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She Births® is an evidence based and holistic childbirth education program – providing you and your partner with a toolkit of skills and knowledge to support you through pregnancy, birth, and also your journey into parenthood. She Births® is available as a 2-day Weekend Course in 20+ locations around Australia, or you can choose to complete the program as an Online Course from anywhere in the world. We cover everything you need to know about the birth process and how you and your partner can work together as a team effectively by using active birthing, yoga, massage, acupressure, breathing, relaxation techniques and more, to reduce pain and achieve a safer and faster delivery. She Births® is the world’s only scientifically verified childbirth education program, proven to improve birth outcomes for mother and baby – including reduction in epidural rates (65%), reduction in caesarean section rates (44%), reduction in the resuscitation of babies (53%), and even shorten labour by 32 minutes. With the right preparation it is possible for you to create a beautiful birth experience, no matter what unfolds. Find out more: shebirths.com

WATERBIRTH 💧 We have evidence from studies involving thousands of women and babies that using water for labour and birth...
30/09/2025

WATERBIRTH 💧

We have evidence from studies involving thousands of women and babies that using water for labour and birth is safe and leads to good outcomes.

Using water also brings advantages for some women, including less need for other kinds of pain relief and increased maternal satisfaction.

But, as with many things in obstetrics, practice doesn’t always follow evidence.

Some organisations, such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, do not recommend waterbirth.

They sometimes cite anecdotal stories and hypothetical risks, while ignoring large studies which evidence that waterbirth is safe for women and babies.

This means that researchers need to keep doing more studies in order to demonstrate that woman-centred options are safe and effective.

Numerous studies evidence waterbirth safety.

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Sara lists many of them at https://www.sarawickham.com/water

Find out more about birth, research and how to make sense of it all at www.sarawickham.com

20/09/2025

🌿 Slow down. Soften. Listen. 🌿

Labour asks us to let go of rushing. To trust the wisdom of our bodies.

When you slow down, you can tune in. Breathe. Sway. Rest. Surrender.

Birth is not a race—it’s a rite of passage. Honour your rhythm. Honour your baby’s journey.

✨ Slow is powerful. Slow is safe. Slow is sacred. ✨

Do you have any tips on creating a beautiful birth, or share how your experience was?
Please share them below ⬇️

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13/09/2025

Sunday is Fun Day - Have you tried this yet?

Remember that mirroring makes our babies feel seen 💗✨💗

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How perfect - for the fears that arise in birth. ❤️ May we all hear our ancestors calling us home. ❤️ "She is fire and s...
12/09/2025

How perfect - for the fears that arise in birth. ❤️
May we all hear our ancestors calling us home. ❤️

"She is fire and storm, the blood of warriors and the wisdom of witches.

She does not walk alone. Her ancestors thunder in her veins, their voices a battle cry, their love a shield. When she speaks, the earth listens. When she moves, the winds shift. When she rises, the chains meant to hold her crack and fall.

She was never meant to be small, to be silent, to be anything less than the force of nature she was born to be. She carries the laughter of the wild ones, the magic of the healers, the strength of the ones who refused to kneel.

She is the daughter of the untamed, the granddaughter of the unbroken.

And when she calls upon the spirits of the women before her, a thousand grandmothers rise, their whispers turning to war songs, their love weaving armor around her bones.

She was never alone. She was never meant to bow.

She was meant to burn, to bloom, to conquer.

And she will.

Because their wisdom will carry her."

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04/09/2025

When I was pregnant with my son five and a half years ago, my dear friend Nadine from shared something with me that has stayed ever since. 😍

She said, “You get 16 summers with them.”😘

At the time, I hadn’t even met this baby yet, and already I could feel how fast those 16 summers would go.

Sixteen Christmas mornings.
Sixteen birthdays.
Sixteen years of that wild, everyday closeness that is so easy to take for granted.

It really helped me to hold perspective, especially in those early postpartum days when the nights felt endless and the days blurred together. 👶

And it still reminds me now, in the ordinary, messy moments, to be present.

Not perfectly.
Not all the time.
Just here, as much as I can be, authentically as possible.

Because one day they won’t be little, and the closeness will have evolved into something new. 🧑‍🦰

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🎙️ New She Births® Podcast!Tune into our chat with Jessica – mama of 3 + founder of MILK leakproof bras 💕🌪️ Birthing in ...
26/08/2025

🎙️ New She Births® Podcast!

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✨ A powerful reminder of why support, education & community matter in birth + beyond.

