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Surprise home water birth: The most incredible experience of my life!

January 31, 2019 By Katrina Zaslavsky

I recall the first day I attended a Prenatal Yoga class at around 24 weeks pregnant. At that stage, I was so nervous and fearful of the thought of childbirth, that I ended up bursting into tears in front of 15 or so other yoga class mums at the end of the class. Obviously, I knew […]

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