Just to add my 2 cents (once again), the presentations I have seen in the
USA usually at midwifery conferences or on a TV segment have tended to show
women who are hypnobirthing lying down and rather passive, however from my
experince of homebirthers in the states who used hypnobirthing they were
q
I've been enjoying the debate about
hypnobirthing. I don't like the name, but like most people, I feel
that anything that helps women birth without drugs is useful.
I use quite a lot of the Wintergreen (Common
Knowledge Trust) techniques in my practice and have done for many years. I
fin
> Consumer Forum - maternity services in the ACT
> The Standing Committee on Health of the ACT Legislative Assembly is
> conducting an inquiry into maternity services in the ACT.
> In conjunction with the Women's Centre for Health Matters and the Health
> Care Consumers Association, the Committe
Sue, just had to reply to your comments!
I too have reservations about the positioning in the hypnobirthing videos -
awful and tell the women not to be in them, fortunately we have a great
australian video of a woman in better positions and I encourage all the
usual favourable positions for birth,
Before I go off list for a while I feel compelled to add my bit to all the
hypnobirthing discussion which I've read with interest!
As a hypnobirthing practitioner for a couple of years and prenatal yoga
teacher and prenatal massage therapist (plus am finishing off the Grad Dip
in Childbirth Educati
Dear Mary,
Yes, a measuring mat is were you stretch out a newborn to measure
them. We have had ours at the Birth Centre for more than 8 years and
apparently it has been used for over 15yrs and is as good as new, easy to clean,
light and easily folded up for storage and is more accurate tha
Wow! Thanks Jo!
Cheers,
Cas.
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Hi Caroline,
Congrats on your article. I purchased
Fantastic, Cas!!! What great news for you & maternity in Australia!!!
Well done!
Jen
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Hi,
We have a hypnobirthing practitioner in our area, who had her first baby a
couple of years ago. She had a 3 day labour to the birth of a little baby
girl - popping up to the local hospital for the last hour. She was 5-6 cms
about 18hours before baby came.
I have a few comments tho - this women
