would you add any others? Has fear-based medicine ever convinced you that you couldn’t have the birth you wanted? . -Reposted from Wild Willing Wisdom

12.01.2022 Very interesting

11.01.2022 I will be on this show next Thursday answering questions and talking about healing from birth and preparing for birth again :)

11.01.2022 Research shows just 30 minutes of skin to skin with dad on the first day of a newborn actually rewires dad’s brain. Stimulating many hormones especially Dopmin...e and Oxytocin so dads get connected to their babies and want to nurture them. YES. Dads, get those cuddles in! Repost @dontforgetdads : IG @elliana_allon #doula #blackhills #rapidcity #skintoskin #daddyhood #newdad #newbaby #newborn #fourthtrimester #infantcuddles #familycenteredbirth See more

10.01.2022 From the World Health Organization on COVID-19 and breastfeeding... (Source: https://www.who.int//q-a-on-covid-19-pregnancy-and-childbi)

10.01.2022 The beautiful private midwife Beth is opening clinic in Eumundi

08.01.2022 This is lovely

08.01.2022 Every mother everywhere...

07.01.2022 Wow, imagine if parents had that kind of support and help here

06.01.2022 So true! We love to hear that sacred birthing song.

06.01.2022 A reminder that, earlier this year, expert researchers at Oxford Brookes University brought together research on childbirth, birth setting and the use of water ...immersion in labour and shared key points which highlighted the safety and benefits of the use of water for labour and birth, during and beyond the coronavirus pandemic. Their points included that: Water immersion for healthy women is associated with a number of beneficial maternal outcomes with no known adverse risks to the neonate. COVID-19 is not a waterborne virus, therefore, the water environment dilutes respiratory droplet and faecal contamination potential. In the Coronavirus context, water immersion presents a lower risk of contamination risk for midwives compared with bed birth because it promotes the use of social distancing without interrupting normal midwifery care. Burns et al (2020) The authors also noted that: "The birthing pool environment presents a natural barrier between the woman and her midwife. Supporting women in the water reduces droplet, aerosol and faecal contamination, presenting a low-risk transmission activity for the Coronavirus. Water immersion for healthy women is associated with a number of beneficial maternal outcomes with no known adverse risks to the neonate. For primiparous women, birthing in midwifery-led settings (AMU/FMU or home) water immersion reduces transfer rate with the greatest benefit seen at FMU. Water immersion for labour and/or birth should be supported and encouraged as an effective method of analgesia." Burns E, Feeley C, Venderlaan J et al (2020). Coronavirus COVID-19: Supporting healthy pregnant women to safely give birth. Oxford: Oxford Brookes University. Loads more birth information at www.sarawickham.com #midwife #midwifery #doula #birthdoula #pregnant #birth #childbirth #duein2020 #drsarawickham #positivebirth #childbirtheducation #childbirtheducator #whatsrightforme #covid19 #covid19pregnancy #water #waterbirth #waterbirths See more

01.01.2022 Oh had to share this one

01.01.2022 One thing that is a recurrent theme in sleep training books or websites is that once you know your baby has been fed, changed and the right temperature that the...y should be able to able to be left on their own to fall asleep. That even if they are crying or upset, you can leave them because you know they're "OK". However, by definition, your baby is not OK if they are crying out for you. They are in need of a cuddle or a breastfeed. They are in need of YOU. Regardless if you think all of their needs have been met. If they're crying then their needs have not been met. For more on comfort feeding: https://themilkmeg.com/an-argument-for-the-comfort-breastf/ Or if you are in need of help with sleep or breastfeeding related concerns, I'm available worldwide for virtual consultations: www.themilkmeg.com/breastfeeding-consultations