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Spiritual Birth Workshop Scarborough February 2013

Scarborough View

Marianne is hosting a Spiritual Birth Workshop in Scarborough, Cape Town on the weekend of the 16th and 17th February 2013. With a panoramic view of nature and the ocean, this idyllic location is a perfect place in which to explore the spiritual effects of natural birth!

The Best of Both Worlds: Medicine and Midwifery

Carol walking in the last week

Collaborative care between obstetrician, midwives and other health disciplines works best for mother and baby.

Don’t Cut the Cord and Lotus Birth

Cord and placenta lie next to the happy newborn

Delayed cord clamping for 3 minutes or longer has long term benefits to the neonate, does NO harm and does not affect the mother in a negative way.

Natural Birth Workshop – Hilton, August 2012

Alert and Receptive, Natural Birth

Marianne will be presenting a Natural Birth workshop on the 18th and 19th of August. This workshop will cover all aspects of how to achieve a natural birth the Spiritual Birth way. We will explore how to be guided by your inner compass and spiritual intuition as well as

Siblings at Birth – The Travelling Midwife

Lorenzo and Teano

Today I bumbed into a client whose births I attended a few years ago. Karen happened to be driving past the gate as I stepped out of my Cape Town home. Seven years ago in Cape Town, Karen birthed Teano, her firstborn son,  in hospital and was home a few hours later. Second time around, Karen gave birth [...]

A Natural Twin Birth – The Travelling Midwife

Saba at 39 weeks pregnant with twins

An account of how Saba Douglas-Hamilton gave birth to her twins naturally according to her birth plan. When a mother is carrying twins, it is possible to give birth to twins naturally, without harm to either the mother, or the twins.

Twin Birth Plan

Cartoon Epidural!

This is such a comprehensive Birth Plan that I have decided to post it after, of course, requesting permision from the couple who did their homework. The illustration below is a humerous take on the birth plan scenario and is not meant to imply that this mother wishes to have an epidural. In fact, this mother has [...]