Safe Motherhood for All Inc. has launched the Birth Dignity Survey. The survey is open until 28 Feb 2017 for all women who have birthed in Australia in the past two years.  You can access the  Survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Dignity_Survey  We are seeking to find out if Austr

Hannah Dahlen August 5, 2016 2:01pm The reality is that Australia has one of the highest rates of intervention in birth and this is not leading to better outcomes. The comments I make come from 26 years working as a midwife and over 100 peer reviewed publications reporting on studies

     

Once you have found out you are pregnant, one thing to do is to decide who you would like to support you during pregnancy, provide your maternity care and where you would like to give birth.   There are lots of resources about pregnancy and what to ask your health professional, h

Just Released – The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Video – The Right to Respectful Maternity Care.   SMFA urges all to view this video.  It is time to mobilise our community to integrate The Respectful Maternity Care Charter into our legislation and health syste

A gift to future mothers on Mother’s Day On this mother’s day I call on all mothers to tell their birth stories confidentially and respectfully so as to encourage confidence in the next generation of mothers.  We need to acknowledge that the process of labour happens for a reason and

Mother’s Day Donation Request Safe Motherhood for All Inc; aims to be a low budget organisation, growing the community movement to achieve respectful maternity care.  However we do needs funds to meet our legal reporting requirements, maintain our website and develop education resourc

Safe Motherhood for all would like to recognise all midwives on The International Day of the Midwife 2016.  We would like to thank the midwives for the safe they provide child bearing women. Do you know that; women who partner with a midwife for maternity care are less likely to have

Do you know in Australia, with the exception of indigenous populations, there has been no major improvement in maternal mortality over the past 10 years even given the high level of interventions during pregnancy and birth. Yet the burden of maternal mortality is only a small fraction

Mother knows best: why hospitals should always respect maternal instinct Marika Dobbin The ‘doctor knows best’ culture that still dominates our maternity wards not only infantalises women, it is downright dangerous to the health of mothers and babies. Time and time again,