The Art of Birth in Perth, Western Australia | Alternative & holistic health service

The Art of Birth

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 419 263 604

Address: port kennedy 6172 Perth, WA, Australia

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21.01.2022 bring on the smooches in labour!

21.01.2022 Must see doco womyn!

20.01.2022 Xmas gift ideas womyn. This year more than ever support local businesses.

20.01.2022 These 3 gems - I just love that i played a small part in their unbelievably laid back, normal pregnancy and birth journey.

19.01.2022 Struggling with your 10 to 12 week old? It's not just you. It's a common time for me to get requests for support because of breast refusal behaviours and fract...ious feeds among other things. It can be a bit of tricky age where breastfeeding is concerned. Babies discover their hands around this age, and spend a lot of time with them jammed into their mouth. Because this also creates a lot of dribble it's often mistaken for early teething. (I mean, some babies really are teething, but for most it's just play.) For the entirety of their life up to this point you've known 'hands in the mouth' as a cue to offer a feed, so you put them to the breast and...well a few outcomes tend to happen. Sometimes, they feed. They were hungry. It was the right decision to offer the breast and you feel reassured. What can sometimes happen, is they feed....but wow are they distracted. They keep popping off to have a look about. The world is just TOO exciting. Serious FOMO going on. What can often happen though, and this is what's really difficult, is they get MAD. They latch on a bit but cry and thrash and pull off. They're grumpy, and the boob normally works to calm them, so you keep persisting. But they just get even madder. You're now left utterly confused and upset because your baby is not just refusing to feed, but seemingly hates it. You may be worried because your baby has had less milk than usual so keep offering, but then your baby just gets madder, and you end up in an anxious tearful spiral. It can be particularly worrying if your baby is having a long stretch of sleep without feeds, which is more common around this age. Here's what I suggest trying. Stop offering. Yep, I know. It's not often we don't live by the mantra of 'if in doubt, whip it out'. But for this age group temporarily it can be useful. That's not to say you should restrict feeds, not at all. If they want feeding then feed of course. It's more about relearning what their cues are now, and recognising that actually they often have a reduction in feeds around now and are capable of longer intervals between. When you offer and they get mad, it's very often because they just don't want it at this point. It may be that they're tired, or bored. Previously, feeding would sort these, but at the moment it doesn't. It's usually only temporary. Continuing to offer when they don't want to feed can cause more upset and then end up with breast refusal. They won't starve themselves I promise, they will take milk when they need it. Sometimes offering while they're sleeping can work if you're really concerned. (Dream feed) They're not newborns anymore now is all. Keep an eye on those nappies as always, if it's coming out then it's going in! If they've been growing out of their clothes over the last few months hopefully you are reassured that they're gaining weight well. If you feel your baby hasn't been growing, or you're aware of issues with weight gain, it may be a good time to access some well trained support. Trust your baby and trust your body. This is usually one of those weird bumps in the breastfeeding journey where the goalposts suddenly seem to change. Be kind to yourself and give yourself some time to get used to this change. Oh, and if this stuff isn't what's happening, that's ok too! Babies are all different, these are just some of my observations from my experiences over the years.

19.01.2022 "This is our power, take it back is our duty"

14.01.2022 Im exploring this interruption to my own blueprint and know how it has affected me and my "personality". Birth is deeply imprinting.

14.01.2022 The purple line, have you seen it? Have you used it as a diagnostic tool? Do you know what it is? Let me tell you about it. The purple line is an EVIDENCE BASE...D sign that a woman’s cervix is dilating in labour. It is an obvious line (not always purple) that extends from the woman’s anus up to her tail bone between her bum cheeks. Obvious only when the woman is using physiological positioning and forward leaning. In a 2014 study by Kordi et al, involving 350 women, 75.3% of women were observed to have a purple line in labour. Through their research the authors concluded that the purple line had high sensitivity to determine dilation... possibly higher than vaginal examination and was an appropriate tool to assist in the diagnosis of cervical dilation progress. In my clinical practice I rarely do a vaginal examination, instead, women give off so many signs that they are progressing and over the years I have become attuned to what labour progress looks, sounds, acts and smells like. I would argue that I don’t need a vagina examination to identify where a woman is ‘up to’ in her labour. The use of vaginal examination is not evidence based (thanks Cochrane!) @cochraneorg and so it’s time to consider how else we might gather information about a woman’s labour... and most definitely in ways that don’t interrupt her while she is labouring I went with a woman to hospital recently and the staff there applied heavy coercive tactics to force the woman to accept a vaginal examination because they ‘had’ to know where she was up to... I told them ‘I can tell you where she is up to, her contractions are regularly 2 minutes apart, she has a purple line, anal puckering, her sounds have changed and her babies heart rate is dropping during a contraction, she’s fully dilated and about to start pushing’ they said ‘you can’t know that’... she pushed her baby out soon after. Yes I can and so can you! #birth #homebirthmidwife #labour See more

13.01.2022 Mamas, if youre wanting more information about the current covid event, and implications for health this is a great panel line up.

09.01.2022 hey women, a juicy offering for consideration all in the comfort of your home.

07.01.2022 #womentheearthneednow #janehardwickecollings

07.01.2022 Love this podcast!! Be inspired womyn. Hey Goddhas.. my friend Natalie Rees podcast The Renegade Mama has some cool guests but this one really floats my boat. This woman is inspiring. A true sovereign, claiming her right to birth her children on her country. And if youre a woman of colour and culture, you can relate to the process of decolonisation we all have to go thru to be in full expression of who we are and acknowledging our ancestral roots! May all our collective Mothers rise in full power. Time to take back our Births! Be inspired by Fleur.

06.01.2022 Repost @themindfulbirthgroup Visualisation is such an important part of keeping calm and relaxed. It helps to take our mind off of what is out of our cont...rol, and in this case it’s the mother’s natural expulsive reflex to birth her baby. This incredible video shows mum’s body and baby working together to birth baby in the most comfortable way for both of them Some women find it helpful to visualise baby moving in this way at the birthing stage, others find the letter ‘J’ helps them to direct their breathing, and some like a waterfall visual. Choose something that works for you and use it when you start feeling the natural urge to bear down #visualisation #birthvisuals #mumandbaby Unknown - #bringbirthback #shareddecisionmaking #drbootstaylor #midwives #doulas #birth See more

04.01.2022 Luuuurve!! Women of the Earth, time to Take back Birth!!

02.01.2022 Birth breaks a woman down. Pushes her to collapse. Strips away all her weakness until the process sweetly delivers her into the most beautiful being that ever ...existed...a mother. A mother who is fierce, strong, and brave, yet tender and vulnerable. Who knows her limits because she was pressed to the very end of them bringing forward a tiny being that she would protect with her very life. To all the divine women called mama out there, don't forget this moment and who you really are. Tag a woman about to give birth Words by @mia_carr_ , founder of @snuggle_me_organic : @valeriaharris__ . . . . #littleone #mindful#friendship #community #support #mindfulness#mothering #joyful #thankful #organic #natural#postpartum #midwife #motherhoodunplugged#bestbaby #adorable #birth #motherhoodrising#thatsdarling #birthstory #mother #motherhood#sisterhood #mama #village

02.01.2022 I work with a superb bunch of humans!! Happy birthday Samy Medical Practice!!