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Our website is an up to date and extensive source of information on pregnancy, birth, parenting and breastfeeding. You'll be able to find lots of information on midwifery care, pre-conception care, pregnancy, birth, waterbirth, homebirth, vaginal birth after caesarean, postnatal care and breastfeeding. Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond provides private midwifery services, quality childbirth education and lactation consultations.
 | Wondering what to do with your placenta?“Well you also have the option to encapsulate your placenta and ingest it.”........ blank stares, open mouths, nervous giggles, or simply no registration at all. This is the normal response I see when talking about the third stage of labour in my calmbirth® classes. I have been encapsulating women’s placentas for over two years now and what once seemed to me like sacred “ooga booga” has now reached the brink of mainstream and almost all of the families I support as a doula Find out more ... |
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Mums and BubsForum Thread: Redeveloping physical fitness after having a baby offers challenges. Caring for an infant is tiring! Even if you're keen, can you exercise with your little one in tow or make care arrangements you're happy with? If you choose a class, will it accommodate your pregnancy recovery needs? The answer may be a mums and bubs class. Find out what our forum members had to say about mums and bubs exercise classes. Join in the conversation. Find out more ... |
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Stretch MarksStretch marks are an almost inevitable part of pregnancy, though some women do avoid them. Stretch marks are caused by the skin stretching to accommodate the enlarging uterus and increased weight. Some women probably have some genetic predisposition for stretch marks, and they’re also more common in younger women. Find out more... |
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Birth and Homebirth-A Grandmother’s point of view"As a mother and grandmother I felt compelled to write my story about my births and more significantly about the wonderful experience of being present at my youngest daughter’s homebirth of her second child, Ivy Grace." Jan Baxter writes as a grandmother showing her point of view on homebirths, while telling us the amazing experiences she has had with her own family. Find out more ... |
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Should I Stop Taking Folic Acid?Forum Thread: Taking Folic Acid as part of your preconception regiment and in early pregnancy is vital to prevent neural tube defects (NTDs) – serious birth defects of the spinal cord (such as spina bifida) and the brain (such as anencephaly). But is there value in taking Folic Acid in the third trimester, once the threat of NTD has passed? Find out what our forum members had to say about whether to stop taking folic acid beyond the second trimester. Join in the conversation. Find out more... |