http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/n-134

It uses the F word!

This might already be here but it's so good that doubling up won't hurt a bit

http://www.birthinternational.com/articles/wagner03.html

Recovering From Caesarean: Physical and Emotional Healing
Copyright Samantha Cambray 2009

With around a third of babies currently delivered via caesarean section, many women will experience the recovery from this major operation. Whilst many women may experience little physical discomfort, or have little trouble with the emotional material surroundi...

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Samantha Cambray
Birth Healing


The Honourable Nicola Roxon
Minister for Health and Ageing
Parliament House

10th March 2009

Dear Ms Roxon,

RE: Report into the Maternity Services Review

I refer to the above report handed down on February 21st this year. Reading through the report, I find many re...

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Hindsight is sometimes a dark place to look back on my healing journey from the traumatic experience I had birthing Bodhi. But it can also be a lovely, lofty place that allows me clarity and perspective.

One thing I can see in hindsight is a clear j...

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Breastfeeding after a Traumatic Birth

First Feeds

The quiet, early hours of a new day envelop me. I am exhausted from two days of hard labouring and groggy as I struggle upwards to full consciousness after the arrival of my son via an emergency caesarean under general anaes...

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I am posting this submission to the Maternity Services Review on behalf of mummadoula, who is a doula, founder of the Coffs Coast Maternity Group, Bellingen Baby ( a pre and post natal support group) and homeopath. I humbly thank mummadoula for sharing her submission with us.

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Federal review into Maternity Services
Submission written by Mieke Elzer

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Maternity Services Review
Submission: Birth HealingCopyright 2008, Samantha Cambray- Founder of Birth Healing

Introduction

It is stated in the discussion paper “Improving Maternity Services in Australia” that Australia is one of the safest countries in the world to give birth, for both maternal and infant survival rates .
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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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