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Monthly Archives: October 2009
RIP homebirth in Australia
We’ve watched as successive governments have whittled away at homebirth from the loss of insurance to the introduction of the fauxbirth schemes run through hospitals and now Homebirth Australia has resurfaced to tell us the news no one else hears … Continue reading
Hathor the Cowgoddess has a new book coming out! “Simply Give Birth”
Hathor speaks: I get asked all of the time, how I decided to have an unassisted birth the first time and a few years ago I wrote about my decision an essay called Pregnancy Log (here’s an excerpt): Saturday, January … Continue reading
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The Great VBAC Rort
VBAC is an endangered species. This is not really surprising since vaginal births of all kinds are endangered and it only makes sense that having created a birthing monster of cuts and scars, Dr Frankenstein would be unwilling to let … Continue reading
Consumers are not stakeholders, it would seem, when birth is discussed.
What should I do? Nothing dear, you’re not qualified. Welcome to how homebirth will look at your place – if you’re allowed to have one. Some homebirth advocates (Wingnuts, Bernard, in case you don’t know what an Advocate is) met … Continue reading
Some beautiful birth images and lovely homebirth families!
~ we love homebirth ~ How will you birth after July 2010? Homebirth Awareness Year 2008 Tweet
Links in the chain
Some blog deliciousness to get us all thinking more about the current draft legislation to outlaw homebirth midwifery in Australia. http://allthatsazz.blogspot.com/2009/06/important-message-from-your-security.html Warning warning feminist yumour ahead! Important message from your Security Minister Homebirthers may try to convince you that our … Continue reading
If it involves women, it’s a feminist issue. Right? *possible triggers – rape mentioned*
It’s Reclaim the Night 2011 this week. I thought I’d dust off this older entry in the hopes that one day all feminists might see that birth is worthy of notice and that violence done to women during birth is … Continue reading
Holding activism lightly in the face of violence.
Holding activism lightly in the face of violence. Australian women face one of the greatest struggles for basic human rights they’ve ever faced.We have the vote, we have some semblance (lipservice) to equal pay, we can mostly put our children … Continue reading
Why be an autonomous consumer of the healthcare system?
In recent years as midwife-assisted homebirth has become more topical in the mainstream press, so too freebirth* or family birth, has also become more widely known. Our culture of control over women means that the shock value of women birthing … Continue reading
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Welcome aboard!
A shiny new blog! Welcome aboard, dear reader. Here’s hoping we can share some stories, some chat, some activism and a lot of information. Nothing like a blank page to inspire fear and creativity in equal measure. I trust the … Continue reading
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