I was five days overdue and I'd been having what I thought were mild contractions on and off all day. By 4:30pm they were about 15 to 20 minutes apart. I rang the labour ward at the hospital and was told to stay at home until the contractions were four to five minutes apart. When
Molly-Rose was born on the 5th February 2003 at 25 weeks (3 months early), she is our true little miracle. Little did we know when we made the big decision to start a family what lay ahead. We started IVF in August 2002, keeping a very positive and open mind as we knew it
This My birth My Choice rally was held on 9th November 2009. It was held in Surrey Hills, Sydney. It was outside the Minister for office of the Minister for Status of women, Tanya Pilbersek. Over 200 people attended the rally. The rally was called as a result of the federal government's legislation. This
Stroking your baby’s silky skin, and meeting her trusting gaze is amazing. Taking turns listening to her ‘coos’ and ‘goos’ and then responding, telling her, “ your tiny toes are like little pink peas,” or “your legs are growing so long and strong,” is more than just a delightful way to enjoy your little
Published in Playtimes, the magazine of the Queensland Playgroup Association, May 2002 As a GP, writer and currently full-time mother to four children, I have many concerns about the standard advice that mothers are being given about young children and sleep. ‘How does your child sleep’ in the Oct Playtimes, endorsed by Queensland Health,
Parenting in our culture is a struggle. Bookshops are overflowing with advice to help us with crying babies, sleep problems, feeding problems, toilet training, temper tantrums and discipline. These are the same areas our parents had difficulties with, and probably our grandparents too. But these are not issues for parents in many contemporary cultures.
The full reference for this article is Trotter S (2007). Baby products – it’s all in the labelling. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, 17:2, 263-266 Abstract Sharon Trotter recently joined us at MIDIRS to present our second Webinar; ‘Skin deep –neonatal skin/cord care: exploring best practice in skincare and umbilical cord care of the neonate’. The
As you know, it is not always easy getting your child to go to bed during bedtime, let alone staying there and then falling asleep. Your child may be the “stay up late, no matter what” type. You know, it's ten o’clock and you’re bleary-eyed but he is wide awake and bushy-tailed. Or it's
Elimination Communication (EC)- also known as Infant Potty Training (IPT), Elimination Timing (ET), Going Diaperless and Natural Infant Hygiene- is how most babies are brought up around the world. This ‘method’, which is so integral and so obvious in most cultures that it needs no name. It involves the mother and baby becoming attuned
As you know toilet training a child can be a time of testing the patience of parents. It can be a time of upsets, and disappointments, one step forward and two steps backwards. And sometimes toilet on floors and the thought of “will my child ever learn how to make him/herself to the toilet?”
