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Sep 01.

Waterbirth

| Contraversial topics

Often in our society, one of the main topics surrounding labour and birth is pain and pain relief. Women often worry about how they will cope with contractions and delivery. For some women, coping with labour may include medical forms of pain relief including narcotics, laughing gas, or an epidural. However, these medications come with […]

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Apr 30.

Choice of birth place

| Contraversial topics

Rather than beat around the bush, it seemed to make the most sense to just start our blog with the taboo discussion…where to give birth. Let’s face it, when people mention “Midwife” they automatically think of homebirth. As a midwife who has attended home and hospital births for years, this is one touchy subject. It […]

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