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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

You are a midwife, assisting at someone else’s birth. Do good without show or fuss. Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening. If you must take the lead, lead so that the mother is helped, yet still free and in charge. When the baby is born, the mother will [...]

Tags: birth attendants, homebirth, human rights, international midwives' day, reproductive freedom
Filed under: careproviders, homebirth campaign, midwives, midwifery, reproductive justice

Enjoy! Joyous Birth has a new fan page!

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

Meet Emily Burns, PhD student at the University of Western Sydney’s Centre for Cultural Research. Looks like a great thesis in the making and sorely needed! Good luck, Emily! This post is to ask if anyone here would be willing to participate in my PhD project on home birth and free birth experiences in Australia. [...]

Tags: birth attendants, freebirth, homebirth, research
Filed under: homebirth, just for fun, who homebirths?

So I was idly looking over the admirable Science and Sensibility blog and in the categories I saw, “systematic review”. Two words calculated to stir the breast of the homebirth advocate. So just because I can, I’m sharing that very link. systematic review Enjoy! I did! Science and Sensibility: systematic review

Tags: homebirth, homebirth science not obstetric superstition, jane austen
Filed under: careproviders, consumers' rights, midwives, midwifery