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25.01.2022 REMINDER! Every body is different at every stage of life!! Pregnancy and birth are no exception!

25.01.2022 The next positive birth meetings in Ballarat are on the 7th and 14th of October Acorn and Oak starting at 7pmThe next positive birth meetings in Ballarat are on the 7th and 14th of October Acorn and Oak starting at 7pm

25.01.2022 REMINDER! Positive Birth Ballarat Meet Up is TONIGHT at 7pm at Acorn & Oak Herbal Dispensary and Natural Health Clinic!REMINDER! Positive Birth Ballarat Meet Up is TONIGHT at 7pm at Acorn & Oak Herbal Dispensary and Natural Health Clinic!

21.01.2022 Delayed cord clamping Look at the difference from just five undisturbed minutes! Delayed cord clamping is YOUR CHOICE and it is your right whether you leave t...his intact or not. So what are the benefits? . Increase blood volume Smoother transition from womb to life Increased iron levels Improvement In neurodevelopment Increased level of stem cells. . Leaving the cord in tact for 5 minutes OR LONGER will allow the placenta and cord to serve their last and final purpose. There are many physical benefits to delayed cord clamping, but what can be gained spiritually when cord is left in tact longer? This is the last tie from baby to mama aka the Sacred Vessel. . I believe that the way we treat birth has a huge impact on how we walk through this life. Repost @humanbirthproject @laboroflovedoulas @staceygentlebirth Posted @withrepost @mothernurturematernity #gentlebirth #empoweredbirthproject #birth #love #fearlessbirth #spiritualbirth #birthwithspirit #doula #loveisgentleness @ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

21.01.2022 Next meeting on Monday 7th let's try something new in case you can't travel here is a zoom link Marie-Louise Lapeyre is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.... Topic: Positive Birth Ballarat Time: Oct 7, 2019 07:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/982355142 Meeting ID: 982 355 142 Password: 889349 One tap mobile +14086380968,,982355142# US (San Jose) +16468769923,,982355142# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 982 355 142 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aekfA1wRGR

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17.01.2022 Such a beautiful birth!!! Someone has obviously worked and advocated HARD for such a peaceful birth! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=359957641551678

16.01.2022 This is something that we chat about at the Positive Birth Meet Ups! Why deprive your baby of somethings so life-saving as blood?!?! https://www.facebook.com//a.224806378187/366424294026021/

15.01.2022 I'm going to share a few edited extracts from #givebirthlikeafeminist over the next week or so on social media. Feel free to share. This one is from Chapter 4 w...hich is titled 'Loose Women'. Thanks Jerusha Sutton for the image. "Why do we still find loud, raucous, visceral, intuitive, strong, lusty, angry, leaky, opinionated, independent women difficult to accept? These ‘loose women’ are the ones who have broken free, we cannot contain them, they are wild and unrestrained. They are the ones who will not ‘take it lying down’, they want to ‘stand on their own two feet’, or be ‘on top’, they are the movers, shakers and troublemakers. In the bedroom and in the birth room, we have historically tried to keep these women still, quiet and restrained. The ‘good’ woman continues to be the one who complies and does not cause trouble. She will lie still, and passive, and let it be done. Those who will not comply can no longer be literally burned, so our patriarchal culture finds other ways of either silencing them, or making an example of them so that others are silenced. We threaten their livelihoods and their reputations, call them bad mothers and warn that we may take away their children. We suggest they are mad, put them in the dock, expose them in the media or even take away their freedom. Just as women were once told, ‘sex is for procreation and nothing more’, they are now told, ‘childbirth is for procreation and nothing more’. In either act, what matters is the production of a healthy baby, and the woman is merely the means to that end. The experience of childbirth is dismissed as meaningless and unimportant to a woman’s body, heart or soul, just as the experience of sex used to be. And why? What is to be gained by these oppressions? The reasons are the exact same reasons whether it’s birth or sex: because in these places can be found both power and pleasure. To uphold the patriarchy, women must be cut off from any experience that connects them to a sense of power or strength, and the idea that they and their bodies are weak and inferior must be reinforced. They must believe that they cannot give birth without help, and this in turn supports capitalism natural birth doesn’t cost very much and helps keep men ‘on top’. Women who have empowered births often say that it changed their life, and that they would ‘never again be afraid of anything’. To the patriarchy, this is potentially dangerous. The medicalisation of childbirth has accelerated in recent years, in direct correlation to the increase in women’s voices and power in other areas: one wonders if this is a coincidence. Or is childbirth the last frontier, both a crucible of our powerful potential as female humans, and, at the same time, our achilles heel, an overlooked gap in our armour? A woman in labour, upright, roaring, delivering her own baby and catching it with her own hands challenges everything people assume to be true about childbirth, and is the antithesis of the sanitised, objectified woman, covered by drapes, silenced by drugs or even devoid of pubic hair. This roaring, birthing woman is real, naked, shameless, capable, useful, active, empowered. And, culturally, we find this an awkward energy to be around it is loud, and raw, and sexual. As one old-school midwife put it to a doula friend of mine, ‘It’s unseemly wouldn’t she feel more comfortable with an epidural?’. In the bedroom and the birth room, there persists a fear of the loose woman and her potential." An extract from Give Birth Like a Feminist by Milli Hill https://www.amazon.co.uk/Give-Birth-Like-Femi//0008313105/ #givebirthlikeafeminist Image courtesy of Jerusha Sutton

