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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 [...]
With my first pregnancy everything went smoothly it was all text book, no concerns no nothing. Just a lovely bump and no side effects. Even the labour weren’t too bad although I lost a lot of blood I didn’t think nothing of it until I fell pregnant 2 and half yrs later with my [...]
While I am all for getting those who can work back into paid employment I wonder how for 5 hours each day you can go job hunting? How exactly are they going to monitor you for 5 hours each day? The internet? Reading newspapers ads? Looking in shop windows? Visiting the job centre? Will this [...]
I remember all to well the birthing plan/birth plan. That helpful useless part of your maternity notes. Oh how I enjoyed discussing all the options. I dreamed of a water birth and no pain relief on my 6th birth. I had kidney failure and was already in hospital for pain management when I went into [...]
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 [...]
I had the nicest pregnancy, no sickness or anything. A few back pains and heartburn but other than that it was fab. All my checks were great, they were concerned she was big and breech but everything turned out normal. On my 38th week I started to get tight hands, headaches n swollen feet. At [...]
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