07/11/2022
“The ABC are conducting an investigation into birth in Australia, called The Birth Project.
Open to women who have given birth in the last 5 years in Australia, or care providers who have attended births in the same time period.
We encourage our followers to complete the survey and share widely among their communities. Some points you might wish to mention in your submission are:
✅ The reasons you chose homebirth (i.e. previous traumatic hospital experience, continuity of care, hospital visitor restrictions during COVID)
✅ How your homebirth experience made you feel (how it changed your life, how it affects your parenting, how it impacted your early postpartum etc)
✅ We need universal access to midwifery continuity of carer, Medicare for homebirth, more midwifery representation in government (a Chief Midwifery Officer separate to nursing), more funding for Birthing on Country models, etc).
✅ Photos or files containing more information (if you wish to elaborate on your answers)
It would be so wonderful if the journalists conducting this study could receive an honest perspective of homebirth from those who have done it and been witness to the gold standard of maternity care!
We know that many women chose homebirth for their second or subsequent birth due to trauma they experience birthing in hospital, be it coercive control or outright obstetric violence. Even if your birth falls outside this time frame, we encourage you to complete the survey anyway and provide as much information as you feel comfortable sharing.
It is so important that both positive and negative experiences are shared truthfully and without shame.
Link here: https://yourquestions.abc.net.au/hc/en-au/requests/new?ticket_form_id=5746457570703
The ABC are conducting an investigation into birth in Australia, called The Birth Project.
Open to women who have given birth in the last 5 years in Australia, or care providers who have attended births in the same time period.
We encourage our followers to complete the survey and share widely among their communities. Some points you might wish to mention in your submission are:
✅ The reasons you chose homebirth (i.e. previous traumatic hospital experience, continuity of care, hospital visitor restrictions during COVID)
✅ How your homebirth experience made you feel (how it changed your life, how it affects your parenting, how it impacted your early postpartum etc)
✅ We need universal access to midwifery continuity of carer, Medicare for homebirth, more midwifery representation in government (a Chief Midwifery Officer separate to nursing), more funding for Birthing on Country models, etc).
✅ Photos or files containing more information (if you wish to elaborate on your answers)
It would be so wonderful if the journalists conducting this study could receive an honest perspective of homebirth from those who have done it and been witness to the gold standard of maternity care!
We know that many women chose homebirth for their second or subsequent birth due to trauma they experience birthing in hospital, be it coercive control or outright obstetric violence. Even if your birth falls outside this time frame, we encourage you to complete the survey anyway and provide as much information as you feel comfortable sharing.
It is so important that both positive and negative experiences are shared truthfully and without shame.
Link here: https://yourquestions.abc.net.au/hc/en-au/requests/new?ticket_form_id=5746457570703 📱
