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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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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Feeling the Stress – A Pregnancy / House / Life Update
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has been (almost) three months since we moved house and the builders started work. Three months of living elsewhere. Three months of spending four hours a day in…
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Pregnancy Update | 16 – 20 Weeks
It is very strange to think that a mere few weeks ago I was in the throes of the first trimester constant hangover feeling, unable to imagine ever feeling 100%…
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Gender Preference – Do I want a boy or a girl?
More of this? Or evening up the scores a little bit? [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e’ve had the perfect Christmas break. Sam has been working from home in the bit between Christmas and…
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The First Trimester | A positive test, a disappointing scan, and telling everybody
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]’m currently 16 weeks pregnant and writing this retrospectively. To be honest, I feel pretty far removed from the first trimester, even though it was only a few weeks…
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