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Choosing homebirth, your options, questions and decisions.

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  1. Home Help

    Find professional support of all kinds for your home birth here.

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  2. Holding the space

    Everything you need to know about supporting your partner, friend or relative for their joyous birth. Practical information and ideas on how to hold a birthing woman safely within a loving circle of support.

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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Why did you choose hospital birth?

    Just so we can get a really full picture of why we choose home birth, can we talk about why we chose hospital birth? If you chose a hospital at...

    Started by The Morrigan, 21-07-05 12:28 PM
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    The Morrigan
    08-09-10 10:00 PM Go to last post

  2. Thumbs up Sticky Thread Sticky: How did YOU pay for your hb?

    We have lots of info on health funds, tax back, instalments, bartering blabla. How did you organise it? First one I used the money my mum left me...

    Started by The Morrigan, 22-07-07 01:55 PM
    • Replies: 201
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    Ravensworn
    31-08-10 09:12 PM Go to last post

  3. Post Sticky Thread Sticky: Planning a Freebirth

    Planning and preparation Preparing for Birth Freebirth supplies list/birth kit Hospital Backup & Transfer Plans When to Transfer Addressing the...

    Started by Ayla, 30-08-09 07:40 PM
    birth certificate, birth kit, birth supplies, freebirth, freebirth and transfer, planning a freebirth, registering freebirth, shoulder dystocia 1 Attachment(s)
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    Ayla
    28-08-10 08:30 PM Go to last post

  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: Share these homebirth montages with friends and family!

    Joyous Birth members' births Shmoo's montage Birth: our journey home....

    Started by The Morrigan, 28-09-07 04:32 PM
    montage, montages
    • Replies: 130
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    The Morrigan
    17-08-10 12:12 PM Go to last post

  5. Question Sticky Thread Sticky: List of Publicly Funded Homebirth

    Do we have a comprehensive list of all of the different places/hospies/birthcentres whatever who actually offer publicly funded homebirth? I'd be...

    Started by Cyathea, 21-12-07 05:51 PM
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    SelfishCandy
    24-05-10 08:22 PM Go to last post

  6. Sticky Thread Sticky: List of Qn's to ask Midwife

    Here is a list of possible questions to ask when interviewing a potential midwife. What is your background and experience in midwifery? ...

    Started by Anouke, 11-12-06 03:18 PM
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    allejane
    14-05-10 09:27 PM Go to last post

  7. Poll Sticky Thread Sticky: Poll: Did you choose home birth the first time?

    Bear with me ;) I have a hunch that most women choose hb for 2nd or subsequent babies not the first one. Can you help me work that out?

    Started by The Morrigan, 01-07-05 11:32 AM
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    Jericho-Rose
    02-05-10 10:55 PM Go to last post

  8. Sticky Thread Sticky: Homebirth information outside of Australia

    Spain http://joyousbirth.info/forums/showthread.php?t=28624&highlight=spain Sweden http://joyousbirth.info/forums/showthread.php?t=35234

    Started by The Morrigan, 08-06-09 10:26 PM
    outside australia
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    The Morrigan
    08-06-09 10:26 PM Go to last post

  9. Sticky Thread Sticky: meet another moderator

    Hi, I'm Lisa Barrett the new moderator of the househunting forum, the place where you can research and learn all about your homebirthing choices. ...

    Started by sirhokko, 28-11-06 07:19 PM
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    28-11-06 07:19 PM Go to last post

  1. Not preg yet, but will be ttc in a few months..... Homebirth pointers please

    Hello.. I think now is a better time then any to start really thinking about my options... We are planning number 3 in the nearish future (will ttc...

    Started by Kizzzah, 31-08-10 11:40 AM
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    Butterfly
    09-09-10 07:32 PM Go to last post

  2. Gobsmacked!

    Not sure if my lil rant is in the right spot or not but here goes and the moderators can move it if they think it could be better else where. Was...

    Started by samiam, 08-09-10 10:42 AM
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    Murasaki
    08-09-10 10:34 PM Go to last post

  3. Stupid obstetric "studies"

    Sometimes I read these studies and I think "What dickhead thought of this and which dickheads think it has merit??" They do things like compare two...

    Started by The Morrigan, 20-02-10 03:50 PM
    bullshit, double plus good bullshit, science experiments for knobs
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    Tlazolteotl
    08-09-10 02:17 PM Go to last post

  4. How to organise myself?

    Just wondering whether people have had any experiences for shopping for a hospital that will induce a VBAC if required? I know many wont, but I do...

    Started by Sunflower, 04-09-10 08:16 PM
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    yogaem
    05-09-10 12:12 PM Go to last post

  5. Nutting out my options

    Please bere with me as I try and get this all down, it may be a bit disjointed and all over the place. DH and I are both in agreement that where...

    Started by Ezili, 27-07-10 03:29 PM
    rock and hard place
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    naturalbirth
    02-09-10 10:48 PM Go to last post

  6. So how do I pay for this?

    Ok, I'm having a bit of a panic attack about money!! We are having some major financial problems (I'm keeping everyone fed but that's about...

