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Stephanie’s Story My mother was a midwife and I grew up sneaking into her home office and looking at the baby pictures that covered the walls. I grew up hearing stories of strong women, birthing at home, drug free and …
Poppy’s Birth Story by Nicola Mapletoft
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 …
Rebekah’s Birth Story by Sarah Sutton
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 …
The Birth Story of Ziggy Jay
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 …
Raegan’s Birth Stories: Empowered by Natural Birth
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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Charles Birth by Holly Neilson
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 …