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5 Key Strategies to Keep Your Relationship Growing

Alison Valenti — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:02:33 UT

Pregnancy and Birth Story

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:29:57 UT

Danielle is married and has two beautiful daughters, 3 yr old Georgia and 6 week old Elise. This is the pregnancy and birth story of Danielle's daughter Elise.

Midwifery Kit

Jane Palmer — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:50:23 UT

I am often asked what I have in my midwifery kit so I thought I would post a list to assist midwives entering into private midwifery practice, to consider the items you might like to include in your kits.

Coconuts: Tropical Miracle Food

Beryl Truong — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:17:38 UT

On a recent holiday to South East Asia, I loved being able to have a juicy fresh young coconut every day as well as feeding the coconut water and young flesh to my 7 month old infant. The nutrient density of coconuts means it has long been revered in traditional cultures as both a food and as a medicine.

Pregnancy Workout Guide

Jane Palmer — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:07:00 UT

The following pregnancy workout guide is an exert from the latest edition of Pregnancy For Dummies. No matter what your particular exercise regimen may be, keep in mind the basic rules for working out during pregnancy.

Pregnancy Testing

Jane Palmer — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:15:01 UT

These days, you don’t need to wait to see your midwife or doctor to find out whether you’re pregnant. Instead, you can opt for self-testing. Home pregnancy testing can be the easy way to go.

Hyperemisis Gravidarum

Hannah Dahlen — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:29:38 UT

Hyperemesis Gravidarum HG is characterised by persistent vomiting and severe nausea. The woman suffering from HG is unable to maintain adequate hydration and fluid, electrolyte and nutritional status are jeopardised.

Fifteen with Twins

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:44:44 UT

This is my birth story: Fifteen with twins. It was the night of my year 10 formal. I went with my boyfriend, Cameron, of 3 years. We had a really good and fun night and decided to sleep together later that night.

Natural Birth of Twins and Triplets Video

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:21:39 UT

Finding a portrayal of natural birth of twin and triplet is extremely difficult. Most of the content on the world wide web that you read and watch on multiple birth focuses on risk, the need for intervention and often caesarean birth

Older Mothers: the good, the bad and the ugly!

Hannah Dahlen — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:36:37 UT

As an older mother myself, having just given birth to a baby girl eight weeks before I turned forty, I find myself sensitive to all the expert opinion on the subject. During my pregnancy some of the comments I received made me wonder if I should just book into a retirement home at the same time I booked in for my antenatal care.

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

Hannah Dahlen — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:58:37 UT

On a cold wet day in the Isle of Skye in 2008, I picked up the book, Call the Midwife. A woman browsing the shelves near by, saw it in my hands and said, “oh no! Not that book.” She proceeded to tell me how her sister-in law did not talk to her family for an entire week while reading it, as she found it so gripping.

Induction of labour against my wishes

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:36:17 UT

I was induced much to my disapproval and disappointment, but I felt bulled into following doctors orders. I had gestational diabetes which was diet controlled. They said my baby was macrosomic and they did not want me to go past 40 weeks and 2 days.

Turning a posterior baby in pregnancy is not so easy

Hannah Dahlen — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:38:07 UT

Midwives have traditionally encouraged women whose babies are lying in a posterior position (baby facing the mother’s back) to use a hands and knees position and pelvic rocking exercises during pregnancy to try and help rotate the baby into an anterior position

The Successful VBA4C Birth of Jamie Wolfe

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:37:09 UT

The Successful VBA4C Birth of Jamie Wolfe born 8th March 2011. A birth story written by Jamie's Mum.

Twins The Early Hours in Neonatal Intensive Care

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:42:44 UT

Where your twin babies are preterm and/or experiencing difficulties, they will be transferred to the either neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or special care nursery.