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    • Home
    • About Us
    • Contact for a Midwife
    • What to Expect......
    • Gore Maternity Unit Staff
    • Text Messaging
    • Call the Midwife!
    • Pregnancy Information
    • Blood Tests In Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy Complications
    • Need Help To Decide?
    • Videos and Links
    • Prepare for the Marathon
    • Labour
    • After the Birth
    • Home Birth Pool Hire
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact for a Midwife
  • What to Expect......
  • Gore Maternity Unit Staff
  • Text Messaging
  • Call the Midwife!
  • Pregnancy Information
  • Blood Tests In Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Need Help To Decide?
  • Videos and Links
  • Prepare for the Marathon
  • Labour
  • After the Birth
  • Home Birth Pool Hire

Home Waterbirth

  

The following link is a short film of a birth done at home in the water. Labour and birth are individual for each woman and when left in an environment that is safe a woman will be very instinctual. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOri45kiYQg

Of course, there are times when interventions are necessary and the place you wish to give birth is not a safe option, however you always have the right to informed choice and consent within the environment you are birthing in.

Home Birth Documentary

A New Zealand Documentary sharing why families will choose to home birth and a great explanation of what we carry as midwives at a home birth.

Useful Videos

Perineal Massage

This is a good basic video on how to do perineal massage if you choose to do it as you near the end of pregnancy

Colostrum Harvesting

While not a necessary to do before birth sometimes colostrum harvesting may be recommended or you may want to. Below is a good video on what it is and what to do if you choose to.

Haakaa Breast Pump

A great video on how to use correctly


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