Birth Healing

Creating a Healing Ritual for Couples After Birth Trauma

Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:08 pm by Gaia's Child

Creating a Healing Ritual for Couples after Birth Trauma
By Samantha Cambray © 2008

Birth trauma can have far reaching and often unexpected effects. Often the relationship between the parents of the baby can flail, not only due to the new pressures of caring for a child, but the myriad of feelings towards each other that may ensue after a traumatic ...

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A Fresh Look at the Birth Process: The Body-Mind Connection

Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:52 pm by Gaia's Child

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25 Ways to Awaken Your Birth Power

Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:06 pm by Gaia's Child

25 Ways to Awaken Your Birth Power

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Preparing Yourself for Birth

Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:31 pm by Gaia's Child

Preparing yourself for Birth

Presented by The Training and Research Centre for Natural Birth Inc.

There are many things to consider when planning your pregnancy, labour and birth. It is important to remember that there are many options available, and you need to consider your own expectations and birth experience before deciding. For exampl...

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Pushing for Birth Reform

Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:09 pm by Gaia's Child

Pushing for Birth Reform




By Bruce Teakle

Birth groups all over the country are campaigning for reform of Australia’s birth care services. With the crisis in current care systems, the National Maternity Action Plan helps us all sing the same song towards change. We are on the threshold of a rare opportunity to achieve reform....

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Why people seek to diagnose depression rather than PTSD

Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:06 am by Gaia's Child

Many women who seek help after a birthrape are diagnosed with PND. It’s quite possible some of them have it although it is a very wide catch all of signs which are capable of being interpreted many different ways. Women I’ve questioned about this, and my own experience a...

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Birthing Rituals

Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:28 pm by Gaia's Child

Birthing Rituals

by Lou Harvey-Zahra
Pregnancy is such a wonderful, magical time when considering the hidden processes in the belly and beyond! It is also an opportunity for women to gather together and nurture, celebrate, pamper and recognize the pregnant woman as a carrier of new life and a new sacred soul to the earth. This is a Birthing...

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Pushing for Birth Reform

Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:36 pm by Gaia's Child

Pushing for Birth Reform

By Bruce Teakle

Birth groups all over the country are campaigning for reform of Australia’s birth care services. With the crisis in current care systems, the National Maternity Action Plan helps us all sing the same song towards change. We are on the threshold of a rare opportunity to achieve reform....

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Being Seduced to Induce: What Women Should Know About Their OBs

Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:25 pm by Gaia's Child

Being Seduced to Induce: What Women Should Know About Their OBs

By Marsden Wagner M.D.

Women will only agree to caesarean section if they are convinced it is safe for them and their baby. One of the first efforts of obstetricians promoting caesarean section has been to take the scientific evidence on risks of caesarean section and ...[i]

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