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Home Birth? – What About The Mess!
Another glorious week working as a midwife and another home birth. I’m sure you know by now that home births are something very special to me. Our home birth rate in our case loading team is between...
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Preparing For Antenatal Classes
Things have moved on a bit since the 1940’s Like most first time pregnant women, you’re probably feeling slightly clueless about what you are embarking on in preparation for the labour and birth....
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Birth Story Of The Week – Ali and Effie
Today’s birth story is very special because I was the midwife. Not that I have favourite births that I’ve attended but this is certainly up there. I’ll never forget watching my friend birth her baby...
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Birth Story Of The Week – Judith and Clementine
A little vintage birth story for you hungry readers this morning. Following on from my Mother in-law sharing my husbands birth back in September, my Mother wanted to do the same. And what better time...
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What I Learnt From Giving Birth
You would think being a midwife gives you a sort of special pass or ‘access all areas’ into what your own birth is going to be like. Well in some ways yes it did, but in many ways it really didn’t...
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Birth Story Of The Week – Helen and Alba
This weeks birth story comes from Helen founder of Lionheart magazine and new Mama to Alba born in September. “It started with a gentle jolt at 5am. It was the tightening combined with twinges that I...
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Birth Story Of The Week – Bethie and Peter
Today’s birth story is a pretty fresh one, as this baby was only born 9 days ago! Very impressive Bethie! Bethie is an American living in London with her husband and little girl Charlotte and new baby...
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Birth Story Of The Week – Julia and James
“Easter 2013 – 4 very excited children anticipating chocolate! In reality they had a stressed Mummy looking after 3 poorly ones and deep cleaning the house for about a week. Baby Pip`s `official EDD`...
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Nicola with Elizabeth and Alexandra
In celebration of Mother’s Day over here in the UK, I bring you this amazingly empowering story from Nicola. Nicola who lives in Denmark got in touch only a few days after she birthed her second baby!...
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Birth Story Of The Week – Gemma and Leo
Today’s birth story comes from Gemma founder of the blog Bristol Foodie. Gemma emailed me after following my blog for a while she says – “Whilst pregnant I was bombarded with horror stories of birth –...
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Twinning is Winning
At around 5 weeks pregnant I felt sick, really sick and really tired. We were in France at a friend’s wedding and I did my best impression of someone trying to pretend to be drunk. Which by the way is...
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15 Weeks…..
Always match your nails to your dress And not counting. But it’s hard not to isn’t it? I’m just rejoicing in the fact that I don’t feel sick any more. I’m still completely terrified that it will come...
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