Category Archives: homebirth campaign

Stayed on Freedom

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Janet

Stayed on freedom? My recent love affair with Eric Bibb (not literal but musical!) has led to me listening to a lot of music which bolsters and inspires me towards a loving response to the place of pain in which … Continue reading →

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Why I never say witch hunt

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Janet

For those who don’t know, my original qualifications in academia are a first class honours degree in history, eighteenth century Irish history, to be precise. I commenced and completed about half a PhD but birth trauma made this untenable and … Continue reading →

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My legal bill

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Janet

Readers of this blog will not be unaware that in 2009 my third child was stillborn at home. In October last year the NSW coroner’s office decided an inquiry needed to be held. We received the brief a few weeks … Continue reading →

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Amendment

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Janet

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Reclaiming our births from the colonisers

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Janet

“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our … Continue reading →

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What’s really going on in South Australia at the moment?

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Janet

You can find that out here. As Lisa Barrett says: They have raided my house so I no longer have a computer or a telephone, my husband can’t carry on his business as they took his computer and the children … Continue reading →

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Keep calm

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Janet

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I support Lisa Barrett and that’s final

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Janet

One for you, Lisa. So much love to you as you do battle with the ugly coal face of misogyny in Australia. We love you. Tweet

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Endangered birth

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Janet

Update: Thank you to those who flew in from around Australia with children and banners! ACM has no right to be trying to deny women access to midwives and while they’ve already made their decision, here’s hoping some of them … Continue reading →

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Medical veto over women’s rights?

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Janet

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