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This beautiful capture!! This mama and her words! Yes! Yes you should be proud of what your body has done, yes you should be proud of it for creating and growing life.
Be proud of its strength, it’s marks, it’s strips, it’s stories it shows. Yes, you should be celebrated because your body is amazing and you mama are amazing - never forget that!! ・・・
I arrived at Kellie’s home for a newborn family session and this beautiful new mama said, “Before you take pictures of the baby can you please photograph my amazing body. I’m so proud of what it’s done and I love all the signs of the life it’s created.” My heart nearly burst out of my chest with happiness to hear a new mother speak about her body this way. The round, beautiful curves, the softness, the stripes of pride, the full, leaky breasts... .
Have a look at what you made and search deep for the pride. I bet it’s in there.

#Repost @jerushasutton .
#postpartumbody #postpartum #fourthtrimester #newborn #newbornmother #mother #fourthtrimesterbodiesproject #sydneynewbornphotographer #sydneyfamilyphotographer #sydneybirthphotographer #birthabilitycentralcoast #birthabilityclasses #birthonthecentralcoast #celebratemotherhood

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DO YOU WANT CHOICES IN BIRTH?
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A new plan for maternity services in Australia is being formulated. In its current recommendations form, MIDWIFE-LED CARE IS OUT. OBSTETRIC-LED CARE IS IN. Let me say that again. An Obstetrician - a highly medical professional (who has their place in high risk/life or death situations) - will be dictating your care no matter who you are. You will no longer be able to choose a midwife program or home birth program. Your choice will be an OB in a hospital, or an obstetrics trained GP. THATS. IT. A choice between MEDICAL AND MEDICAL is NOT a choice.
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It means your RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CARE YOU RECEIVE is stripped from you.
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It means the ideology governing birth is no longer that birth is optimally a physiological process requiring intervention only when necessary to, but that birth is a MEDICALISED process taking place in a facility where risk is king and money is queen.
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It means that no matter YOUR ideology, you come under the crushing weight of theirs.
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It means your primary caregiver will be applying a MEDICAL lens. Not an optimal physiological management lens, not an active labour lens, not a ‘let’s work with an ancient evolutionary cocktail of hormones’ lens.
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It pushes home births UNDERGROUND. Just when public home birth programs are achieving MUCH BETTER OUTCOMES and LESS INTERVENTION for low risk mums and babies (evidence shows!), it will be pulled. Even as private midwives are ALREADY vilified, they will now be crucified.
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It means that once again, our government will be LED BY MONEY and POWER. Newsflash - governments don’t always do what’s best for the citizen. Just take climate change as a huge example - our Prime Minister brought a lump of COAL into Parliament. THESE ARE THE MEN WE’RE DEALING WITH.
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WE HAVE TIME TO STOP THIS. TAKE BACK POWER + TAKE BACK BIRTH. Sign the petition linked in my bio and email your MP also linked in my bio. DO YOU WANT A CHOICE? CHOSE NOW TO RAISE YOUR VOICE. OUR BODIES + OUR BABIES + OUR BIRTH.
Put an emoji in comments if you agree!
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Repost - @karlismith.doula 📸 @evarosebirth
#karlismithdoula #doula #melbournedoula #birthmatters

I will help you gather knowledge, encourage and support you.
I will remind you of your goals and values.

I know that you are the expert on you.
I trust that you will make the best decisions for you and your baby.

I will support you in your moments of vulnerability and in your moments of strength.

I will listen with compassion and serve you with my hands and my heart.

I believe in you.

If your looking for Doula support for your birth, please contact me and let's meet for a free consultation. I have limited spots for 2019, you can contact me at education@birthability.com.au

#birthabilitycentralcoast #birthsupport #birthabilitydoula #centralcoastdoula #centralcoastbirth

Support after birth - something that's forgotten, that pushed aside or we think that once you become a mother you'll know how to do it all.

