When things in birth don’t go as planned…
I Loved the Calmbirth course. I did it with hubby at 35 weeks! I was so adamant about a natural birth; however, nothing went to plan.
The Calmbirth Conversation Podcast Episode 17: Dr. Sarah Buckley – Oxytocin and Birth
In episode 17 of the Calmbirth Conversation Podcast I talk to Dr. Sarah Buckley about Oxytocin and birth. Dr. Sarah Buckley is a GP/family physician with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. She is the mother of four home-born children, and currently combines motherhood with her work as a writer on pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
The Calmbirth Conversation Podcast Episode 16. Pregnancy Yoga
In Episode 16 of the Calmbirth Conversation Podcast Calmbirth Director, Karen McClay talks to our wonderful Calmbirth Educators and Yoga Instructors, Maja Batista and Karen Shlegeris about the benefits of pregnancy yoga in preparation for labour and birth.
CALMBIRTH TO RESUME TEACHING FACE TO FACE IN JANUARY 2022
As you are all aware, from October 11th there will be some restrictions eased in NSW and possibly Victoria, in lockdown affected areas. Calmbirth as an organisation has thought long and hard about how we safely navigate our way back to face to face teaching in what will still be a very unpredictable Covid environment with the potential for increases in Covid infections and subsequent snap lockdowns predicted as the States reopen. The next few months will be an important time to watch and see what happens as we transition to post lockdown life.
The Calmbirth Conversation Podcast Episode 15. The Golden Month
In Episode 15 of the Calmbirth Conversation Podcast, Calmbirth Director, Karen McClay talks to Dr Carla Brion & Nadia Parisi about the Golden Month – an in-home postpartum service they have created based on Traditional Chinese Medicine & Ayurvedic practices to nourish and nurture women in the postnatal period.
Dr Carla Brion is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncturist & Women’s Health Specialist while Nadia Parisi is a Women’s Health Massage Therapist, Fertility, Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher, Holistic Pelvic Care Practitioner – two dynamic women who are here to break the mould, shake things up & bring women the care that they really need. It takes a village to hold the mother. “We want to re-shape the postpartum care in our community, for our daughters & their daughters to come.”