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Doula

Posted by claire lochrie on Sunday, August 28, 2011,
Many years ago I read a wonderful book called Baby Catcher written by a homebirth midwife in America during the 70-early 90s. Whilst reading I had this overwhelming feeling that this was what I wanted to do, how wonderful to support and assist women in birthing their babies! So, with a few pauses on the way, I finished my nursing the degree with the express intention of becoming a midwife when my family was in a position to cope with me studying again. I realised that it would take at least 2...
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Babies, Birth and Placentas

Posted by claire lochrie on Thursday, August 26, 2010,
I love having my children up on my back, or front, or hip. I really do. It's so much easier to talk with them than trying to yell over the traffic when walking, and it's nice to be close. Today I took both girls to see a play of Three Billy Goats Gruff at my local library, and on the way home my youngest was tired and hungry, but mostly she had just had enough of being in the pram. I was more than happy when she nodded yes to coming up on Mammas back. It wasn't exactly what she was hoping for...
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I don't fit into any neat boxes. I have been told I was born 25 years too late and should have been a hippie living in a commune, this may or may not be true. I love my garden as well as the wild places in the world. I have had the blessing of living in and seeing many different places in Australia, from tropical Far North Queensland, to the dry world in the Pilbara. I try to see the beauty in every day 'mundane' things: the bright cheerful flowers of the weeds growing in my 'lawn' area, to the swaying Eucalypts growing on the median strips on our busiest roads. I am a passionate believer in the importance of strong families to make strong communities, which make strong families. Support and respect are central to helping make strong families. I want to support families as they launch themselves into parenting from pregnancy onwards. I strongly believe homebirth, with a registered midwife, is a good plan that should be available to all women who want it. I also know, from experience, that the best laid plans can mean nothing when a baby needs to be born another way. I know there is no such thing as a 'failure' when it comes to birthing OR parenting. All babies have their own plans, which can be the very opposite to ours and it can take time to realise that. I believe a womans right to choose the care for herself AND her child is sacred and not negotiable, even if I would personally do things differently. I love nurturing children and families, and want to show people another way to do that, which has largely been forgotten in the western world.

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