How To Prepare For An Unplanned CBAC
CBAC – or Caesarean Birth After Caesarean, or RCS – Repeat Caesarean section. The idea can fill a woman with dread if she’s had an unplanned, unwanted, or traumatic caesarean. Women often ask what they can do to prepare themselves…
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I Caved In – How Early Socialisation Impacts Birth
Women often blame themselves for not sticking to their birth plans, without realising the impact of the early socialisation of women and girls.…
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What April The Giraffe Taught Us
April the giraffe went live at the end of her pregnancy. Humans sat spellbound anticipating action, be it in the form of intervention, or rapid birth. They were disappointed for months.…
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Getting Angry – Honey, Vinegar, and Maternity Care
Birth activists and women alike, pay heed! We've used up all the honey, but maternity care is still the same. It's time to break out the vinegar now, because women and babies deserve better than this.…
Stop! Don’t Share That Caesarean Video
Have you seen a "natural" caesarean video recently? Have you been thinking that maybe it could be helpful to your friend that had a caesarean? Be careful, because it might just upset them instead.…
Let’s Do Away With The Pregnancy Due Date!
Due dates are often viewed as the pinnacle of scientific prediction, and health care for pregnant women. In reality they are neither. The mental anguish they create is damaging to women and babies.…
Regulating Obstetrics Like We regulate Midwifery?
Who regulates obstetrics? Obstetricians themselves. Who regulates midwifery? Obstetricians! In what other practice would this be seen as anything less than a serious conflict of interests? NONE!…
Gaslighting and Birth Trauma – No, You ARE NOT Crazy!
Gaslighting is a term used to describe a form of emotional abuse where the victim is told that their perception is…
How To Avoid Victim Blaming With Birth Trauma
A traumatised woman may try desperately to warn her friend about dangerous obstetric practice but it's rare for anyone to listen to her. Vicarious trauma can lead to victim blaming so be careful!…
The DOs and DON’Ts Of Breastfeeding!
Are you wanting to give breastfeeding a go but unsure how to go about it? Have you struggled to breastfeed before and want to try again? Are you struggling now? Here's some fast easy tips from a pro!…
When Your Baby Bites Your Booby
What's the best way to manage a nipple biter? Do you have to wean immediately? Can it be predicted, prevented? Don't panic about it, just get informed. Everything you need to know is right here.…
Facebook Employs ISIS To Moderate Breastfeeders!
Ever wondered why breastfeeding images are removed from Facebook, but not commentary that is violent? Wonder no more! Facebook is employing ISIS to moderate the posts naughty women make and share.…
Body Dysphoria in Anorexia and Transgenderism
People are desperate to separate the body dysphoria that transgender teens display from the dysphoria that teens with an eating disorder display. Are they really so different? Maybe, but maybe not.…
The Tragic Success of Trans Activism VS Feminism in Birth
The language we have used for centuries to describe birth is not trans exclusionary. The new language is woman exclusionary! Birthing people, pregnant individuals etc are terms that erase women.…
It’s Not Up To Us To Ban The Burka
The cry to ban the burka is always popular. Some claim it's for safety reasons, others for the liberation of women, but is either argument realistic? Or will a ban simply lead to more oppression.…
Eating Disorders: The Early Signs You Could Miss
Eating disorders are a mental illness. They have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Frighteningly if weight loss is apparent, the sufferer is well and truly in the grips of it already…
5 Walking Games for Tired Children – Inspired By Books!
Everyone has had one of those horror days, arms are full of groceries, and your child Just. Can't Take. Another. Step. Use these literature inspired walking games to help them get their wriggle on.…
Attachment Parenting Teens? How It Works
Attachment parenting doesn't need to end at thirteen, in fact with teens, it's even more important to actively foster healthy attachment. The stakes are high, they need to know they can turn to you!…
Mothering Through Anorexia – What I Did RIGHT!
Mothering through anorexia is pretty much like living through hell. It's really important for mothers to be realistic with themselves about their achievements, rather than just critical of everything.…
Emotional Care – Not Just A Woman’s Job
Why do so many adult men expect to maintain a relationship without any emotional input whatsoever? Why do they think that relationships should function without any emotional substance?…
Health: So Much More Than Weight Loss
The pressure to lose weight is enormous, but there should be more pressure on the beauty and weight loss industries to rein in their propaganda. Thin doesn't equate to happy, nor healthy.…