Louise David Private Midwife & Homebirth Services in Wollongong, New South Wales | Pregnancy care centre

Louise David Private Midwife & Homebirth Services

Locality: Wollongong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 402 704 826

Address: farmborough heights 2526 Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.louisedavidlc.com.au

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25.01.2022 Hospital Vs Home . Women labour best in safe sacred spaces. Uninhibited, unobserved and non threatening places. . Partners support best when they feel free to move in a space. To have a sense of ownership and not tread on anyones toes. To not need permission to make a move. ... . Place of birth has so much influence on birth outcomes. . This is what birth in home and birth in the average labour ward looks like. You can add fairy lights and a nice tub to a hospital room, it will make it look prettier but will it really change the environment??? . . . #homebirth #privatemidwife #louisedavidlc See more

24.01.2022 En Caul I had the pleasure of witnessing this special birth a couple of months back. Baby was born in the water, en caul, that means she was in her amniotic sac until she was nearly fully out of the vagina. I snapped this pic (important midwife job) as mum was peeling the veil from baby’s face. ... The second pic is the dried caul over a carved wooden egg that was made after this little ones older sister was born. The figure thrown around many non academic websites for the occurrence of en caul birth is about 1 in 80000. I don’t have any faith in this number however, mainly because of the frequency of artificially rupturing the membranes in labour. The NSW mother and baby report 2018 states that of women who laboured 35.9% had their membranes artificially ruptured. In my practice of physiological birth I actually see en caul birth, to varying degrees, often; because the labouring woman and her body are left alone. There are lots of superstitions through out history about babies born en caul. That the babies are magical, lucky or psychic. One is that a caul baby will never drown. The caul was traditionally dried and carried as a talisman by sailors for good luck when they were at sea. There you go. En Caul. Pretty cool #homebirth #physiologicalbirth #privatemidwife #louisedavidlc

18.01.2022 Midwifing on the road, in the sunshine not a bad days work. #homebirthmidwife #privatemidwife

17.01.2022 Here is part one of the birth story of baby Ochre shared with permission from her mamma @jewel_lea_v Jewel is a local Wollongong first time mum and wants to spread the word about how normal and empowering birth can be. BIRTH STORY ~ PART 1... During the lead up to my due date, itwas tempting to wish this time away, to want things to hurry along, however I would constantlyreassure myself (and tell people) that my little room mate would arrive when he or she was developmentally ready to & when my body was ready. I had done alot to prepare for birth and was determined to birth at home despite people's fear and opinions. I did calm birth course, seen a PT up until 37 weeks, didresearch, listened topodcasts, didbreathwork coaching, prenatal yoga, daily routineson the fitball to open my pelvis,meditation, journaling &spending time away from my phone & loved ones to get in the zone. I spent weeks gathering tools for my birth and preparing my birth space. The walls were lined with short sharp affirmations & a few sentimental things from past clients that gave me strength, reminded me of my privilege & just how short lived this pain would compared to some of the pain that my clients experience & face head on every day. I was given a gift from a friend for my birth, a bag full of trinkets. Each trinket had been added by a local homebirthing mother. The strength of these woman was also something I drew upon during my birth. My mum had also made me an umbilical cord tie and placed in a white box marked "baby cotton". I felt a real connection to nature & "my roots" throughout pregnancy which drew me to reflecting on/researching about Aboriginal history, particularly local Aboriginal history, and the gratitude/privilege I felt to live & birth on such a magnificent part of the country. I put together an acknowledgement to country & decorated it with anative Banskia symbolizing rebirth & new begingings. @billy_buttonphotography #homebirth #firstbaby #wollongonghomebirth #privatemidwife #louisedavidlc

16.01.2022 I said goodbye to a couple of families this week. Not even sad because I know I’ll see these lot around. Perk of private midwife care is walking away with new friends. #privatemidwife #louisedavidlc #homebirth

15.01.2022 BIRTH STORY ~ PART 4 I got out of the pool and went back into the shower.They say that during labour, every woman has a "crisis of confidence". During this period of lost determination you may hear a woman say things like "I cant do this anymore" or "give me an epidural or ceaser". For me, I wasnt wanting to throw in the towel, I was hoping for a time line to mentally prepare how much longer I would be experiencing this intensity. I asked Kane to go get Louise. She sat on t...he toilet observing my body language while i was in the showeruntil i noticed she was there. I asked "how much longer untilI have the baby". Deep down I wanted her answer to be aconcrete time but in hindsight, that could have been the undoing of me. If Louise had have said "You will have this baby by 8pm" I would have been clock watching and if 8pm rocked around and I hadn't had the baby I may have given up. Louise responded with "chick, I can tell by your body language and by the noises your making that things are progressing. Its working, your doing a great job, things are about to get wild". If I was in a hospital environment I would have been offered an internal examination to assess how dialated I was however Louise's trust of the woman's body and herexperience meant she new exactly where things were at and most importantly, that they were progressing. Her tactful, reassuring response gave me the will to keep going. After some more time in the shower I started to feel the urge to push and something lead me to wanting to go back into the birth pool. They say during labour you go into your own world and this couldnt be more true for me but some how, despite being somewhere else, my senses within the room has never been so heightened. Despite having my eyes closed, I could sense where people were positioned in the room, I could hear Kane sobbing under his breath from seeing me in so much pain (in addition to himdrinking 1 litre of coldbrew coffee and not sleeping for 48 hours), I could hear background conversations,I was aware of the camera clicking. It was at this stage I buried my dignity under the loungeroom rug, stripped off and didnt hold back. The pushing stage begun.

