This is the birth story of my daughter Poppy. It is weird being on this end of maternity care when I have been so involved in other aspects. I wanted one more baby. Easy, right? Get pregnant, have a worry-free …
It was my due date with my second baby and late at night when contractions started regular but not strong until late in the next afternoon when it was time to head into Birthcare. My independent midwife rang ahead let …
Positive birth, skin to skin, delayed cord clamping, powerful, euphoric. These were not common terms I associated with giving birth. Epidural, hospital, pain, emergency caesarean, haemorrhage, these were the words I was familiar with. So you can see why, when I found …
Empowered by Natural Birth Olive, my older daughter, had an entry to the world that was highly medicalised and I had missed out on seeing her born due to a c-section under general anaesthetic. I saw her about 30 minutes …
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I was set up for a bad birth experience. Inexperienced in life, and happy to go along with whatever my doctors told me, high risk, and young. I was only nineteen when I got pregnant with my son, Charles. I …