Iām trying them now, 1st labour was 4 hours so maybe it will be even quicker this time lolI took one for the team and did the research on that at for my 3rd. Went into labour at 6pm Saturday night and had him at 3.20am Monday. Cervix had to be manually manipulated as it dilated unevenlydont think the dates worked
I hate dates too 
.... An abs piss take, she is proud that she hasnāt put on a lot since she has been pregnant. Which granted she hasnāt. However as a SW Consultant she got herself over 16st... I could be corrected on this because letās be fair she only posts the good things on her page the things she doesnāt want SW HO to see she posts on her stories... AN ABSOLUTE CHARLATAN 
Literally came here to say this
I made the best informed decisions I could with my circumstances. I donāt need some pregnant earth mother know it all telling me that my emergency section was caused by the patriarchal health system. It was caused by being in labour with an undiagnosed breech baby.If you research the history of births and breastfeeding it has been massively impacted by the patriarchy.
From her other posts itās quite clear she thinks that a bit of positivity, hypnobirthing and learning about your body can give the perfect birth. My post is basically saying that no amount of understanding physiology, spirituality, sacredness or a system āgrounded in patriarchyā makes any difference to the interventions often required and she does a good job of trying to imply otherwise. I really really hope she gets the perfect birth she wants but she is so deluded itās unreal.
this lead me to read up on How birth is medicalised and it doesnāt always have to be. Iāve read the same books as her and what I took away from it is anything can happen, emergencies can and do happen but itās how you plan for them and react to them which is important.Wow! That was a horrible midwife you had! I got offered one each week from 38 weeks. I said no to them all and every midwife I was speaking to said that's perfectly fine and my choice, that it's just something they offerIām afraid I have to defend her slightly here, sheās not wrong on some things when it comes to saying no to doctors and midwives.
a very extreme example but does anyone remember the thalidomide incident of the 60ās? Thousands of babies were born deformed or dead because of a sickness tablet that was marketed as āsafeā for pregnant women to take. It was prescribed and recommended by doctors and known as the best thing ever. Unfortunately it was not.
Now I understand doctors most of the time do know best, and have had years of training but the movement feebs is behind is about asking questions and knowing all the pros and cons of any procedure before it is undertaken. What is right for someone else may not be right for you and could affect you in a different way
with my last pregnancy I had a midwife try and force me to have a sweep at 38 weeks because it was āpolicyā even though there are risks associated with sweeps like introducing infection and breaking waters early. I refused and she basically shouted at me for 20 mins saying I was putting my babies life at risk and I had to have it done.
She does come across as very Preachy
thatās where she has misunderstood the purpose of the whole movement, no where in any of the books has it said ignore all medical advice, and if any of her followers do that then I would question their ability to be a responsible parent!
honest to god she was awful. I was hysterical after my appointment. She was also saying all the measurement scans they did were incorrect and my baby was in danger if she didnāt perform a sweep.
This really gets on my goat! Trying to make other women feel like they didnāt do enough or it was their faults if they ended up with a c section. I ended up with 2 and neither of them planned! But thatās obviously because I didnāt try hard enough!!
