A mother who is forced to push (coached pushing) tires more easily and is less able to recover in-between the contractions, as is her unborn child. Women need privacy, quietness, time and gentle encouragement to complete the second stage of labour spontaneously and birth their babies with their own efforts.
Category: Birth in South Africa
Pregnancy and childbirth differs in different countries and cultures, these posts are about birth in South Africa.
Attachment Parenting link to archives
Here is an Attachment Parenting Link: Attachment Parenting Link. I hope you find it as interesting as I have.
Birth In South Africa: Birth Works!
Why do I believe that birth works? It works because we are created to give birth without intervention or interference. ( I am not referring to the small percentage of women who may need medical assistance). Women’s bodies are designed to give birth and in many cultures girls were nurtured and given
Medstudents – Another Scoop
Healthy, gentle birth, happiness.
Birth in South Africa: 3rd year Medstudents Tutorial
A live demonstration of a gentle birth for 3rd yr medical students at University of Cape Town medical students!
Birth in South Africa
‘Birth in South Africa’ was one of my presentations at the Damanhur Birth Summit. I presented a workshop on traditions of the ancient Khoisan and San Bushmen transcendent ways of approaching a birth, but this I will talk about later. Firstly I’d like to delineate the birthing situation in South Africa. We have two systems, namely the …