How are women supposed to think of birth as normal and achievable if all they hear are horror stories of forceps, vacuum extractors and undignified, unsupported labours with women forced to lie on their backs, legs spread for all the world to see? The beautiful birth I had with my last baby (after two previous caesarean sections—one emergency and one elective) is such a rare experience in the private sector, let alone the public sector. [...]
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Next Saturday, Mumatopia is joining forces with Fordicia and Precious Packages at the Ipswich Baby, Toddler and Child Expo. Baby expos are a terrific way to gather information on products and services available to families in the local community. Stop by and say gidday, enter our free raffle, and learn all about the benefits of having a doula at your birth, hypnobirthing, and Precious Packages wonderful new baby [...] Dancing Tiger Belly Dancing Studio in Ipswich has a couple of great events lined up for July and August. Idell Wadly is a belly dancing phenomenon, making the semi-finals of Australia’s Got Talent this year. Dancing Tiger is holding a free open day for women and girls at their studio on July 11, 2010, from 2 to 4pm. There’ll be Belly dance and Zumba plus free food tastings–loads of fun! On Sunday August 1, 2010, the studio is hosting a Belly Dance and Birth workshop run by visiting Belly Dancer Suraya. [...] We’ve all been exposed to the familiar cliché of babies arriving in the back of a car and maybe those of us who have had 20+ hour labours feel a little jealous of women who just pop their babies out in no time at all, but does a fast birth necessarily mean that the woman is “lucky” and that it was a good [...] You don’t have to live in the outback to experience the difficulties associated with lack of local maternity services. Many of the smaller regional hospitals around the Ipswich area no longer provide any maternity care for women in labour. So, women must travel to Ipswich from Laidley, Boonah, and other regional towns. [...] Professional birth support (doula) in the Ipswich, West and South West Brisbane areas. What is a doula? Doula is Greek for “woman’s servant.” And, quite literally, the doula’s role is to serve you by providing emotional, informational and physical support to assist you in achieving your best birth. What does a doula do? Studies show [...] |
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