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Mothering

Risks of Ceasarean Birth

November 12, 2009

According to two recent Radio National Health Reports (2nd November and 9th November) about one third of all babies being born in Australia are being delivered by Caesarean section, that is a surgical cut through the mother’s abdomen.
  There are two main groups of women having caesareans: those who [...]

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The Diabetes Epidemic

August 29, 2009

On Friday 21st August on Tony Eastley’s AM morning program on ABC Radio National there was a discussion on the alarming increase in juvenile diabetes in Australia. More Australian children are being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes than ever before. A new report reveals that were 900 new cases notified in 2007.
That represents a 30% [...]

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Epidural Epidemic?

July 17, 2009

In the Courier Mail on the 14th July 2009 there was an article titled “Epidural Epidemic– No labour pain, no bond gain”.
It reported the comments of Dr Walsh, an associate professor in midwifery at Nottingham University in Britain who stated that more women should be prepared to endure the pain of labour because anaesthetic drugs [...]

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Older Sperm Makes Less-Healthy Babies

May 29, 2009

I read an article in the Weekend Australian Magazine dated May 16th – 17th 2009, which has profound ramifications for those women (and their partners) struggling with their fertility.
A recent University of Queensland study showed that children born to older fathers have, on average, lower scores of tests of intelligence [...]

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A Mother's Day Gift

May 9, 2009

 
Healing the Wound of the Mother

We heal our disconnection with our own feminine nature by consciously connecting to the energy of the Mother.
As a woman, one of the first things we need to do, to move towards our own self-empowerment and love our inherent feminine nature, is to acknowledge the Mother within.
Many [...]

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2009 – Towards 2012

January 21, 2009

2009 is going to be an exciting year with more of the rapid changes that we experienced in 2008 occurring at the planetary level as we swing closer to 2012.
According to experts in the fields of astrology, astronomy, geophysics, and Mayan calender predictions, 2012 is the year that humanity, along with [...]

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Modern Women, Modern Birthing?

January 8, 2009

I received an email from a midwife and a kinesiologist just recently. I felt it to be so heart-rending and wanted to share it. She is speaking her truth as she knows it and experiences it and tells the story for many women who can’t articulate their disconnection from themselves.
Thank you Chris.
She says:
Unfortunately the great [...]

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Obesity – a symptom of poor bonding at birth

October 21, 2008

In the weekend paper today (19/10/08) I read an article on obesity entitled “Obese eat more but enjoy less” A finding based on a study of the brains of obese people found that when they are eating the pleasure centres do not light up like they do in average weight people. The study was published [...]

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What happens when a woman is in her power

October 19, 2008

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting three-week-old Faith and her mum KP. Faith was born at home and is KP’s second child.
Her first, a boy now three, was born in a hospital setting following a stressful, long labour that was induced. Immediately after the birth, the little fellow was lying passively on his mother’s [...]

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Baby girl or baby boy – Is there a difference when it comes to mothering?

October 12, 2008

I am in Tasmania on the wild North West coast looking north over Bass Strait. The weather has been rugged and cold but today the sun is shining and all is forgiven as the warmth penetrates my back and renews my sense of Nature at her best.
Did you know that oestrogen circulating in the brain [...]

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