Andrew and Tanya: the birth of Jason Noah – 23 March 2020 We sat in the bedroom of our guest accommodation in Seaview having a cup of tea and rusks watching the first light of Monday morning touch the waves just beyond the garden – the two of us from the Tsitsikamma and our midwives, […]
My first birth was in hospital 3 years ago and although it was a relatively “successful”, unmedicated birth as I’d hoped for, we decided as a family that the peaceful surrounds of our home was actually where we wanted our second child to be born. We also felt that midwife-led care was the closest to […]
“Maggie, the big thing about birth is you have got to trust your midwife/doctor.” This was the advice I was given by my best friend and mother of 3 while I was figuring out the logistics of where and how and who will deliver my first born. And how true they were!! You see faith/trust counterfeits fear, and […]