by Roxanne May | 17 Jun 2021 | Postpartum
You’ve heard about placenta encapsulation but you’re not really sure what exactly it entails. Don’t stress, I’ve created this easy ‘question and answer’ post to shed some light on the most frequently asked questions that I receive about the placenta encapsulation...
by Roxanne May | 29 May 2021 | Midwifery
Traditional Chinese medicine [TCM] has been practiced across wider China for thousands of years, with first records dating back over two millennia (China Education Centre, 2019). TCM encompasses various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, exercise, massage and...
by Roxanne May | 16 Sep 2019 | Midwifery
THE DEAD ARE GIVEN MORE BODILY AUTONOMY AND RESPECT THAN A BIRTHING PERSON. Yep, you didn’t misread – a dead person has more autonomy over what happens to their body than that of a LIVE birthing person. Does this statement shock you? Because it should. A recent...
by Roxanne May | 25 Aug 2019 | Postpartum
You’ve heard about placenta encapsulation but you’re not really sure what exactly it entails. Don’t stress, I’ve created this easy ‘question and answer’ post to shed some light on the most frequently asked questions that I receive about the placenta encapsulation...
by Roxanne May | 19 Aug 2019 | Antenatal
Something that I’ve noticed since working as an agency midwife is that most pregnant women aren’t informed about the benefits of antenatal expressing! The commencement of antenatal expressing at 37 weeks was a routine part of the care I provided to all of my birth...
by Roxanne May | 7 Aug 2019 | Postpartum
The ‘FED IS BEST’ guideline states that babies who breastfeed more often than two hourly, but less often than three hourly are showing signs of increased hunger and the aren’t getting enough milk. How is that realistic? How is it that growing human, a baby that is...
by Roxanne May | 7 Aug 2019 | Postpartum
In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, I wanted to dedicate my first breastfeeding post to something that I’m extremely passionate about, that fires me up. This topic is controversial – I know this will likely upset a few people here but I feel strongly...
by Roxanne May | 1 Aug 2019 | Midwifery
Did you know that the average rate of midwife retention in the hospital system is 5 years? A MEASLY FIVE FREAKING YEARS! A Bachelor of Midwifery at a MINIMUM is 3 years of full-time study and direct entry midwives only make up roughly 10% of the Australian workforce....
by Roxanne May | 30 Jul 2019 | Midwifery
Oh hey there – welcome to my blog! My name is Roxanne but my friends call me Rox. I thought as my first blog post, it would be cool to tell you my story of becoming a midwife. It might interest you to know that Midwifery was actually not my first career choice....
