Andrew and Tanya
The Surfing Midwife
by Margreet Wibbelink
4y ago
Andrew and Tanya: the birth of Jason Noah – 23 March 2020 We sat in the bedroom of our guest accommodation in Seaview having a cup of tea and rusks watching the first light of Monday morning touch the waves just beyond the garden – the two of us from the Tsitsikamma and our midwives, Margreet and Juanita. And with us, this soul who had just entered our world in the most peaceful manner and left us in awe. When we found out we were pregnant for the second time, we instinctively knew we wanted to do things differently this time round. Our first-born son entered this world by way of vacuum extra ..read more
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Maria and Dave Grewar
The Surfing Midwife
by Margreet Wibbelink
4y ago
My first birth was in hospital 3 years ago and although it was a relatively “successful”, unmedicated birth as I’d hoped for, we decided as a family that the peaceful surrounds of our home was actually where we wanted our second child to be born. We also felt that midwife-led care was the closest to the way birth was designed; natural, uninterrupted, supportive and sacred – so we set out to find a team who would help us reach our goals. I found a great team of 2 extremely experienced midwives and our incredible doula as well as a really supportive back up OBGYN who deemed me low risk a ..read more
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Trust!
The Surfing Midwife
by Margreet Wibbelink
5y ago
“Maggie, the big thing about birth is you have got to trust your midwife/doctor.” This was the advice I was given by my best friend and mother of 3 while I was figuring out the logistics of where and how and who will deliver my first born.  And how true they were!!  You see faith/trust counterfeits fear, and that is in my experience a huge factor with birth.   Birth without fear was written as a logo for the midwife that delivered my first born. How fitting.  That is how I experienced my 2 homebirths.  Crazy how such a “scary” and painful experience can also be so magical, so special th ..read more
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River, Duart and My Birth Story
The Surfing Midwife
by Margreet Wibbelink
5y ago
River, Duart and my birth story 15 January 2019 ‘The intensity of your contractions can not overpower you because they are you ‘ I felt early contractions during the night on Sunday and woke up just thinking it was another different feeling that comes along with pregnancy. On Monday we went about of day as normal, did some work and went to the beach. But I was still feeling small contractions every 45 minutes or so so I messaged Margreet, our midwife, and she confirmed that it did sound like early labour. By early evening i was sure that our babe would come to meet us the next day, for some ..read more
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