Sarah J. Buckley GP/MD

Pregnancy and Birth, Family Planning

Sarah J Buckley (b 1960) is a trained GP (family physician), with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. Sarah is also a writer on pregnancy, birth and parenting and currently full-time mother to her four children.

Sarah lives in Brisbane, Australia with Nicholas, the love of her life, and their children Emma, Zoe, Jacob, and Maia Rose, born 1990-2000, all of whom have breastfed and coslept into the preschool years. Sarah's forthcoming book, Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering: the wisdom and science of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and mothering was published in 2005.

Sarah's passion for birth and mothering has been fueled by her personal experiences with her own children, who were all born gently at home. Sarah has deepened her understanding of birth and mothering as a journey of transformation through her participation for over 10 years in women's circles with Shivam Rachana and the International College of Spiritual Midwifery, of which she is a founding member.

Since 1997, Sarah has been sharing her unique perspective through writing and lecturing, in which she critiques current practices in pregnancy, birth and parenting from a scientific as well as a personal viewpoint. Her articles have been published in midwifery and parenting magazines internationally, including Mothering magazine, Midwifery Today, MIDIRS, and the Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health.

Topics which Sarah has researched and written about include: ecstatic birth; epidurals and other drugs in labor; ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis; third stage of labor and lotus birth; extended breastfeeding; cosleeping; elimination communication (raising babies without nappies); healing power of birth; yoga and motherhood; fertility awareness; and gentle discipline. Sarah encourages us all to listen to our hearts and our intuition, and to claim our rightful role as the real experts in pregnancy, birth and mothering.

For more of Sarah's writing, and her book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The wisdom and science of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting, see www.sarahjbuckley.com

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