Home Birth Association Meeting

We had a meeting yesterday at one of our member's homes in Palmerston North. There were 5 women and 6 children present. There are lots of projects on the way in the near future for the Manwatu Home Birth Association.

• Firstly we are preparing a poster / pamphlet / bumper sticker campaign to promote home birth.
  
• Also discussed was the possibility of bringing the film 'The Business of Being Born' to Palmerston North.
  
• We heard from some of our members that attended a meeting organised by the Manawatu District Health Board where we met with providers of antenatal services to families in our area in order to touch base and make sure the women they are in contact with hear about the option of homebirth.
  
• The next hui (where home birth associations from around the country get together) is in September - time to start preparing our minds for this.
  
• One of our members pointed out that there are some blow up paddling pools with wide sides available at The Warehouse for about $50 on special at the moment (it's winter). These make great birth pools that you can keep for later use as a paddling pool.

The meeting was nicely completed with the consumption of freshly made queen's cake and hot drinks all round.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday July 7th at 1pm in Palmerston North. If you are interested in coming along email mhbanewsletter at hotmail dot com or phone 356 Baby for further details. We would appreciate your input and ideas as to how we can help more families enjoy the amazing journey of birthing at home.