Jan 10Megan Owen’s Birth Story: Induction BirthLike so many people, I’d imagined a spontaneous labour and relaxing water birth. I hadn’t done a course, but I’d read a good book about...
Jan 10Belle Burke’s Birth Story: Home Birth From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I knew I wanted to try to have a home birth. Both my sisters have had their babies at home,...
Jan 10Rebecca Lynd’s Birth Story: Forceps BirthI should have twigged what lay in store later that night when at 2pm, six days into my maternity leave, I got a sudden urge to paint a...
Jan 10Lucy Wood’s Birth Story: Unplanned Caesarean Birth The day before my due date (Easter Sunday!), I woke up at around 6am, feeling irregular but definite tightening sensations. I wasn’t...
Jan 10Emily Sanderson’s Birth Story: Vaginal BirthOn the night of Monday 16 January I thought I could feel my waters slowly start to trickle, but it was hard to tell.Waking up in the...
Jan 10Rebecca Code’s Birth Story: Planned Caesarean BirthMy journey started with fertility difficulties and, after a failed first round of IVF, we were successful on round two! We had been...
Jan 10Holly Perry’s Birth Story: Water BirthThe female body is incredible. I ended up in the first stage of labour for circa 36 hours which was fairly long but manageable as we did...
Jan 10Charlie Barker’s Birth Story: Forceps BirthIt was the heatwave of 2020 lockdown and, quite frankly, I was desperate to get this baby out, but of course my due date went by without...
Jan 10Amelia Goodhead-Barry’s Birth Story: Planned Caesarean BirthIf I told you the day I had major abdominal surgery was the best day of my entire life, would you believe me? Not only because we got to...
Jan 8When Will I Feel My Baby Move?When will I first feel my baby move? When should you expect to feel your baby kick for the first time during pregnancy and what will it...
Oct 2, 2023Top Tips for managing the First Trimester of Pregnancy Top Tips for managing the First Trimester of Pregnancy: The first trimester of pregnancy is the most challenging trimester in my eyes,...
Sep 25, 2023Top Tips for an Easier BirthTop Tips for an Easier Birth: I could talk about birth all day because preparing for birth is something I am so passionate about; I see...
Sep 18, 2023Top Tips for Caring for Your Postpartum BodyTop Tips for Caring for Your Postpartum Body Becoming a mum is a wild ride, you focus so much time and energy during pregnancy on...
Sep 11, 2023Key Things to Remember About Your Waters Breaking Key things to remember about your waters breaking: If you have watched films about women giving birth you will have seen the waters...
Sep 4, 2023Top Tips for Planning a PregnancyPlanning a Pregnancy can be an exciting but also an anxiety provoking time, you may well find yourself second guessing everything you are...
May 21, 2023VICTORIA'S BIRTH STORY- Forceps BirthForceps Birth * Trigger warning- shoulder dystocia happened at this birth Oliver, 8lb 11, 1st Jan 2022 On 29th December I had an...
May 14, 2023NICOLA'S BIRTH STORY- ELECTIVE CAESAREAN SECTIONNICOLA'S BIRTH STORY- ELECTIVE CAESAREAN SECTION I delivered by elective c section on Friday 13th January 2023 but in order to explain...
May 7, 2023REBECCA'S BIRTH STORY- ELECTIVE CAESAREAN SECTIONREBECCA'S BIRTH STORY- ELECTIVE CAESAREAN SECTION I had a relatively straightforward pregnancy, i did have a lot of sickness which...
Apr 30, 2023CHELSEY'S POSITIVE BIRTH STORY- WATER BIRTH.Chelsea's Positive Birth Story It was 4am on Thursday 16th February and I woke to go for one of my many night time pees but this time...
Apr 23, 2023EMILY'S BIRTH STORY- VAGINAL BIRTH.Spontaneous, vaginal birth at 37+5 weeks Pain relief: gas & air Environment: labour ward Duration: 4.5hrs No interventions Continuous...
