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Birth Stories - Homebirths with Akal |
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A
letter to Hamish - born at home
Everyday we know you more and everyday I think about how lucky I was
to have the birth that I had and how normal it now feels. I don't
feel like super woman and I don't feel like some crazy hippy, I just
feel like a mother who had the birth every woman deserves. ... More |
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Can
you have a natural birth after a caesarean? -a VBAC birth
story by Tara
I was 8 days overdue and feeling very impatient. As the labour approached,
I began to question myself. "Can I really do it again?"
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Jodie's
VBAC at home - by Jodie
It soon became obvious to me that a hospital and an obstetrician was
not the way for me to have a VBAC. I then started looking at the alternatives
to a hospital birth ... I emailed Akal and to my delight, she was
very positive about VBAC's and natural births. She had assisted several
women to birth normally after having a caesaren ... More |
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Michelle's
first birth story - an 'almost' homebirth - by Michelle
I have always felt that pregnancy and childbirth are a time when a
woman is both at her most vulnerable and her most powerful, but I
knew absolutely nothing about my options for care as a pregnant woman.
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Michelle's
second birth story - a wonderful water birth - by Michelle
My second birth could not have been more different from my first.
Two and a half years after my son's birth, and after much mental and
emotional preparation, I birthed my daughter at home in a birth pool
at the culmination of a short, intense labour. ... More
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Our
homebirth story - by Rachelle
On discovering that I was pregnant with my first child, I realised
that I didn't want to have my baby in hospital. However, being new
to Australia I was unsure of the processes here ... More
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Jessica's
homebirth story - by Leanne
Everything was leading us towards a drug free home birth. We wanted
to create our own environment and make this birth a very special and
private event ... More |
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Doing
the Deal - by Richard
After six and a half years together, and not a sound from Mary, I
was begging for a child to be conceived. Mary wasn't. Men don't have
a biological clock - right? - WRONG. Mine was booming like Big Ben.
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Our
Midwife - by Jackson
I want to tell you about a very special person in me and my sister's
life. Her name is Akal Khalsa and she helped my mum welcome us into
this world. More |
