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    SUPPORT PEOPLE & WITNESSES
    Tori Smith
    • 3 min

    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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    PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE BIRTH PARTNER - 4 WAYS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN LABOUR
    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...
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    NAVIGATING LABOUR
    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...
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    BUT, WHAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG? (IN HOME BIRTH)
    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...
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    LONG LIVE THE MIDWIFE
    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...
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    HOME BIRTH, NATURAL BIRTH, WATER BIRTH
    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...
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    TIPS FOR YOUR LABOUR SPACE
    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...
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    OLDER SIBLINGS AT A HOME BIRTH
    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...
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    BIRTH STORIES MATTER
    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...
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    WHEN IN DOUBT, DOULA
    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...
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