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Sydney Doula, Trisha Cook
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  • Home
  • About
    • Meet Trish
    • What is a Doula?
    • Why Hire A Doula?
    • Dads and Doulas
    • FAQ’s
  • Services & Prices
    • Our Birth and Postpartum Packages
    • Birth Consultation
    • Birth Plan Consultation
  • Testimonials
    • Page 1
    • Page 2
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    • Page 4
    • Gallery
  • VBAC
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17
Apr 2019

What To Pack In Your Hospital Bag For Birth

Trisha
Baby, Birth, Labour, Pregnancy, Uncategorized
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  WHAT TO PACK IN YOUR HOSPITAL BAG FOR BIRTH     The clothes are washed and the nursery is ready, maybe the infant carseat is already securely in place. But what about your hospital bag? If you’re around 36 weeks pregnant and haven’t yet packed your bag, this great Hospital Bag Checklist is for you! […]

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17
Mar 2016

Solo Support – Birthing with my Doula

Trisha
Baby, Birth, Birth Story, Doula, Labour
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  The Birth Story of Ryan Thomas Mates Being pregnant with my third and final child, I wanted to have the birth I wanted to have, not that my previous two births were bad or clouded with ill feelings; I just wanted to do a few things differently. My husband although very supportive and attentive […]

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28
Jan 2016

11 Tips For A Successful VBAC

Trisha
Baby, Birth, Caesarean, Doula, Epidural, Labour, Pregnancy, VBAC
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If you’ve had your baby previously through a caesarean section, whether that was planned or an emergency section and you are pregnant again, you will more than likely find yourself curious about VBAC’S (vaginal birth after caesarean). I was in a similar position to you. My 3rd child was born by “elective caesarean” for breech […]

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13
Aug 2015

A Warrior Is Born – Birth Story

Trisha
Baby, Birth, Birth Story, Epidural, Labour, Posterior
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Hi there my name is Alexis and I am a 27 year old Mum of 1. My daughter Aubrey came into the world at 10:15pm on the 4th July, 2014. It was 48 hours from my water breaking to holding my angel in my arms. I had another Doula throughout my pregnancy. Unfortunately, my Doula […]

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2 weeks ago

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And this here is why I NEVER break a woman’s waters at home - or anywhere (this, and a few other reasons). I’ll explain why in a second... but first... this is the placenta of a client of mine who recently gave birth at home. You can see there are some blood vessels placed in the membranes rather than in the placenta where they would normally be. The line represents the end of the placental tissue. Breaking a woman’s waters in labour is called ‘artificial rupture of the membranes’ and your care provider might describe it as ‘breaking your waters’ or ‘JUST going to break your waters’. In all the times I’ve heard maternity care providers ask for consent from a woman to break their waters, I’ve never heard one describe the risks of this procedure. One of the risks is that there could be blood vessels placed IN the membranes rather than the usual placement of in the placenta. Remembering that ALL the blood in the placental vessels is the babies, you can imagine what would happen if one of the vessels of the ‘no placenta’ side got damaged. The baby would lose its blood supply faster than your care provider to get you to the operating theatre to get your baby out safely. When midwives or doctors break your waters they use a crochet hook looking tool to break open the membranes and release the amniotic fluid from around the baby... they can also never truely know what they are doing because it’s all done by feel and not sight. The risks include: - cord prolapse- physical damage to the baby from the tool- exsanguination of the baby if blood vessels are ruptured - increased labour pain - increased risk of infection Breaking a woman’s waters is never ‘JUST’ breaking waters. It’s an intervention and it has risks #birth #placenta ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

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Jessica is one of a growing number of mothers in NSW who are having induced labours for no reason

www.abc.net.au

New research reveals about 15 per cent of young, healthy mothers in NSW are being put into induced labours without any medical reason and there are long-term impacts for mothers and babies.
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💕“People tell us not to feed for comfort while they sip their sleepy-time tea.People tell us to not cuddle our children to sleep while they spoon their partner.People tell us our child is too old to breastfeed while they sip their cow's milk.People tell us not to nurse or rock our babies to sleep while they sell us the latest gadget that’s supposed to do the exact same thing.People tell us to let them cry, while they go comfort a friend.People tell us responding to our child is creating bad habits, while they smoke and drink.Man, do they tell us! But i’m not them and neither are you. Because we hear our instincts loud and clear and they will not be silenced.Because even though we are exhausted, we know our baby’s cry is not a protest, but a communication.Because we know their need for us at 3am is not a manipulation.Because even though our backs and hips ache from sleeping in that dang c position, we know that little indent on the right side of our bed will soon fade away - and we would welcome that pain in our body just to feel them latch one more time.People tell us, but we know. we know this is important, we know that this is right for us and our baby, and we know this is just how it’s supposed to be.We know mama, they may tell us, but let’s rest in our know.”Shared from @raisedgood✍️: @milkitivity_📷: @brookeelizabeth.photography of @tamikasa ... See MoreSee Less

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