To all concerned, Aotearoa midwifery has, for a number of years now, been in a state of crisis. The impacts of this are far reaching, for...

The following post was written by my inspirational friend, Michelle Howie. She wants to share her breastfeeding story as a means of...

IATROGENIC - RESULTING FROM THE ACTIVITY OF PHYSICIANS; SAID OF ANY ADVERSE CONDITION IN A PATIENT RESULTING FROM TREATMENT BY A...

What happened to the peaceful birth you'd planned? You had actually reached a place where you were looking forward to giving birth.

Written by Sandy McGivern-Butler This is it. This is what gets written at 4 o'clock in the morning, lying in bed, typed with one finger...

Let’s examine what sorts of images and thoughts the label ‘birth trauma’ conjures up for most of us… baby death or disability, fearing...

This blog post includes multiple quotes, all sourced from the Birth Trauma Survey I conducted in 2015. To read the survey report in full,...

Through the birth trauma support work that I do and the multitudes of conversations I have had with women on the topic of birth, I have...

My friend was in her 39th week of pregnancy when she called me. "Carla, I'm at the hospital, they can't find my baby's heartbeat." She...