Calmbirth Blog

Articles and stories from Calmbirth’s educators

Getting To Know Calmbirth Educator Laura Tieppo

Getting To Know Calmbirth Educator Laura Tieppo

Educators
Laura is a registered midwife and nurse and is a mother to 3 beautiful children. She has worked in Sydney and Canberra in all varieties of the midwifery scope. She…
When to do something and when to do nothing

When to do something and when to do nothing

Birth Stories
Birth and time in labour can be and often is, different for every woman & baby for many different reasons. When we take time restrictions away, when we take our…
Book Review : The Birth Map

Book Review : The Birth Map

Birth Preparation
I’d heard of birth plans but I’d never heard of a birth map or birth cartography until I was listening to episode six of The Calmbirth Conversation podcast featuring Catherine…
I truly LOVED my birth!

I truly LOVED my birth!

Birth Stories
After weeks of experiencing very intense Braxton hicks contractions that were often consistent and relentless and baby’s head being engaged from about 30 weeks both of us and my OB…
Getting To Know Calmbirth Educator  Emily McNamara

Getting To Know Calmbirth Educator Emily McNamara

Educators
Emily is a Registered Midwife, Registered Nurse and Calmbirth Educator in southern Tasmania. She is also a mother of four young children. Emily says, "Calmbirth first entered my world 13…
My dream birth…

My dream birth…

Birth Stories
The birth story of Isla Dawn, born 2:05pm on 12/12/2023, 3.5kg, 51cm. Isla was born at 40 + 4 weeks in a hospital by spontaneous vaginal birth with no interventions…
Bonnie our Labour of love

Bonnie our Labour of love

Birth Stories
We’d love to introduce you to Bonnie Love Brookes, our little girl born on Tuesday 19th December at 3.58pm (exactly 41 weeks). It was a long labour of love to…
Chantal’s birth stories – Two different births with one common theme – Informed & Empowered.

Chantal’s birth stories – Two different births with one common theme – Informed & Empowered.

Birth Stories
Chantal’s two very different births - one during Covid in Hospital and another 2 years later at home. But what both births had in common was they were both informed,…
Katie’s Birth Story

Katie’s Birth Story

Birth Stories
We really did love Calmbirth. We found it so helpful, especially Jack as he really wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do to support me and he felt really…

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