I am presenting another Spiritualbirth Preparation Workshop on the 7th and 8th of May 2011 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal for a few couples. If you are interested in participating please get in touch…
Month: February 2011
Learning with Midwives – A Medical Student Shadow
Labour and giving birth elicits our deepest feelings of anxiety and fear when we are not aware and conscious of our motivations. I have learnt that my fears are not always founded on a woman’s particular reality – they are my own personal fears. I have learnt to be calm in the face of ‘roaring tigresses’ and strong when
Why Natural Birth?
I see clients, on a weekly basis, imploring me to help them have a natural birth after one, two and sometimes even three caesarian births. They speak about the nagging sense of loss, the feelings of failure, the terrible pain afterwards, the struggle to hold and feed their babies, the depression that lasts for months. I have women who come to me in Cape Town from as far afield as Limpopo and Namibia, because they have heard that there is a midwife and a doctor in Cape Town who will help them give natural birth. When I ask them why they want natural birth so badly, they tell me various themes.
Mother and Baby Film Festival Cape Town 2011
The first successful Mother and Baby Film Festival was held in Cape Town from the 15th to the 18th February 2011, organised and presented by Ruth Ehrhart and held at the LABIA CINEMA in Cape Town (appropriately)!