Once upon a time I was a low risk woman. Then when I was barely 20 I had my first baby. I went into hospital a plucky, assertive young woman, and came out forever changed.

The author of this article is a mother who has transferred twice from home to hospital, she then went on to have an amazing homebirth.

Although the vast majority of planned homebirths occur at home, some end in transfer. Many people, usually uninformed ones, declare that this is a "failed homebirth" or use transferring women's birth stories to support the argument that all births should occur in hospital, however the fact that women transfer to hospital actually proves that homebirth works, and it shows that women do not choose to give birth at home for selfish reasons. It's quite common for a woman who transfers to experience a whole range of emotions, and often she encounters negative or upsetting remarks from her friends and family on top of that.

How to handle those sticky situations where people are quizzing you on attachment parenting choices. We've all encountered it! We've all felt overwhelmed by it, but here is an article that makes a few suggestions about how to handle it.

A list of questions to ask a potential care given before you hire them to attend your Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (vbac). This article discusses some of the pitfalls for vbac women and encourages women to reach out for their own information before they entrust their care to the nearest hospital or doctor.

This article briefly outlines the concepts of unschooling to those who may be interested in giving it a go. It's good to help with deschooling, and it can can also be used as an informative article for critical but uninformed relatives. Whilst acknowledging that unschooling is controversial, this article debunks some of the myths perpetuated by our school orientated society.

Women are increasingly dissatisfied with hospital birth. This article details a number of ways for hospital staff to help women achieve the birth they want, and invites them to consider the outcome of birth as more than just another day at work.

An article discussing one woman's journey to successful breast feeding after "failing" to feed her first child. This article discusses the ways society undermines breast feeding women because of ignorance, and encourages us to feed our babies openly so that more women will see how breast feeding works before it comes time for them to feed their own babies. 

An opinion piece which touches on several freebirth issues from knowledge systems and politics to primal needs and physiological birth. This insight into freebirth, by a freebirther, encourages women to consider what they yearn for in their birth experiences by reinforcing women's desires as actual birthing needs.

**This is a sneak preview from Freebirth Australia, a freebirth website coming soon in 2012!

Many people ask unschoolers or homeschoolers about what they would do if their child asked to go to school. It's like they somehow feel that by homeschooling, children are being deprived of some crucial rite of passage. Here is one mother's take on how she would handle it.

So many women think that they'll just go to hospital, have a baby, and all will be well. They think they will be respected, supported, and that the experience will be a happy one. Unfortunately that's not what's happening to many women. I'm one of the ones who didn't have that experience.