    Started by Rebecca80, 31-08-10 08:30 PM
    • Replies: 15
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    sam pearson
    01-09-10 08:44 PM Go to last post

  7. Long post - debrief with some questions thrown in.

    Hi all, I appreciate your views (but please go easy on me 'cause I'm pregnant and it makes me sook! :lol). The time after my last birth was a...

    Started by Rebecca80, 25-08-10 11:07 AM
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    Butterfly
    01-09-10 12:13 AM Go to last post

  8. Doula hunting :-)

    how do you find a doula when you are new to town :shock :oops I am little conscious about talking to the rong people, but any tips would be great!

    Started by pommiemummie, 23-08-10 03:45 PM
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    Madame Comfrey
    31-08-10 08:22 PM Go to last post

  9. Australian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System (AMOSS)

    http://www.npsu.unsw.edu.au/PRERUWeb.nsf/page/AMOSS This is the work listed on the website so far. AMOSS Investigators AMOSS newsletter...

    Started by The Morrigan, 25-08-10 08:35 PM
    australia, maternal death, maternal mortality
    • Replies: 10
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    Nangsi Lahmo
    31-08-10 03:17 PM Go to last post

  10. Poll Poll: In which model of care did your caesarean occur?

    If you've had a caesarean, which model of care had you chosen? Were you a public hospy casualty? A homebirth casualty? Something else? Tick the...

    Started by The Morrigan, 30-08-10 09:32 AM
    caesarean poll
    • Replies: 23
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    The Morrigan
    31-08-10 11:35 AM Go to last post

  11. maternal deaths in Australia and around the world

    Let's talk about it. No one talks about this, the only criticism and discussion around hospital and home is about foetal deaths. What about women?...

    Started by The Morrigan, 27-01-10 10:34 AM
    caesarean risks, hospital risks, maternal morbidity, maternal mortality
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    The Morrigan
    26-08-10 10:26 PM Go to last post

  12. Maternal mortality: What can we learn from stories of postpartum haemorrhage?

    http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/1871-5192/PIIS1871519209000262.pdf Read the rest at the link. Interesting warnings...

    Started by The Morrigan, 25-08-10 08:53 PM
    maternal mortality, postpartum haemmorhage, pph
    • Replies: 2
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    Sapling
    26-08-10 06:02 PM Go to last post

  13. Poll Poll: What drugs did you get in hospital?

    I wonder how many of us had spinals, epidurals, generals, pethidine, syntocinon, syntometrine or something else?

    Started by The Morrigan, 23-08-10 11:10 AM
    • Replies: 59
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    deesalie
    24-08-10 06:27 PM Go to last post

  14. UPDATE ON MY "SAGA"... my doc visit

    I dont know if anyone remembers reading my post title 'dream shattered'.... I explained that my IM would be out of town from the 20th - 24th and i am...

    Started by tandi, 23-08-10 01:16 PM
    • Replies: 24
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    Lani
    23-08-10 08:24 PM Go to last post

  15. Inductions increase caesareans.

    From Midwifery Today: <http://www.midwiferytoday.com/enews/enews1217.asp> Research A new study published in the July 2010 issue of the medical...

    Started by The Morrigan, 21-08-10 07:46 PM
    caesarean, cascade of intervention, induction, induction and caesarean
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    Mahilaa
    23-08-10 06:54 PM Go to last post

  16. Update on legal situation and thanks

    Firstly I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to the auction or gave time or donation . I have been overwhelmed by the generosity of people. ...

    Started by sirhokko, 18-08-10 08:22 AM
    • Replies: 57
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    tandi
    23-08-10 01:25 PM Go to last post

  17. What is the cost of an average public hospital birth?

    Chameleon is over and she's wondering what a comparable hospital birth would cost eg a drug-free, low-no intervention hospital birth vs a drug-free,...

    Started by Ayla, 19-08-10 02:13 PM
    • Replies: 16
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    The Morrigan
    20-08-10 02:02 PM Go to last post

  18. links to studies

    Does anyone have any links to the SA homebirth study? i've found an overview in the medical journal of australia, but it doesn't give me enough...

    Started by Mariposa, 19-08-10 03:58 PM
    • Replies: 4
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    blackrattism
    20-08-10 01:02 PM Go to last post

  19. What the f*ck am I supposed to do???

    I've been having antenatel appointments at a public hospital. I'm 25 weeks with one baby. I've had 2 prior cesareans. The first for a 'failed...

    Started by KatieKoo, 17-08-10 12:51 AM
    • Replies: 24
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    meow
    18-08-10 10:48 PM Go to last post

  20. What would you say to the first time birthing you if you could?

    I'd have said: Please trust yourself more, think more about your family's obstetric history, don't give your power away, don't say things like...

    Started by The Morrigan, 15-08-10 11:23 PM
    first baby, first birth, first time homebirther
    • Replies: 87
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    Cilobelia
    17-08-10 10:38 PM Go to last post
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