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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Do I Want To Have Another Home Birth?
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]had a home birth with Rory. As far as labour goes, this couldn’t have been the better option for me. I was far more at ease than I was…
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Welcoming Rory – a Home Birth
I wrote most of this a few days after giving birth, when it was 100% fresh in my mind. I’ve not really edited it, preferring to keep my birth stories…
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On making the decision to have a home birth
Earlier in this pregnancy, I wrote that I was strongly considering a home birth but was still not completely sold on the idea. And Sam was definitely not sold…
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Do we need to make a big deal out of the pain of childbirth?
Disclaimer: I’m only refering to straightforward childbirth here. None of what I say goes for anyone who had interventions, complications or caesareans – those are entirely different matters. There are…
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Arlo’s birth story
I’m always interested to hear birth stories, so I thought I’d post about Arlo’s birth story – my first labour and delivery. Be warned, it’s a long one. It covers…
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