THREE SIMPLE TECHNIQUES TO HELP YOU HAVE A BETTER LABOUR Massage Being touched is a fundamental need in all humans and it can be especially important during pregnancy and labour. Ideally your partner will enjoy rubbing your blossoming belly as you relax into the warmth of this...
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PUTTING BABY AT THE CENTRE OF BIRTHING Forty years ago a French obstetrician who had delivered thousands of babies walked away from his practice and became the world’s leading childbirth educator and writer. Leboyer opened his major book with a photograph of a newborn with his mother, father...
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Preface: Prior to becoming pregnant I held a deep fear that I would not be able to handle the pain of natural child birth. I simultaneously held a deep desire to bring my child into the world in a peaceful and healthful way; the way nature intended. Being a redhead, research...
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Everyday tensions and stresses cause an array of physical and chemical reactions within us that can have negative effects on our health if not managed well. Such tensions can be heightened during pregnancy, and as labour approaches, if fear and concern are added to the mix, these bodily effects...
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LET’S STOP SHOULD-ING ALL OVER THE PLACE It can be a nasty little word, ‘should’. It can make us sound pompous and arrogant when we use it, or feel disrespected and resentful when we are at the receiving end of it. It is used to say or ask what...
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HYPNOTHERAPY … FACTS AND FICTION Does the word hypnosis conjure up images of people prancing about on stage flapping their arms and making plok-plok-plok chook noises? Or perhaps of swinging watches? Yes, it was frequently used as entertainment in the past and this has led to heaps of...
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