Ina May Gaskin said:
“I quickly learned that it is inexcusable behaviour to frighten or bother a labouring female. I also learned how easy it is to unintentionally cause complications in birth in this way.”
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Womens’ experiences of birth vary greatly - it ranges from powerful, life-changing and spiritual, to frightening, excruciatingly painful and traumatic. Why is this? How can the physiological process of birth work brilliantly well in one setting, and stall or fail completely in another? Why is it that even the women who opt for a natural birth and prepare for this birth experience often end up with a c-section due to 'failure to progress'? We look at a variety of obvious and practical factors that are too often overlooked in a birth setting.
Can you prepare for the best birth possible? Let's find out.
Welcome to Sensible Birth
Hi, I am Cozette Laubser
Childbirth Educator (Dip CBEd), Paramana Doula, Advanced BabyGym Instructor, Play Learn Grow (Birth to 3) Facilitator
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My curiosity about the birthing body lead me to various local and international natural childbirth experts whom I continue to learn from. My Doula journey started with Michel Odent and Liliana Lammers at their Doula Course in Highgate, London and I qualified as a Childbirth Educator from Childbirth International soon thereafter. Other authors who continue to shape my view of birth include: Dr Melodie de Jager, Grantly Dick-Read, Ina May Gaskin, and Penny Simkin.
Sensible Birth Talks & Workshops Scheduled on Request
Topics we cover at Sensible Birth events:
• The Neo-Cortex (Thinking Brain) - friend or foe in birth? • How the place of birth can help or hinder the birth process • The powerful cocktail of birthing hormones and under what conditions they work best • Active birth and its myriad of benefits • Fear of birth and the fear-tension-pain cycle • The Fetus Ejection Reflex • The Sphincter Law • Exploring the uterus - the largest and strongest muscle in the female body • Baby's due date - is it an expected date of arrival or an expiry date? • The wonderful world of microbes • The World Health Organisation's (WHO) view on Cesarean Sections.
