My pregnancy with Rowan was complicated. I ticked so many risk factors from my booking in appointment that I was given a consultant’s appointment to discuss things very quickly. Previous c-section, previous pre-eclampsia, a […]
It all started January 5th, 2016 at 5am. I woke from a deep sleep, thinking I was wetting the bed. It turned out my water had broke a week early. I jumped out of bed […]
As a first time Mum, my idea of labour and birth was shaped by horror stories from family members and TV documentaries. I read into home birth, hypnobirthing, free birthing, and it all got a bit […]
My pregnancy was difficult right from the start. I’d been having irregular bleeding. I was worried because when I was 23, I’d had repeated treatments for CIN3 – severe dysplasia, also known as abnormal cells […]
My now 4-year-old daughter had been born via unmedicated birth at a local hospital with an OB attending. The whole thing had gone off without a hitch; my only complaint was the setting. Although the […]
Monday 19th October 2015 I had planned a crazy day – we’d agreed to take my mother-in-law to the hospital to have her stitches removed from her knee replacement. Glamorous, I know. I remember sitting […]
To set the scene, my husband was always the more maternal one. When we spoke about kids, I was always very against it. After some years, I changed my mind, very gradually, and then we […]
Stubborn and determined. Two words Beckah will identify with when she planned her unassisted home birth. She combatted negative feelings and worked through many doubts and fears but Beckah made the birth of her dreams […]
Come read about Kirsty’s labor in our next Punky Mom’s birth story series For a good 2 to 3 weeks before my due date, I had started to get twinges/sharp pains and noticed a pinkish tinge […]
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