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A doula is a non-medical labour assistant, who provides continuous physical and emotional support to the birthing woman and her partner throughout labour and birth. A doula offers the one-...Read more |
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The 2012 updated Cochrane review of research studies on the use of continuous support for women during childbirth found that women who recieved continuous support were more likely to ahve...Read more |
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The doula works to support both the woman and her partner. She compliments the role of the partner rather than taking away from it or replacing it. Nothing can replace the connection...Read more |
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You can choose to have your care led by a doctor in both the public and private health systems. The doctors who are specifically trained and qualified to care for pregnant and birthing...Read more |
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This is the phase between Established Labour and the Birth , where the cervix dilates from 7 or 8 centimetres throught to 10 centimetres or full dilatation. Contractions are at their most...Read more |
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Routine interventions in labour are the care practices which are offered to every labouring woman, depending upon the setting in which she has decided to give birth. These include: vaginal...Read more |
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The first hour after the birth is a highly significant time for the new parents and the baby. The woman's body releases lifetime high levels of the hormones involved in mothering, bonding...Read more |
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Your decision about where you will have your baby will be influenced by your feelings about each model of care, and also by where you live, your health and your baby's health and any...Read more |
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A Caesarean Birth is a major surgical operation in which the baby is born through an incision in the abdominal wall and the lowest part of the uterus. For the vast majoriity of women, it is...Read more |
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