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He was a giant in our world and contributed greatly to restoring the sacredness of birth. Thus, it is so hard to choose ...
23/08/2025

He was a giant in our world and contributed greatly to restoring the sacredness of birth. Thus, it is so hard to choose a favourite quote. But this one seems portent, amidst a near 50% induction rate.

A few others that will stay with us forever:

- “When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence of anybody who might release adrenaline.”

- “One cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecessarily.”

- “If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women. And imagine the future if surgical teams were at the service of the midwives and the women instead of controlling them.”

It seems that the best doctors are not just surgeons but also philosophers. They love women, they love nature and they learn to sit on their hands, or enjoy staying out of the room.

As well as being a fierce advocate for midwives, Dr Michel Odent was one of the first to:

🕯️ Highlight the importance of the birth environment – light, smells, people
💛 Describe the 'golden hour' of bonding after birth
💧 Introduce water & birthing pools for labour and birth into hospitals
💕 Call oxytocin the hormone of love – central to birth, bonding & human survival

Thank you to for sharing his contributions beautifully in her latest newsletter. I am devastated that I never met him. 😥

Vale Dr Michel Odent

💔 We are incredibly sad to hear the news of Dr Michel Odent's passing. He was a brave and humble, gentle and passionate ...
21/08/2025

💔 We are incredibly sad to hear the news of Dr Michel Odent's passing.

He was a brave and humble, gentle and passionate advocate for women and children.

He reminded us again and again that love is the most powerful force in birth and in life. He also warned that if we are not careful, as a population, it may one day be forgotten with the continued use of interventions.

Through his research, writing, and advocacy, he helped bring water birth into hospitals and highlighted the importance of the hormonal dance of labour. 🌸

His legacy lives on in every family he touched, every practitioner he inspired, and every birth transformed by his vision.

Thank you, Dr Odent, for everything you gave. You will never be forgotten.

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21/08/2025

🌸 Mums say it best… 🌸

“She Births® was definitely what got us through those final couple of hours of labour.

It empowered my husband, and it gave me the bravery to feel strong in the hospital room.

The amount of joy and power and love I felt in my body – for my baby, for my husband – and the same from him to me, it was just the most beautiful experience.

The connection She Births® gave me with my own body and with my partner was incomparable.”
– Bonnie 💕

Thank you Bonnie for sharing your journey and reminding us what’s possible when we prepare with love, knowledge, and connection ✨

Book 📕 updateHolding a printout of a ‘third’ of the She Births book. The more I read and edit, the more grateful I am fo...
15/08/2025

Book 📕 update

Holding a printout of a ‘third’ of the She Births book. The more I read and edit, the more grateful I am for this whole process.

It certainly hasn’t come without huge challenges. But, it has already changed how I teach and what I teach. 💯 making me a better Educator and Doula.

I have loved deep diving into the latest research and benefited so much from the amazing skills and support of an epic editor and publishing team

I can’t wait to share my more of the new content as time goes on.

If you are pregnant. Last space is available in my Masterclass, Byron Bay 23rd of August. A few spaces left in the wonderful Nicholas course on the 13th / 14th of September in Sydney. A new Byron course early October too.

Plus, a couple of spaces in Newcastle and in Ocean Grove, Victoria as well.

Discover how you can create a beautiful birth, whatever unfolds - with the world’s first scientifically verified child birth education program. 🧡🧚🎉

Information is power. And every woman deserves it, especially in birth.⁠We loved this important reminder from The Lancet...
12/08/2025

Information is power.

And every woman deserves it, especially in birth.
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We loved this important reminder from The Lancet's latest editorial:⁠
A personalised approach and respectful communication are essential to truly support women in understanding their options and making informed choices during childbirth.⁠
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Let’s continue to advocate for care that listens, informs, and empowers.⁠
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📖 Read more via The Lancet

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Hi, I’m Nadine

I’m a mother, childbirth educator, doula and have been a prenatal yoga teacher for over 20 years. I am the director of The Birthing Institute and creator of the She Births® program.

She Births® is a holistic, evidence-based birth course for pregnant couples that I developed within my local community of Bondi Beach, Sydney. Since its humble beginnings, She Births® has now grown into an internationally recognised, and scientifically verified, birth course that has been completed by thousands of expecting parents around the world.

When my son was born I have to say, like many women do, the experience of labour shocked me! Even after 12 weeks of birth education I felt like my partner and I were not prepared to navigate the intensity and complexity of birth, or, for the challenges that came along afterwards.

After many years of attending births, and influenced by my medically trained family, I became inspired to develop a comprehensive birth course that makes a real difference.