Comments for Janet Fraser http://janetfraser.id.au/blog Where birth and feminism intersect. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:14:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Only Love by Garden Pheenix http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2011/10/20/only-love/comment-page-1/#comment-8795 Garden Pheenix Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:14:57 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1112#comment-8795 Simplistically wonderful. And from what I have seen you are not found wanting, but over flowing. I will never forget spilling my birth story in JB and finding the understanding and space I so needed to heal. <3 Simplistically wonderful. And from what I have seen you are not found wanting, but over flowing. I will never forget spilling my birth story in JB and finding the understanding and space I so needed to heal. <3

]]> Comment on Jade was born at home in the bath by Phoebe http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2011/09/26/jade-was-born-at-home-in-the-bath/comment-page-1/#comment-8750 Phoebe Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:47:34 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=875#comment-8750 Wonderful memories of my own two births come flooding back. The first overwhelming and scary. The second, empowered by knowledge and a new faith that my body was in-fact, designed to birth, was fun and liberating birth. Wonderful memories of my own two births come flooding back. The first overwhelming and scary. The second, empowered by knowledge and a new faith that my body was in-fact, designed to birth, was fun and liberating birth.

]]> Comment on Physiological miscarriage **trigger warning** loss, trauma by Tallulah http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2012/01/20/physiological-miscarriage-trigger-warning-loss-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-8747 Tallulah Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:43:16 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1207#comment-8747 Thank you for sharing your very personal and huge experience of a miscarriage at home. Your story made me weep, it may me rage and it brought back a lot for me too. I had 4 home miscarriages that I documented for JB, but not an ounce as traumatic as your story is. I too was shocked at how my first miscarriage at 12 or 13 weeks was more physically painful and arduous than my second 'live' homebirth at full term. Whether it is the great emotional pain or a lacking of birth hormones or both, we may never know why miscarriage can be just as physically taxing on a woman. I am so very sorry for your loss. So sorry. Wishing you great healing both physically and emotionally and lots of strength to you as your process and grieve the huge loss of your baby girl. Lots of love. xo Thank you for sharing your very personal and huge experience of a miscarriage at home. Your story made me weep, it may me rage and it brought back a lot for me too. I had 4 home miscarriages that I documented for JB, but not an ounce as traumatic as your story is. I too was shocked at how my first miscarriage at 12 or 13 weeks was more physically painful and arduous than my second ‘live’ homebirth at full term. Whether it is the great emotional pain or a lacking of birth hormones or both, we may never know why miscarriage can be just as physically taxing on a woman.

I am so very sorry for your loss. So sorry. Wishing you great healing both physically and emotionally and lots of strength to you as your process and grieve the huge loss of your baby girl.

Lots of love. xo

]]> Comment on Physiological miscarriage **trigger warning** loss, trauma by Janet http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2012/01/20/physiological-miscarriage-trigger-warning-loss-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-8722 Janet Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:21:05 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1207#comment-8722 Thanks so much for sharing, Catherine. I hope this will become a resource for women seeking information on miscarriage and wanting to avoid the interventionist path. Love to you, I'm sorry for your losses. Thanks so much for sharing, Catherine. I hope this will become a resource for women seeking information on miscarriage and wanting to avoid the interventionist path. Love to you, I’m sorry for your losses.

]]> Comment on Physiological miscarriage **trigger warning** loss, trauma by Catherine http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2012/01/20/physiological-miscarriage-trigger-warning-loss-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-8711 Catherine Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:06:03 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1207#comment-8711 Thanks to "L" for sharing such a personal story. I am so sorry about the loss of your precious baby girl and the way you were treated in hospital. Your story really struck a chord with me. I had 2 miscarriage/D&C experiences in hospital. They were quite traumatic and I was subjected to some horrendous treatment so I swore I'd never miscarry in hospital again. Since then I've had 3 early losses at home and, recently, a late first tri loss (fortunately I've also been blessed with 3 amazing, healthy babies in between!). My homebirth midwife was a huge support during my last loss - helping to induce the baby with homeopathy and acupressure when the doctors were starting to get twitchy 3 weeks after the baby had passed away and nothing had happened; and making sure I got my iron levels back up there after losing a massive amount of blood during the 6ish hour, labour-like loss. Physically and emotionally it was exhausting but it gave me some peace and healing as I felt that at least I was able to honour the baby by birthing him by myself at home and burying him next to our last babe's placenta. There really is no place like home. "L", wishing you peace, love and healing. xx PS. I'd not heard of cervical shock before but it sounds exactly like what I experienced with my last miscarriage before I passed the largest clot. Thanks again for sharing your story. Although experienced by many women, miscarriage is not often spoken of and I know a lot of women feel alone and isolated when it happens to them. Thanks to “L” for sharing such a personal story. I am so sorry about the loss of your precious baby girl and the way you were treated in hospital.

Your story really struck a chord with me. I had 2 miscarriage/D&C experiences in hospital. They were quite traumatic and I was subjected to some horrendous treatment so I swore I’d never miscarry in hospital again. Since then I’ve had 3 early losses at home and, recently, a late first tri loss (fortunately I’ve also been blessed with 3 amazing, healthy babies in between!). My homebirth midwife was a huge support during my last loss – helping to induce the baby with homeopathy and acupressure when the doctors were starting to get twitchy 3 weeks after the baby had passed away and nothing had happened; and making sure I got my iron levels back up there after losing a massive amount of blood during the 6ish hour, labour-like loss. Physically and emotionally it was exhausting but it gave me some peace and healing as I felt that at least I was able to honour the baby by birthing him by myself at home and burying him next to our last babe’s placenta. There really is no place like home.

“L”, wishing you peace, love and healing.

xx

PS. I’d not heard of cervical shock before but it sounds exactly like what I experienced with my last miscarriage before I passed the largest clot. Thanks again for sharing your story. Although experienced by many women, miscarriage is not often spoken of and I know a lot of women feel alone and isolated when it happens to them.

]]> Comment on Coming home to ourselves by Janet http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2011/12/10/coming-home-to-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-8663 Janet Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:31:31 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1181#comment-8663 I'm so glad. Thanks for telling me. I’m so glad. Thanks for telling me.

]]> Comment on Coming home to ourselves by AprilM http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2011/12/10/coming-home-to-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-8652 AprilM Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:36:41 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1181#comment-8652 Thank you Janet. This speaks to me at the perfect time. Thank you Janet. This speaks to me at the perfect time.

]]> Comment on Revolutionary by Janet http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2011/09/30/revolutionary/comment-page-1/#comment-8616 Janet Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:38:16 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1069#comment-8616 Nice to see this has been picked up in other places. I wonder how many people know who I am and what I really do though? http://manacrystals.tumblr.com/post/10196372318/anarchafeminist-god-i-love-amanda-palmer Nice to see this has been picked up in other places. I wonder how many people know who I am and what I really do though? http://manacrystals.tumblr.com/post/10196372318/anarchafeminist-god-i-love-amanda-palmer

]]> Comment on (Very) Thankful Thursday by Janet http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2011/12/15/very-thankful-thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8393 Janet Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:41:12 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1192#comment-8393 Thank you! <3 Thank you! <3

]]> Comment on (Very) Thankful Thursday by Kimba http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2011/12/15/very-thankful-thursday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8390 Kimba Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:09:04 +0000 http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=1192#comment-8390 It was an absolute pleasure. I hope the gifts continue to remind you how valued you are as you use them all xx It was an absolute pleasure. I hope the gifts continue to remind you how valued you are as you use them all xx

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