Increase Your odds of a normal birth – use a Midwife

Posted on 23/06/2012 by

A report on the results of 22 international studies, published in a recent edition of the Australian Health Review, revealed something curious. It found that low-risk pregnant women being cared for by midwives were more likely to have a normal … Continue reading →

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Group B Strep

Posted on 15/05/2012 by

Often women are told that they are carrying Group B Strep. Can they birth naturally without intervention and more importantly – are antibiotics even necessary? Why not look back to nature? Ask why is the overgrowth of the bacteria there … Continue reading →

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Planned Home Birth with Registered Midwife as safe as hospital birth!

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

Who would have thought?? C&P from Science News… Planned home birth with registered midwife as safe as hospital birth Published: Monday, August 31, 2009 – 12:31 in Health & Medicine The risk of infant death following planned home birth attended by a … Continue reading →

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Dangers of birth before 38 weeks

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

Too early? AIMS Journal, Winter 1999/2000, Vol 11 No 4 A review of babies in the Northern Region born at 34 weeks or more who needed ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome, has shown what a huge difference a couple of … Continue reading →

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Caesareans cause placenta praevia and accreta

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

AIMS Journal, Winter 1999/2000, Vol 11 No 4 A study of over 18,000 deliveries from Jordan found that previous caesarean section increased the risk of placenta praevia (the placenta growing low down in the womb where it partially or completely … Continue reading →

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Caesareans Increase Future Risks

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

Placenta accreta is a condition where chorionic villi from the placenta have grown down into the muscles of the uterus and there is no clear separation between the placenta and the wall of the uterus. This means that the placenta … Continue reading →

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Risk of uterine rupture

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

If you are to have an elective C section, please ensure that you are double stitched up, not single stitched . . please read on .. AIMS Journal, Spring 2004, Vol 16 No 1 Risk of uterine rupture A single-layer, … Continue reading →

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Antibiotics for the baby

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

We often hear concerns from parents of babies taken into neonatal units after birth about the possible adverse effects of antibiotics that seem to be given routinely. They are also upset about the distress caused to the baby by injections … Continue reading →

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Group B Strep

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

(in birthing) Often women are told that they are carrying Group B Strep. Can they birth naturally without intervention and more importantly – are antibiotics even necessary? Why not look back to nature? Ask why is the overgrowth of the … Continue reading →

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Do NOT Pull the Cord!

Posted on 10/04/2012 by

Yesterday I was speaking with a private hospital midwife who was relating a wonderful birthing story. She was with a mum who had an ecstatic water birth and who was in heaven. Mum had specified that a physiological third stage … Continue reading →

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