We hope you enjoy this week’s birth story from She Births® mum Johanna Carr. Johanna readily admits that things didn’t work out exactly as planned – when does life ever? But she also says that giving birth was the most amazing experience of her life. I love hearing...
Epic. Empowering. Emancipating. Simply amazing. Those are words Genevieve and Kate used to describe the birth of their gorgeous baby girl, Luca. “Luca was born naturally without an epidural and only minimal tearing (she was a big bubba). I spoke to her during most...
We have a beautiful birth story to share with you this week from Sarah Hoffman. Like many women, Sarah was fearful of childbirth… until she discovered She Births®. She put everything she learnt during the course into practice and “had the most amazing fearless and...
Welcome to our very special Father’s Day – Daddy Doula Awards. If this is your first Father’s Day then an extra big hug from us! Thank you all so much for your Daddy Doula Award entries. We shed many happy tears reading your incredible birth stories, and I am...
DADDY DOULA: BART I had Braxton Hicks every night from around 4pm-10pm, 12 days prior to our arrival. Every night they would start up and I’d think ‘game on.’ Could it be tonight? And then they’d stop again! It was quite a roller coaster and I...
DADDY DOULA: HUNTER Hunter was my Daddy Doula from the moment we started preparing for labour. He was thoughtful and articulate when it came to discussing what kind of birth we wanted and what his role would be. He coached me through the last few weeks, reminding me...
DADDY DOULA: NICK Nick was amazing in the preparation for our baby boy’s birth. He was so inspired by doing our She Births® course… During our pregnancy he would frequently offer to practice massage and acupressure, we often had birth rehearsals initiated...
Empowering. Wondrous. Life-changing. There is a common misconception that second and third births are quicker and easier. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. It depends on many things – what you have been doing these last few years and so many other...
How did your labour start? I started getting very mild contractions throughout the weekend, 3 days before my due date. On the Saturday night I couldn’t sleep as I was getting up to go to the bathroom what felt like every 30 minutes. On Sunday evening about 10pm...
I just wanted to thank you, as my daughter was born last Tuesday, and I went into labour with confidence thanks to the She Births® course. I did everything you advised us in the course; diet recommendations, the latest equipment that physios suggest in preparation for...
I’ve been meaning to email for the past two weeks since we welcomed our little girl Pasha Fox on the 1st October, but to be honest I haven’t had the words to express my gratitude to you. We truly had the most amazing, humbling and intimate birth of our...