Tori Smith
SUPPORT PEOPLE & WITNESSES
Other than your medical or midwife team and possibly a doula, who do you want to have in your birthing space? It is for you to decide. It...
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Tori Smith
- 3 min
PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE BIRTH PARTNER - 4 WAYS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN LABOUR
You’ll probably hear, over and over, that your role is to support the mother in labour. But it’s not always clear exactly how to provide...
Tori Smith
- 5 min
NAVIGATING LABOUR
Birth is an instinctual thing. As labour progresses, let your mind and body naturally focus inward. It won’t serve you to distract...
Tori Smith
- 3 min
BUT, WHAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG? (IN HOME BIRTH)
If your preference is for home birth but you worry about possible dangers, rest assured that midwives will advise against it if they have...
Tori Smith
- 3 min
LONG LIVE THE MIDWIFE
Once you become pregnant, you will initially be under the care of your family doctor. If you have certain risk factors, you will likely...
Tori Smith
- 4 min
HOME BIRTH, NATURAL BIRTH, WATER BIRTH
If you choose to plan for a home birth, you are opting for a natural birth; meaning without medication or medical intervention. A natural...
Tori Smith
- 4 min
TIPS FOR YOUR LABOUR SPACE
Though you don’t have much control of how your labour is going to play out, you can control elements of the environment in your birthing...
Tori Smith
- 2 min
OLDER SIBLINGS AT A HOME BIRTH
A home or birth center setting allows you the option of having your older child(ren) present with you. It is normal to have worries and...
Tori Smith
- 2 min
BIRTH STORIES MATTER
There tends to be this narrative, in conventional birth, that so long as the baby is birthed and stable, nothing else matters. But it...
Tori Smith
- 2 min
WHEN IN DOUBT, DOULA
A doula was first described to me as a mother to the mother in labour. Whereas a midwife or doctor’s main concern is for the delivery of...