14.01.2022 This is why we love what we do! Watch out for our next edition of Birthings in October-full of amazing birth stories.

10.01.2022 'I read it a lot. I don’t like my doctor; The midwife I saw was unsupportive; My hospital won’t allow me to have a vbac. What can I do about this is the question asked. ... And the response is generally: Change care providers. Chat to the manager and get them to assign you a supportive care provider. Get an independent midwife (IM). Have a homebirth. " http://matterhatter.com.au/the-illusion-of-choice-in-aust/

09.01.2022 Next dates Monday September the 16 and 23 ~ 7pm-9Next dates Monday September the 16 and 23 ~ 7pm-9

09.01.2022 "Going with the flow" is actually going with what whoever is on staff that day want! MAKE YOUR OWN CHOICES! https://www.facebook.com//a.282025812489/401137103911250/

05.01.2022 Doulas in the OR, now there's a complex conversation. To the hospital staff that recognize our client's needs and allow us to continue our support throughout the birth, we thank you. You see us, you know we know what we're doing, and you see our families. You see that their wishes, wants, and needs (yes, I'll say needs) matter. Thank you! To those that don't we would love to reach out and talk to you about this. We'd love to sit down and answer your questions, and hopefully you answer ours. Let's bridge these gaps and come together for the sake of the families. We know we want the same things for them. To the families - keep advocating for what you need and want. You're a consumer and consumers drive change. #doulasupportisforallbirth

03.01.2022 When it comes to clamping the cord, our motto is what’s the rush? The blood volume in the placenta & cord at the time of birth is BABY’S blood. It’s simp...ly mid-circulation in the placenta at the time of birth. It just makes sense to leave it be & let it finish its job. No, the blood won’t drain out of baby and go backwards into the placenta. No, your baby is not more likely to get sick from jaundice. Yes, your baby will still be getting oxygen while they figure out breathing, especially important if they need resuscitation. Yes, your baby will have better iron levels for the first year of their life. Look at how thick and engorged this cord still is at 4 and 18 minutes after baby was born. Just imagine how much blood baby would have lost if the cord had been clamped immediately, or at 60sec, 90sec, or 3mins! The placenta was expelled immediately before the 18 minute photo was taken. The pulse in the cord could still be felt even AFTER THE PLACENTA HAD BEEN DELIVERED! The cord was finally clamped & cut more than an hour after birth at 73 minutes. A beautiful placenta made by a beautiful woman. photography by Lawren Rose Photography midwifery care by Teri Mitchell #placenta #lotusbirth #partiallotusbirth #homebirth #midwife #midwifery #physiologicThirdStage #delayedcordclamping #optimalcordclamping #waitforwhite #whatstherush

03.01.2022 What questions do you have for the team of birth workers who run this page?What questions do you have for the team of birth workers who run this page?

03.01.2022 A beautiful look into a lovely documentary

02.01.2022 Remember that hospital polices ARE NOT LAWS!!! https://www.facebook.com//a.107848063926/128344135209943/