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![Kate Reeve, with son William who was born at home, is no longer interested in the ACT home birth trial as she believes ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170904170549im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/f/2/9/w/image.related.landscape.300x200.gsekik.png/1478031315127.jpg)
Midwives criticise ACT government's home birth trial as 'restrictive'
Midwife associations and home birth advocates have criticised the ACT's first publicly funded home birth trial as too restrictive, causing women who initially welcomed the program to withdraw interest.
![Eva Amurri Martino with her son Major.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170904170549im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/e/j/1/5/image.related.landscape.300x200.gsee1k.png/1477881045965.jpg)
Actress Eva Amurri Martino shares beautiful photos of son's birth
"I understood finally that this was the child that was meant for me to hold in my arms and to raise."
![A leading obstetrician has criticised the ACT government's home birth trial, saying home births would never be as safe ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170904170549im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/m/h/k/h/image.related.landscape.300x200.grqx15.png/1485761966595.jpg)
Leading obstetrician slams government home birth trial
A leading obstetrician has warned the ACT's first publicly-funded home birth trial will put women and unborn children at risk.
![Issues about balancing patient care with profits have kept simmering.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170904170549im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/y/x/d/k/image.related.landscape.300x200.gq6x25.png/1498818459772.jpg)
Canberra to trial publicly-funded home births
Expectant mothers in Canberra will soon have the option of giving birth at home as part of the first publicly-funded trial in the ACT.
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Birth trauma
How a traumatic first labour changed my second pregnancy
Losing my daughter after a highly traumatic hospital birth left me open to anything that might result in a different outcome.
![Raidah Shah Idil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170904170549im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/4/2/m/4/w/image.related.landscape.300x200.gjkj7a.png/1441946732483.jpg)
How I came to have an unassisted home birth
Am I a home birth advocate? No. I am an advocate for women choosing the birth they want.
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Couple shares beautiful photos of home birth
In Brazil, more women are having caesareans - but one couple hopes to help change that with a new series of photos.
![Sarah and her daughter immediately after her home birth.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170904170549im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/3/u/d/e/t/image.related.landscape.300x200.1mob5j.png/1429420884100.jpg)
Five posterior babies, four home births
I was on a high. I'd done it all by myself with no help from anyone.
![Sarah with her partner and second baby after her home birth.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170904170549im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/3/t/q/b/b/image.related.landscape.300x200.1mh7zw.png/1428540508887.jpg)
I had a home birth, and I'm not stupid - or brave
While most people might think home-birthers are just a bunch of hippies, I was not blase about my son's birth. I was informed and prepared for it.
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It's time to stop the home birth stigma
It's not healthy or helpful for expectant mothers.
![The original hit documentary.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170904170549im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/3/l/r/u/s/image.related.landscape.300x200.11zee4.png/1417586740787.jpg)
Homebirth film prepares for redelivery worldwide
One of the most talked about and provocative documentaries about childbirth is having its own rebirth.
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