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Shaping up for labour
What can a leaping frog, a downward dog or a cat’s pose offer an expectant mum? Quite a lot really, writes yoga teacher and mother Claire Maguire. “Childbirth is like running a marathon, you have to...
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Women’s Views: Don’t call me Mum
What’s in a word? Quite a lot as it turns out actually. Words have the power to empower and strengthen, or disempower and weaken. But why would anyone want to disempower a woman at the most vulnerable...
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With Woman
I missed the conception – the sweet pain, the writhing, the sweat and moans and the ecstasy. During your bearing I have not been there either. But I am here now. I am with you. Woman do not fear, come...
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Women’s Views: My Journey Towards a VBA2C in Ireland!
Back to the start…2008 I had my first child born by emergency Caesarean, something that I struggled with as it was happening and unfortunately I was one of the many women who didn’t think it would...
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A midwife tells her birthstory as a first time mother, a vaginal birth with...
I had been training to be a midwife since 2006. Halfway through my final year on my internship I found out I was pregnant. I was on a 13 hour shift on the gynae ward and took a test into the bathroom...
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Women’s Views: Healing the Hurt
When I discovered I was pregnant for the third time, I was over the moon. I have two fantastic children and always knew I wanted more. I love being a mother and it’s one of the few things in life that...
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Part 2: Our Birthing Journey Life & Death…finally Joy – Fighting for respect;...
On Monday, 42 weeks shared a birth story of a VBAC mum who was able to negotiate DOMINO care with a midwife in an Irish maternity unit. Her story is a must-read and is very popular. This second story,...
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Feeling at home
Yoga teacher and mum-of-two Claire Maguire describes the reasons why she opted for a homebirth, outlines its benefits and looks at its take-up rate both in Ireland and globally I’ve never met anyone...
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