My Boys in the Lavender Field
[dropcap]I[/dropcap] take a lot of photos of my children. I pick up a camera almost every day. Tucked away on my hard drive are a lot photos. Precious moments between my…
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A Birth Story Part 5 – The Day We Met You
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the last part of my birth story, I was 5cms, and then all of a sudden, I was pushing. ———— What? No. I’m only 5cms. Why do I need…
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A Birth Story Part 4 – Having my waters broken
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the previous part of my birth story, I felt increasingly frustrated at the ‘illusion’ of birth choice when you are on an “intervention path”, and after a four day…
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A Birth Story Part 3 – Early Labour
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter being diagnosed with Obstetric Cholestatis, my induction had been started off at 37 weeks, and we were waiting for a room on labour ward to become available so my…
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A Birth Story Part 2 – Being induced and feeling low
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n Part 1 of my birth story, I was diagnosed with Obstetric Cholestasis and told I would be admitted to hospital there and then, and induced the next morning. ——————…
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Being diagnosed with Obstetric Cholestasis – Birth Story Part 1
The story of my third baby’s birth starts way back before labour had even begun. In fact, labour feels like the short sharp full stop at the end…
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The Last Baby – Will I ever be ‘done’ having children?
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y son is one week old. I am sat here feeling tears forming in my eyes as I struggle to recall EXACTLY what it felt like to feel him…
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The First Two Weeks
[dropcap]I[/dropcap] can’t quite believe it’s been two weeks. Those precious first days with our new little guy are already over. We’re back to our usual routine of school runs, swimming…
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