You cannot beat the feeling in the room when a baby is being born…. It can be powerful, intense, magical, spiritual, emotional. It will move you like nothing else in the world can. The power present in a woman’s inner being as she brings her baby forth, the care and admiration of a husband or pa
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30 Things My Dad Taught Me
Posted by adminBook review of “30 Things My Dad Taught Me” by Carlie Harris “Denis, Ian and Paul Baker are three brothers, and when their dad was dying, Denis came up with the idea of putting together what each of the brothers had learnt from him - and the result is a truly moving book. When I re
Birth Story - Homebirth on the Central Coast
Posted by adminI took my decision to have a home birth for the birth of my second child very seriously, I had a good birth experience for the birth of my first child, but I had to be strong and actually leave the hospital during my labour to stop the doctor from intervening unnecessarily. This was due to the fact
Birth Story - Gosford Hospital
Posted by adminMy name is Alison. I have been fortunate enough to have two really great birth experiences. I attribute this to the quality midwifery care I received, and my own ability to birth! For both babies I received antenatal care by the midwife who also helped me to birth my baby and then visited me afte
Whooping Cough Alert
Posted by admin782% increase in whooping cough notifications in NSW this year. 5444 cases of whooping cough have been diagnosed between January and March this year, compared to 696 during the same period in 2008. This equates to an astonishing increase of 782%. Head of pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital
Lessons in Labour
Posted by adminThe front page of the Daily Telegraph ran the sensational headline recently ‘Four dead in home birthing’. The article went on to say that at least four babies had died ‘during homebirths in the past nine months’ and a further four babies had suffered brain damage. This was p