Homebirth General Discussion #11

[HotI]

Good video for partners on homebirth. love all the disclaimers of 'i'm not a hippy but..."

"Being with her"

An independent Australian documentary featuring conversations with partners who supported women to birth at home. An entertaining and touching insight into what happens behind the scenes. We hear what worked and what went wrong.
From the makers of Throwing out the lies with the birth water, a feature length protest piece that was created in response to proposed legislative changes prior to the 2007 Federal elections that threatened to outlaw homebirth as an option for Australian women.
Being with her advocates for choices in birth and the right for all Australian women to access homebirth options

http://vimeo.com/47992797

[Cassius2]

Oh thanks HotI! I look forward to getting a chance to see it.

Hey is anyone going to any of the screenings for 'freedom for birth'? (i think that is the name lol). I know that my midwife group is doing one, but it is way too far, so might go the competition down the road (MAMA)
it's on the 20th of September...come on, i want some buddies so i dont feel so lonely!!!

[Ilithyia]

Hi girls,

Thought i'd pop in to say Hi.

Jen - Congrats to your Sister. A gorgeous size bubba. DD2 was also 4.2kgs.

Tanya/Kelly - Hows the Babymoon'ing going??

Bellany - Good luck finding a MW. I hope it all works out for you. I'm not exactly sure what your options will be with identical twins as vaginally birthing them can come with some risks. I'm sure its been done before though Good luck! xx

Kelly - I had a quick squizz at your birth pics. They are devine!! Wish I looked that good when I was in labour

Hi to everyone and a big welcome to Ice-cream

Things are going good here. I'm off to see the MGP midwife next week seeing as I couldn't find an IM to support me. I wasn't really wanting too much antenatal care anyways but seeing as this is MGP, the Midwife went out of her way to "get me" and has birthed 2 of her babies at home, I thought what the heck. Plus we're moving back to Townsville in December anyways so I'll only be seeing her until then. When we get to Townsville I'll likely have my care taken over by one of the IM's up there or just have my friend (also an IM) do my checks. I'm pleased that so far everything has been fairly straight forward so I'm not overly worried about strict antenatal care. I trust myself enough to know if I need to seek further care.

What I was going to ask you ladies was about Homeopathics for bleeding and afterpains after birth. I've never seen a Homeopath but I'm a little nervous about the after pains and with a history of a fairly significant PPH i'd like to have some option on hand come birth day.

Have any of you used herbs for either reasons? Or antenatally for that matter? I was considering getting some herbal teas to drink during pregnancy.

Hope you're all well! Enjoy the weekend!
xx

[Tanya]

Tanya/Kelly - Hows the Babymoon'ing going??

What I was going to ask you ladies was about Homeopathics for bleeding and afterpains after birth. I've never seen a Homeopath but I'm a little nervous about the after pains and with a history of a fairly significant PPH i'd like to have some option on hand come birth day.

Have any of you used herbs for either reasons? Or antenatally for that matter? I was considering getting some herbal teas to drink during pregnancy.

xx

Baby mooning is going well but busy!

One of my friends who helped out at my birth is also a naturopath and she gave me black haw to take from 38 weeks to help with after pains, although I only got to take it for a few days before birth I really think it helped. I could feel my uterus contracting but it wasn't anymore painful than mild period pain. Very different from my last couple of births where it was toe curlingly painful! She also gave me shepards purse to assist with pph, I took some soon after birth and ever 15 or so minutes for an hour or so and had no significant bleeding. I was slightly concerned about bleeding considering this was my 8th pregnancy, 6th live birth and my 2nd birth I had a significant bleed.

Julie from blissful herbs sells some great teas for pregnancy birth etc... I think she is a market place member here... Not sure.

[Cassius2]

hmm good question Sara! i want my naturopath to help me out with something for the afterpains as well (toe-curling beauty with DD2)...and apparently they get even more intense?? I have a homeopathic kit that my homeopath put together...havent even looked at it yet i know that it has two types of arnica in it (one for straightforward post birth swelling and one for heavy bleeding).