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25.01.2022 Repeat after me.... MY BODY IS PERFECTLY DESIGNED FOR BIRTH Are you sitting there talking to your pregnant belly each day saying 'Okay. baby, today can we build the lungs and tomorrow can we focus on the fingernails?' Or are you trusting that your body and your baby know exactly what to do? Why is it that when it comes to giving birth - women seem to have completely lost trust in their body and their baby's ability to finish the job?... What does your inner voice tell you about birth right now? Is it positive or negative? Your inner voice matters. What will it say to you in the middle of labour? 'I am strong. I am safe. My baby is safe. I am built for this. My body is working exactly as it should' OR 'I am scared, I don't feel safe, I feel out of control. I dont know what is happening'' Prepare for birth with knowledge, tools, support and preparation so you go into birth and motherhood feeling confident and excited rather than scared and anxious. Your inner voice matters. Beautiful image via Pri barbosa

23.01.2022 Do you know your options for: - Monitoring? - Induction? - Pain relief? -Placenta delivery?... - If labour slows? - If epidural doesn't work? - If initial induction doesn't work? #Repost @the.birthcollective --- How many time have you heard someone say I’m just gonna go with the flow? When you go into your birth without having any preferences, the only flow you’re going with is your doctor’s. #justsaying You have options. You have a say. You don’t have to go in for that induction (no, being over 40 weeks is NOT overdue). You don’t have to have that stretch and sweep. You don’t need all those vaginal exams. You CAN ask for a second opinion. You don’t have to dilate according to someone’s timeline. You can ask for more time. You can say no thank you. Did you openly express your preferences? I did for the most part, but know I made some compromises to make my OB happy #homebirthnexttime Find out your options and do a @hypnobirthingaustralia with me course dates on website via @thebirthhour

23.01.2022 DO YOU KNOW YOUR MOTHER'S BIRTH STORIES? The first photo is my beautiful mum just after the birth of her third baby. When I was pregnant I started to ask her more about her births. She told me the first one was the hardest and longest - my brother was an 18hr vaginal birth. Looking back she now thinks he was probably posterior, but he eventually turned. She never asked for pain relief during his birth, not because she didn't feel like she needed it - but simply because she ...thought they would offer it to her and no one did! She birthed all her babies on her back because 'that was what was done then'. She never mentioned the word pain when she talked to me about birth - she did tell me it was hard, but it wouldn't last forever and that no matter how my baby came into the world 'you will never know how strong you are until you hold your baby in your arms.' The second photo is my beautiful Nonna (maternal grandmother). She gave birth to three babies. All homebirths in a tiny mountain village in Italy - under the care of the town midwife. My nonna was my second mum as she lived with me since I was born. Unfortunately, she passed away just before I fell pregnant. Her and my mum both represent strength to me and during my labour I had a scarf that was my nonnas and a letter from my mum to remind me of the strong line of women I come from. It's incredible to think how birth has changed over my own three generations. My nonna with a midwife-led homebirth, my mum in an obstetric led hospital birth (where she was told to be on the bed), me with a hospital birth but birthing on all fours on the ground with my OB lying on his back to catch the baby . Maybe it will come full circle for me and my next birth will be a homebirth with midwives just like my Nonna How was birth talked about in your family? Was it spoken about? How has this affected the way you view birth? @ Sydney, Australia

16.01.2022 WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE? Posterior labour is a variation of normal. About 50% of babies are in a posterior position when labour begins and most of these babies will turn by the end of labour. Only 5-10% of babies will remain posterior. The heaviest part of your baby is the back of the head where it meets the neck. Posterior labours are characterised by baby’s back being against the mother’s back.... POSTERIOR POSITIONS CAN BE LINKED TO: Shape of your pelvis Slouching or reclining in third trimester (baby’s head is heaviest part - gravity in a reclined position will help baby rotate to a posterior position) Sitting in positions where your bum is below your knees (tilts the pelvis back instead of forwards) Tightness in one or more of the ligaments attaching your uterus to your pelvis (your uterus is attached to the pelvis by 8 different ligaments. Tension can affect how your uterus sits and how your baby is positioned. ) Increased chance of vacuum or forcep delivery Increased chance of caesarean Increased need for strong pain relief such as epidural (epidural can be a good option in later labour to help relax the pelvic floor and allow baby to rotate. However, having one too early may increase chance of caesarean if baby has not had time to come down) HOW TO RECOGNISE POSTERIOR LABOUR Start and stop labour (contractions not rhythmic) Longer first stage - if baby's head can not effectively push on cervical opening to allow for dilation Longer second (pushing) stage - more difficult because of the way the baby moves down the birth canal Increased back pain in labour (some not all) - and often no relief between contractions as baby puts pressure on the uterosacral ligaments HOW TO HELP BABY'S POSITION DURING PREGNANCY See a women’s health physio or chiropractor during pregnancy to assess alignment of pelvic ligaments Acupuncture Spinning babies techniques - rebozo, forward-leaning inversion, side-lying release. From 32 weeks be in upright, forward and open positions Your baby's position affects how labour progresses! It is SO important to pay attention to this in your third trimester!!! What was your experience with a posterior labour?

09.01.2022 Mama's view. Those little bubble toes. Just days old. Can't handle this gorgeous pic from one of my mums @willow_thompsonn