Birthworks blog

HOMEBIRTH GATHERING

Nov 27 2011

At the next Home Birth Gathering, which will be held on Sunday the 11th December - we will be exploring the basic needs of pregnant women and women in labour. What are our needs when we are when we are pregnant and in labour and how can we best be supported in those?

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - Maternal Health in the US - update

Oct 9 2011

IN May 2011, Amnesty International launched a 1 year update to its groundbreaking report Deadly Delivery, The Maternal Health Care Crisis in The United States Of America. From that update..here are the numbers you need to know.

BIG PUSH FOR HOME BIRTHS!

Aug 30 2011

Big push for home births: Too many babies are being born in hospital, say doctors

* Maternity wards are 'not necessarily the safer option'
* Third of women should give birth without seeing a doctor, say medical experts

By Sophie Borland
15th July 2011

Ms Delivery and her vision

Jul 12 2011

Mandy Busson is a Midwife in training.  She lives in Knysna and is at the end of a 4 year training process of becoming a Certified Professional Midwife ..Now the final step is to raise the funds she needs to get to the USA in September 2011 in order to write her final exams.

The 29th Triennial Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives

Jul 4 2011

The 29th Triennial Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives was held in Durban, South Africa, from 19-23 June 2011. This global midwifery event brought together 3000 midwives from over 100 countries to advocate for the critical role of midwives in reducing maternal and newborn mortality, and to share best practices, experiences and knowledge.

A DAY AT THE BREECH - WORKSHOP IN CAPE TOWN

May 25 2011

BIRTHWORKS PRESENTS - A DAY AT THE BREECH – with JANE EVANS, SCM SRN


An interactive day with an experienced practitioner to prepare you to assist the birth of both planned and unexpected breech presenting babies.



Date    Saturday, June 11th 2011


Time   9am – 4:30pm


At   Erin Hall, 8-10 Erin Road, Rondebosch,
Cape Town


Cost   R400.00 (including a light vegetarian lunch&teas)
Early registration – R350 – by May 31st 2011

Birth Registration how to

Apr 10 2011

We've had requests and calls for help from many of our Birthworks.co.za readers for information on how to register their new born baby / ies.  We had a fantastic contact who handled all the paperwork / standing in queues for our readers - but sadly, she has retired.

Birth Matters - A Midwife's Manifesta

Apr 3 2011

I'm always on the look out for informative, as well as entertaining books relating to birth - and I'm happy to share with you that BIRTH MATTERS does just that.

Maternity Nanny for hire

Mar 23 2011

It's not often that I single out the services of well woman professionals - but this one really caught my eye and the thought of "where were YOU when I had my babies??" sprang into my sleep deprived mind.

Frances Russell-Brett is a Maternity Nanny - She offers a valuable service that helps (and saves!) a mother in the first 3 months of the newborns life.

It is a 24 hour 6 day a week position, where she assists the mother in all avenues as well as taking care of the baby.

Labor of Love

Feb 13 2011

The best piece of advice my business partner, and midwife Karen Clark gave me when I was pregnant was to research my birth options and then make an informed choice as to how and where I would give birth.  I did and thanks to her - had two very successful, happy home water births.