Re: [ozmidwifery] quiet birth

[Nicole Christensen]

Hi Jo, It is the recent (April) edition of the Women's Weekly - which has Sandra Sully on the front cover. It says that she had planned a homebirth -  "She wanted to have her first baby in warm familiar surroundings, with her film director husband of eight years, Lee Rogers, her mother Cherie and step father Ben Balfour by her side".......but after 30 hours of labour at home - moved onto the hospital where her baby was born another 12 hours later. Apparently the hospital were accommodating re. keeping everything quiet, drawn curtains, dimmed lights, talking quietly etc. It also says that the doctor (?) told her to reach down and lift her baby up onto her stomach - great to read this in a mainstream magazine!!!!   Must catch up soon Jo - you won't believe Ezra's size - he is 8 months old now and 10 & 1/2 kilos !!! (not bad for an exclusively breastfed/tandem fed baby - eh??!!). Nemiah still consumes more boob than food - maybe he might eat by his 3rd birthday!!! Life is busy and happy - Tiernan fills in all our spare hours with sport and more sport!!!! (wouldn't have it any other way!). Hope your brood are doing well - let's get together - I'm sure you need another birth video fix!!!!   love Nicole   ----- Original Message ----- From: jo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:35 AM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] quiet birth Hi Nic, I had a look on the stand when waiting in the shopping centre queue today and couldn't find the Kate Ceberano interview. Was it this weeks? Did she have a homebirth? How are those bubs of yours? Jo x From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicole Christensen Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ozmidwifery] quiet birth I have just finished reading an article in the Women's Weekly on ' Kate Cebrano's quiet birth'.....which describes her belief re. labour & birth, which they tie to her Scientology, that labour and birth be a gentle, peaceful, quiet experience.... my first thoughts were quite positive... yet, I wonder when she states "but you don't want to scream out to that effect at all" and "screaming and yelling might be your primary urge, and completely natural, but what your'e trying to avoid is any suggestion that there's trouble at hand". Does this mean moaning and growling too??? Overall, I think the article is positive in the fact that it highlights natural birth.... but just wonder what others think - regarding her belief on women holding back from being noisy ?? I don't think that being quiet whilst in labour is a bad thing if mother decides this at time of labour.... but wonder about pre-conceived ideals PRIOR to labour... which prevent her from groaning etc if she would normally feel comfortable in doing so. look forward to your thoughts... cheers, Nicole ps. I quite like Kate Cebrano - so I'm not anti her... AND I was quiet during the birth of my first baby - BUT this was after a noisy 24 hour labour.... 4 hours of pushing.... and really due to complete exhaustion.....(and wasn't a premeditated thing).