April 19th 2009 – my due date. Not long after 4am I woke with my waters leaked on the bed. I woke up my husband to tell him, but told him to go back to sleep and I would call him if I needed him. (My first labour I had a lot of contractions at [...]
The Drug-Free Home Birth of My Sixth Baby
September 27, 2012 by 19 Comments
To make sense of this story I will first give you a little background on my previous labours. My first baby was born ten weeks early as I was very ill and underweight, I had gas and air, pethidine, an epidural and forceps were used. My son was in the special care baby unit for [...]
Would You Be Happy With A Male Midwife?
September 3, 2012 by 39 Comments
Would You Be Happy With A Male Midwife? I was watching a convocation a few days ago about the care received during labour and one mum was speaking out about how great her midwife was and that the fact he was a man puzzled a few mums. I admit I have yet to see a [...]
DVD of the Birth: Weird or Wanted?
May 29, 2012 by 14 Comments
This may be controversial to some, but there are people now who have decided to video the first moments of their child entering the world. For some people this is a beautiful experience which needs to be shared with loved ones, or to be treasured to watch again; for some people this is a traumatic [...]
I was neglected after giving birth in hospital
May 6, 2012 by 18 Comments
This is hard for me to write but it’s something I want to share. It was the 12th of February 2011, I was 3 days overdue, I had a feeling I was going into labour back ache couldn’t settle ( my adopted mum who have now fell out with ad gone out but decided [...]
When Should You Have A Baby?
April 28, 2012 by 19 Comments
Even as young children, we tend to give some fantastical thought as to when we’ll have kids of our own. I think most of us like to think we’ll be really young mothers, and think that we’ll probably have a baby when we’re about 20. But as we hit our twenties, it becomes apparent [...]
Birth Story; We lost the heartbeat of our baby
April 24, 2012 by 11 Comments
On the Wednesday, I didn’t feel my son move that much defiantly less than 10 times. I waited till my partner came home from work and told him, he suggested drinking some juice, going on my exercise ball, walking up and down the stairs and nothing worked. I knew there was something wrong, I [...]
Birth Story; 15 Years Old With A 74 Hour Labour
April 20, 2012 by 14 Comments
I had a fairly good pregnancy, morning sickness started at 7 weeks so in April 2008 I decided to take a test, it was positive. I was a shocked 15 year old but I was happy. He wasn’t planned but the thought of having an abortion or giving him up never came to my mind. [...]
Midwifes’ Deliver
March 26, 2012 by 7 Comments
What is a Midwife? A midwife is a female or a male, but is often female, that is a medical professional hired by the mother-to-be to help her throughout the pregnancy and to help with the delivery of the baby. A midwife provides care to women during pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, and may [...]
Real Birth Story – Emma Laker
March 14, 2012 by 12 Comments
A mum shares her birth story – Emma Laker Christopher William - born 10.5.08 On the 9th may 2008 already nine days over due, I was living in a hostel with my fiance we were sat in the garden with everyone else who lived there having a party with a delicious indian take away it was a [...]
Real Birth Story: My Fastest Delivery
March 10, 2012 by 10 Comments
A month before I gave birth to my fourth baby I was fired. Reluctantly I spent a lot of time at home thinking about my upcoming delivery. I searched the web and read a lot of birth stories. One of the stories caught my eyes because when I read it I felt like I was the one in [...]
How to avoid a cesarean section
February 22, 2012 by 8 Comments
Most people would rather avoid major abdominal surgery and its potential for complications, unless there is a pressing medical reason. Yet, the c-section rate has been rising steadily over the last few decades in most developed countries. In the United States, it’s now at nearly 33 percent! Some of those many c-sections saved lives, but [...]
My uncle built a shed as I gave birth
February 9, 2012 by 19 Comments
I bent down to get the meat out of the oven and felt what I can only describe as a pop. I went to the looand as I sat down there was a gush. I knew straight away my waters had broke so I popped on a pad and went into the living telling everyone [...]
I didn’t want to do a poo: A Birth Story
February 5, 2012 by 18 Comments
A mum shares her birth story with you: I was 38 weeks pregnant, I starting to feel really wet down below with a few niggling pains but nothing major apart from one full blown contraction then nothing. I phoned my mum who took me out for lunch then onto my routine midwife appointment. I went [...]
They sat me on a bowl (so uncomfy and undignified): A Birth Story
February 4, 2012 by 19 Comments
A mum shares her Birth Story My pregnancy was as smooth as I could wish for. I was measuring equally to my gestation, hardly any sickness, no sore boobs, all in all I LOVED it! Iwas due on the 27th January 2010, I reached 40weeks and had a sweep, which wasnt pleasant, but I hoped it [...]
I gave birth to a bubble
January 11, 2012 by 25 Comments
This post is an anonymous guest post After I gave birth to my daughter my partner told me that it was like I was giving birth to a bubble, he though it was my insides and told me it scared him, which to be fair he must have been pooping in his pants as [...]
Is a call for change needed during pregnancy and labour?
September 7, 2011 by 12 Comments
I have two sons, 8 years and 4 months. when I found out I was expecting the second one I was amazed at the lack of medical appointments because it was my second child. During my whole pregnancy I had 2 scan appointments and 2 normal midwife appointments plus my booking in appointment. I wasn’t upset to start with [...]
Are celebs too posh to push? Celebrity Birth Secrets
August 28, 2011 by 15 Comments
I am terrified of the thought of a cesarean section, something about being cut open and a baby being removed from your insides scares me. It seems like something out of alien and although this operation (as hey come on that’s what it is is), is what I have feared most during my 6 pregnancies.
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