by Eleanor Hayes | May 3, 2014 | Active Birth
History of Birth Women have been birthing instinctively for millennia. Find any historical image of birth and it is almost universally showing the woman in an upright position. They were attended by other women, experts in birthing – midwives and doctors played... by Eleanor Hayes | Apr 30, 2014 | Birth Story & Review
“Thank you to Birthzang for helping me through a difficult time of a planned C-section. I really wanted to have a positive birth experience second time around and thought that having a C-section meant I couldn’t have an active & natural birth…... by Eleanor Hayes | Apr 1, 2014 | Active Birth
Watch this video to get some insight as to the main principles of Active Birth (as coined by Janet Balaskas) and how it can make your birth easier, safer, more efficient and less painful. Helping Birth In my book, Helping Birth: Your guide to pain relief choices and... by Eleanor Hayes | Feb 25, 2014 | Labour & Birth
Hospital Labour Bag Packing your hospital labour bag is something we all know we should do but it some of those tasks in later pregnancy that seems to appear on the “I’ll do it tomorrow” list. As the baby can easily arrive within a 5 week window,... by Eleanor Hayes | Feb 14, 2014 | Birth Story & Review
I attended the Birthzang Active Birth Workshop with my husband at 31 weeks because I knew I didn’t want to give birth lying on my back and I wanted to learn more about the best ways to have an active birth. The workshop exceeded our expectations and we found it... by Eleanor Hayes | Jan 23, 2014 | Birth Story & Review
“Eleanor is a fantastic teacher; she is very knowledgeable on the birth process and explains things in a very clear way. I already have one child and have done two different antenatal courses prior to Birthzang, but I still felt that I learnt a lot on the day... by Eleanor Hayes | Jan 8, 2014 | Labour & Birth
Image: mybirth.com.au[/caption] So you have exhausted all natural methods to induce labour, you have waited patiently for your baby to arrive, read my blog about risks of induction, and finally you have decided to opt for a medical induction of labour. But what does... by Eleanor Hayes | Dec 18, 2013 | Birth Story & Review
“We had a workshop at Eleanor’s excellent private workshop venue in East Reading. It was great to learn how to encourage the baby to get into a good position for labour, and which positions can help the baby move during labour and birth and we enjoyed... by Eleanor Hayes | Dec 17, 2013 | Labour & Birth
Spiritual Ways to Induce Labour In a way this last post in my series on how to induce labour naturally we will look at spiritual ways to induce labour and it is both the shortest and yet has the most effective methods! As we have seen with physical ways to start... by Eleanor Hayes | Dec 12, 2013 | Labour & Birth
Complementary therapies are frequently used in pregnancy to alleviate all sorts of symptoms. Some, like acupuncture, are even now recommended by enlightened Doctors and midwives. Others remain more on the fringe than in the mainstream. As with all therapies, please... by Eleanor Hayes | Nov 30, 2013 | Labour & Birth
Foods to induce labour There are many ways to bring on labour. Foods to induce labour by eating or drinking certain things is a very popular method not least because they are often quite accessible to pregnant ladies and don’t cost much, or may not require... by Eleanor Hayes | Nov 26, 2013 | Active Birth
We really liked the informative demonstrations using the pelvis and doll. The section on the different stages of labour and the explanation about hormones was very clear and easy to follow. It was a good way of helping dads to know what the mum is going through at... by Eleanor Hayes | Nov 23, 2013 | Labour & Birth
7 Practical Ways To Induce Labour Naturally This article around 7 practical ways to induce labour naturally basically covers practical things you can do on your own (or with a partner) to help start labour. The actual efficacy of any natural practical method to induce... by Eleanor Hayes | Nov 23, 2013 | Labour & Birth
Natural Ways to Induce Labour Your due date approaches…and marches by with no signs of baby coming. The phone calls, emails and texts start: “Have you had that baby yet?” You don’t mind for the first few days but actually you have had quite... by Eleanor Hayes | Nov 20, 2013 | Birth Story & Review
“My husband and I found this course invaluable in building our confidence to birth our daughter together as a team. Thank you Eleanor for being a great and positive teacher.” Mr & Mrs N, November 2013