Well my baby is now almost 5 months so I suppose it’s time for his birth story. I had my first at a hospital and the experience left me feeling so out of control, that when I became pregnant with number two we decided to try a home birth. My family and friends laughed at…
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Breath and mind working together: my third homebirth
Pregnancy is a time in a woman’s life where you become selfless and very vulnerable. You may also become empowered by the very fact that you are growing a whole new person, like it was with me. I’m going to talk about giving birth to my fifth child. I was not expecting to have any…
After helping me in labour my six-year-old daughter wants to become a midwife
I had a midwife’s appointment on my due date on Friday and she predicted the baby would come on Monday. I was more than happy to wait and enjoy those last few ‘two in one’ moments. Next evening I felt some twinges and niggles, but as I’ve had them before and my mind was programmed…
I didn’t feel the contractions and was 4cm dilated
At 40 weeks and four days past my due date, I was getting very impatient for my baby to arrive. My first birth was almost a week early so I had expected this baby to arrive even sooner. I had started maternity leave weeks earlier, after experiencing heaviness, Braxton Hicks tightenings and babies head was…
