Rhea Dempsy: March Guest Speaker

For anyone with an interest in childbirth and questions about what role partners, lovers, mothers, sisters, cousins, midwives, doulas etc. should play in a woman's birth space, we have a real treat for you! The wise and brilliant public speaker Rhea Dempsey is coming to talk about ''Roles at Birth'' on Friday March 12 at Orwil Street Community House, Frankston, 12:30-2:30pm.

Rhea is a birth attendant, childbirth educator and counsellor  with over 30 years experience in playing a role in other women's birth spaces. See Rhea's website here.

For more information feel free to contact us.

RSVP on our Facebook event page here.

Birth Stories Meeting A Success

Thank-you to all the mothers and children who made Peninsula Birth Support's first meeting a great success. For those who missed it, we had the honour of hearing four very different birth stories: a complicated hospital birth, a freebirth, an uncomplicated hospital birth and a homebirth attended by a midwife.

There was also a homebirth photo album there for visitors to look at and a range of books and magazines on pregnancy and childbirth (including Maternity Coalition's "Birth Matters" magazine).

The only hitch was the double booking of the playgroup room, which unfortunately is going to be an ungoing issue. For our March meeting if you're bringing little ones please bring toys and activities to entertain them with. If the room becomes too much for them there is a park next door, but unfortunately the fenced off backyard with outdoor toys is off limits to our group on account of the double booking. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.