14.01.2022 Love getting text messages like this #homebirthmidwife #privatemidwife

12.01.2022 No matter how many births we see us midwives still get as excited as a kid in a candy shop when the baby starts to emerge Great capture by @billy_buttonphotography Badass mamma @jewel_lea_v thanks for sharing.

10.01.2022 I am so humbled to have been able to stand by this family’s side as they welcomed their son to the world. I #Repost the words of @birthtimeworld NAIDOC week. Always Was Always Will Be. ... With the deepest respect and love and with the family’s blessings, we share these images of @teish_giirl and her family, Birthing on Country....Yuin Country. Words can’t describe the profound honour it was for @midwifejohunter and @jerushasutton to attend as midwife and photographer/videographer, along with beautiful second midwife @louisedavidmidwifelc As so eloquently written in the joint Birthing on Country position statement - Respecting individual choice is central to the BoC model. The identification of ‘risk factors’ is viewed through a cultural lens inclusive of the individual woman’s needs and cultural birthing practices, which enriches and informs their choices, assessment and planned care. YOU DID IT TEISHA, may this just be the beginning. Teisha’s words.... Birthing on Country and what a glorious day it was. BoC is the way our woman have always given birth to her child, on the lands of ancestors, ensuring a spiritual connection to the land for her baby. Yesterday we birthed our baby son Nullah Rungatahi Mulligamiriyara Toi out on country where my songlines sing many songs of the past, present and future, where the fresh water meets the salt water and the mountains meet the ocean. HAPPY NAIDOC WEEK MY PEOPLE MY PEOPLE . In our family we celebrate who we are and where we came from every single second of every day. Thank you to our private midwives who were also part of this amazing experience. #birthingoncountry #yuincountry #yuinbaby #wiradjuribaby #itstime #birthtime

10.01.2022 BIRTH STORY ~ PART 3 As contractions had been 3 mins apart for some time,we called Louise and Naomi (birth photographer)to give them the heads up.When Louise arrived my contractions minimised due to the change in the environment. Louise and I had a conversation in the loungeroom while I bounced on the gym ball. Louise's conclusion was that I was in early labour and we all agreed that she would head home and we would call her when contractions were 3 mins apart again.Kane ...had placed our black linen bedspread up over the blinds to make the room darker to help with progressinglabour. Not long after, my contractions started again at 10 mins apart but were moreintense then before. By this stage I hadnt slept 2 nights running so naturally, my body felt heavy but I still felt energised and determined. I tried to rest in bed but I found this amplifiedcontractions so it was heat packs, Kane's massaging,lathering myself in "push potion" oil, making noise, and deepbreathing that got me through. We also used a Tenz machine on my lower back which I didnt find overly effective. At 4pm Kane contacted Louise and asked her to return. Louise soon arrived to find me in the bedroom, eyes closed, pacing the room. Louise used a doppler to check the babies heartbeat and she had no concerns. It was at this stage that Kane & Louisebegun filling the birth pool with hot water. I was barely verbal at this stage andcan recall not wanting Kane to leave my side however knew I was keen to get in the pool asap. By this stageKane hadmassaged the pressure points on my back for hours. His fingers were sore and my back was bruised. I decided to jump in the shower and used the hose to run hot water on my back. I spent alot of time here. Kane was convinced that we were having a baby in the shower. Although the shower was effective in managing the intensity I needed to switch it up to kill some time. I made my way out to the birth pool in the loungeroom. It wasn't the instant relief I had imagined. The water was cool and although being buoyant took some of the weight off your back and joints, it didnt change the intensity of the contractions.

04.01.2022 BIRTH STORY ~ PART 2 I was 40 + 2 when Ochre started to show signs of entering the world. It was national homebirth awareness week. It was1:30am on Monday 26th October &I was woken by what felt like period pain. I was calm, I felt awake, excited and ready for the process to begin. I woke Kane up and told him "we were on". I laid in bed for a short period of timeand breathed through the contractions. At this stage they were 10 mins apart and felt really manageable. I naiv...elythought to myself "This is nothing -I got this". Little did I know the intensity would amplify ten fold. I decided to get up and bath, wash my hair and freshen up for the anticipated birth. Contractions grew to be 7 mins then 3 mins aparthoweverI learnt in Calm Birth workshop that in order for labour to progress the woman must be in a dark, private and safe spaceso naturally,when my focus was on shaving my legs in a well lit bathroom, by 8am the contractions had come to a halt. As my contractions had stopped, Kane spent the day doing an electrical job for a friend while I pottered around the house making sure everything was perfectly clean and in order because apparently when you have a baby, you never ever have time to clean again (can confirm this is true!). At 130am (the same time as the night before) I was woken again by contractions. From the get go they were more intense then the night before and again started at 10 minutes, then went to 7 minutes then 3 minutes apart. In the Calm Birth workshop it was suggested that the supporting partner time the contractions based on thebody language of the birthing partner as opposed to asking them when a contraction starts and finishes. Kane did just that, however the control freak/perfectionist in me felt uneasythat he wasn't timing them on his phone, instead just timing in his head. The contractions became very intense and I felt them in my lower back.I was pacing around the bedroom, using a "bumble bee breath" to get me through. Kane started to use an acupressure technique on my lower back while he shook my hips side to side which brought alot of relief. #homebirth #firstbaby #louisedavidlc #privatemidwife #petsofhomebirth

01.01.2022 You can say no thank you, maybe later if I need to