“For years, women in Queensland have been assured that the anti-abortion laws were a ‘dead letter’ – that they would never be used. Now a young woman and her partner are facing trial under these laws and facing the prospect of years in prison.”

Tags: Australia, forced birthers, human rights, reproductive freedom
Filed under: feminism, reproductive justice

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Tags: Australia, commentary that bites, feminism, homebirth, homebirth science not obstetric superstition, human rights, obstetric monopoly, reproductive freedom
Filed under: homebirth campaign, reproductive justice

Enjoy! Joyous Birth has a new fan page!

Tags: Australia, homebirth, homebirth sc
Filed under: consumers' rights, feminism, homebirth, homebirth campaign

I am a 25 year old married woman, of Irish ancestry, living what most would see as a very conventional life – we own our home, both work in corporate jobs, drive European cars.  So, of course, people fall of their chairs in disbelief that someone as ‘normal’ as me would want a ‘hippie’ birth. [...]

Tags: Australia, first time homebirther
Filed under: who homebirths?

Although I have not had a homebirth yet, I certainly plan on it next time. Here’s my story that I included in the Senate Committee submission: I miscarried my first child at 9 weeks – a devastating time for me, but the main trauma that lingers from that event was going to hospital & being [...]

Tags: Australia, subsequent babies homebirthed
Filed under: who homebirths?

I live in Melbourne, Australia. I have a bachelor of arts, with honours in political science. I’m a white, married, heterosexual. I am the mother of one homeborn daughter. She was born shortly after my 25th birthday, in the presence of her father and two doulas. Her siblings (of which we hope to have four) [...]

Tags: Australia, first time homebirther, freebirth
Filed under: who homebirths?

I live in Sydney, Australia. I am Anglo. I have a partner. I am the first person in my family that I know of who has homebirthed. I work from home so I can be a SAHM. I have had three normal (textbook) births when I was: – 27yo (hospital birth), – 36yo (midwife attended [...]

Tags: Australia, freebirth, subsequent babies homebirthed
Filed under: who homebirths?

I live in Brisbane, I identify as a white Australian, I am married, a stay at home parent and I have had one homebirth. I chose to birth at home because that is where I felt the most comfortable, safest, where I felt I would be truly sovereign, and where I could bond with my [...]

Tags: Australia, first time homebirther
Filed under: who homebirths?