Is a caesarean a birth or not? This is one hell of a hot button topic. If we break it down into what really matters though, we see that the two sides really aren’t quite as different as we might think
Do women really need pregnancy nutritional supplements? Marketing would have you believing that it’s impossible to have a healthy pregnancy and birth without them, but what does science tell us?
Should you compromise on your birth plan to help other people stay in their comfort zone? What if compromise, takes you well out of your own comfort zone? Women should not have to compromise on birth.
Mothers are grateful for their children, but they need to just complain sometimes. We can’t expect them to bottle everything up all the time! That’s unhealthy and could lead to depression or worse.
Some doctors pressure women to induce VBAC, others refuse to induce. Whether a VBAC is induced or not, is a decision that only women can make. Doctors provide a service, women make the decisions.
The controversy of breastfeeding in public seems to keep on keeping on, but is it really controversial, or are people just making up a whole lot of nonsense. One Dad explores the topic.
When you have birth trauma it can be incredibly triggering to see your friends planning their own births, and it can leave us feeling very . Here are six easy tips on managing Vicarious Birth Trauma.
I’m a 43yr old Australian man with two sons. I was intact until my twenties when a doctor gave me some poor advice on managing phimosis and I “chose” to undergo a circumcision. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into! They gave me a general anaesthetic for the operation, and I was assured […]
What a shame it is to see a truly vital movement being torn apart by aggressive, abusive people. The tactics of some intactivists drive away people who need information and support about circumcision.
“My care provider doesn’t allow VBAC so I’m just going to go in pushing” Find out why this is not just a bad idea, it could actually be downright dangerous.