We forget that this time, this period and phase after birth as we journey into motherhood needs exactly that, TIME. We need time to heal, time to prepare, time be aware, time to know our baby, time to know ourselves and our body again and time to grow into our motherhood phase.

We need to nurture, nourish and support women during this time.

#birthabilitycentralcoast #birtheducationcentralcoast #centralcoastbirth #centralcoastdoula #nurturepostpartum #nourishpostpartum #motherhood #motherhoodgrowth

Oh 2018, you have been amazing, FAST! but amazing.

Im truly blessed to do the work I do and Im forever grateful that I not only have the support to do what I do, but that I also get to support women and their families as a birth educator and also as their doula.

This image is of the last baby that I supported in 2018 and I thought what better way to share this amazing image of this beautiful babe seeing her mum for the first time, then now.
I've met so many amazing women, partners and witnessed some amazing powerful and raw births during 2018.

My heart is full and im so grateful.

Here's to 2019. 💜Gem x

#birthabilitycentralcoast #centralcoastdoula #birthabilityclasses #birthabilitylamaze #birthability2018 #lamazeclass #lamazeaustralia

I’ve been quiet on social over the last few days. This time of year I decided to have some quiet family time and it’s been glorious.
I hope you all have had a beautiful Christmas and for many of you enjoyed your first Christmas with a new little one in the family. 💜

I love making up care packages for my Doula clients and I always look for products that are natural, gentle and safe.
I’ve been stalking @thephysicgarden for a while, everything about them drew me and I’m loving that they are natural, cruelty free, vegan and handmade.....plus look how beautiful the packages are 😍

The ones I’ve purchased are Baby balm- which is a multi purpose balm and for use on nappy areas. Nursing balm - an all natural breastfeeding balm for dry cracked nipples and Sleep balm- all natural bedtime balm handy for mum to use on herself or perfect to rub on little bubs feet before bedtime.
These little pots of divine goodness will now be a regular addition to my doula clients in their postpartum care pack.
#naturalproducts #thephysicgarden #birthabilitycentralcoast

Not going to lie - this was a pretty amazing moment right here!
Being shown correct acupressure points by the amazing Dr Kate Levett. Most birth works know about these amazing pressure point to help induce labour, relief anxiety, pain and also to help contractions and placenta release. Kate showed us how to get right to the specific points and went right into the nitty gritty of how and why they work.
This was just one of our amazing workshops held at our first Lamaze Australia Retreat and it filled with so much knowledge. I love doing these sort of workshops that can help fine tune Practices so women get the correct information and it’s done the correct way - acupressure is one of those techniques that you really need to get the right points to get the benefits.
#lamazeaustralia #birthabilitycentralcoast #birthabilityeducation #birthabilityclasses #lamaze #lamazeclasses #lamazeinternational

It never ceases to amaze me how incredible our bodies are when it comes to birth, the dance between mother and baby, the way they both speak and sing to each other, there is so much beauty in birth that we don’t see and this is part of it. The way a baby moves and navigates within and through the pelvis and as you can see ,the baby’s head molds to find a perfect fit.
So much beauty in birth 👌🏻 ・・・
Look at that fabulous head molding! Isn’t it amazing how your body and baby changes to fit through your pelvis - such a fantastic design ❤️
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@douladianne @gentlebirthofficial
#lamazeaustralia #birthabilityeducation #birthabilitycentralcoast #birthisbeautiful #lamazeclasses #lamaze #lamazeeducator #lamazecentralcoast

Today I left to travel to Melbourne for 4 days. It’s the longest I’ve been away from my kids and my heart is missing them so much already.
Why am I in Melbourne? I’m here to do some training and Having knowledge in this much need support for women.
I’m also here for the first Lamaze Australia Retreat- which I’m so excited about too.
#lamazeaustralia #fillingmycup #missingmyfamily #missingmykids #addingtomytraining

Birthability Childbirth Education - Central Coast, Narara, NSW 2250, Australia0416 481 833education@birthability.com.au

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