by Eleanor Hayes | Feb 1, 2015 | Active Birth
Birth is everywhere! Everyone is born, after all, and 4 in 5 women will go through the experience (1). For some, giving birth is a wonderful life-affirming event – even describing it as orgasmic! – but for many women, labour and birth is painful, difficult... by Eleanor Hayes | Sep 25, 2014 | Labour & Birth
[toc] Snacks to Pack in your Hospital Labour Bag It is a good idea to pack snacks into your hospital labour bag as you need to keep nourished and hydrated throughout labour. But what is a good snack to take? Just because you love a food, or crave it throughout... by Eleanor Hayes | Sep 14, 2014 | Labour & Birth
Your Birth Plan Birth is unique to every mum and every baby and although it is beneficial to write some birth preferences in a birth plan to detail things you feel strongly about to your care providers, you may find you have to make some decisions about your care... by Eleanor Hayes | Aug 31, 2014 | Labour & Birth
Many pregnant mums want to write birth preferences in order to consolidate in their mind what they want for their labour and birth, and many midwives will encourage you to do so. It can be a really useful tool to help you research options for birth and decide what... 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 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 | 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 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 | Oct 23, 2013 | Labour & Birth
[toc] Should You Induce Labor How long we cook our baby continues to be an incredibly sensitive subject. The moment we reach 40 weeks there is immense pressure to talk about inducing labour and give nature a little helping hand in one of many different ways to induce...