amyobrienApr 24, 20209 minGetting Your Head In The Game For A COVID-19 Birth [mindset shifts to walk you through]You, beautiful mama, are navigating some pretty uncharted territory by approaching birth in these times.
amyobrienMar 27, 20205 minBringing Support People Into Your Hospital Birthing Space [for mamas approaching birth mid-pandemic]One of the biggest challenges unfolding for women birthing in these turbulent times are the restrictions on the number of people you can hav
amyobrienMar 20, 20208 minGiving Birth In These Strange Times [a love note to all mamas approaching childbirth mid- pandemic]The lead up to childbirth is such a huge time. You're about to meet this tiny precious babe. The owner of the kicks. To look into their e...
amyobrienDec 19, 20195 minRe-Emerging From Early Motherhood [How long does it take?]We don't really prepare for this part. This motherhood part. We might prepare to optimise the conception. To optimise the pregnancy. We m...
amyobrienSep 29, 20198 minThe Second Arrow in Labour [an important conversation about amplifying and resolving pain]The Second Arrow is a Buddhist teaching. I'll briefly outline my understanding of it here, but mostly I want to get to the juicy work of ...
amyobrienAug 22, 20195 minWhat Do You Want From Your Birth Experience? [An Alternative to Being Fixated on Outcomes]As a personal project, diving into what I did and didn't want from my birth experience helped me to strengthen my ability to listen to my...
amyobrienJul 23, 20195 minA Calm and Supportive IVF Embryo Transfer DayEmbryo Transfer Day. This is such a big day. I get tingles just thinking about the courage I see in women on this day. All the possibilit...
amyobrienJun 23, 20192 minI don't want an Apology [A Call to Take Up Space]We are always apologising for ourselves. For our human-ness. I see it in the clinic every day and I've done it myself too. But I have som...
amyobrienJun 17, 20194 minGrasping for WellnessHow do you feel about the word Wellness? Honestly. How does Wellness make you feel? The word 'wellness' for me brings an instant recoil. ...
amyobrienMay 20, 20193 minBelieve HerAs a society, when a woman speaks her needs, we just don't listen. Instead we encourage her to push through. To stick to deadlines and pi...
amyobrienMay 14, 20192 minWords and Healing: The Power of a Sentence CraftedI read something this morning that completely and wholly articulated a feeling I had been unable to name for a long time. It was a breath...
amyobrienMay 13, 20195 minPreparing for an Induction: how to feel empowered, centred and strongIn my early years of practicing Chinese Medicine I treated many women for Acupuncture in the hope of establishing labour naturally to avo...
amyobrienMay 7, 20193 minThe Joy and Power of Midwifery Led Continuity of Care in Pregnancy, Birth and beyondImage of me - my first babe tucked inside, almost halfway through our pregnancy. *** We transition from maiden to mother via the demandin...
amyobrienApr 30, 20191 minSeasonal Living: A Love Letter to AutumnLiving in line with the seasons is an approach that flies under the radar when it comes to caring for our health. But it is too important...
amyobrienApr 28, 20191 minAnxiety : A LessonI grapple with anxiety. It is a foe and a friend. Sometimes it stops me from being in the present moment. Other times it is the very reas...
amyobrienMar 19, 20195 minThe Divine Work / A Labour StoryI am bathed in vulnerability to share this. And I do so because we women need to give voice to the moments when we unveil the power that ...
amyobrienMar 19, 20191 minWe Are The Goddess RisingI penned an Ode to International Womens Day recently. It haunts me in the best kind of way. So I want to share it with you here. Try sile...
amyobrienFeb 28, 20196 minHG Part 5: Standing in AweSometimes it's not about lightening the load. Sometimes it's about repacking it. Moving the heavy stuff around. Turning things over. Givi...
amyobrienFeb 27, 20192 minHG Part 4: Unease, she lingersThe nausea dissolves within hours of birthing my precious babe. The relief of many lifetimes. I assume HG has left. And indeed, the physi...
amyobrienFeb 11, 20192 minHG Part 3: Holding the divine'Amy feeling a bit emotional. Feels she has been pregnant forever. Just wants it over. She is sick of feeling sick. Reassured her it will...