This is the story of Matilda’s birth. An unassisted home birth thanks to my rapid labour. Preamble I knew, even before I was pregnant again, that I’d choose to have…
Pregnancy
I am 40+3 weeks pregnant now; this is the point in my pregnancy with Rosalie when she decided to make her rather swift arrival into the world. The baby’s position,…
A home birth was the logical choice for me, so even before we were expecting our second baby I knew I would want to give birth at home, if we…
How many weeks? I’m now 29 weeks pregnant – the second trimester is behind me and my worries about the little life I am growing have faded and morphed into…
Rosalie was there when I dipped that first pregnancy test into my sample pot, she told me she could see two pink lines and I told her she was going…
Almost two weeks ago it was my birthday and I was really looking forward to it. Not because I was thrilled to be turning 33, or because I thought I…
Post written 25th May at 5 weeks pregnant Is it possible to be hysterically excited and totally petrified at the same time? I think so, because I am. When the…
I have neglected my blog recently – the last post I published was our Me & Mine portraits for June. I do feel bad about this, but I also have…
The publication of the new NICE guidelines Intrapartum care: care of healthy women and their babies during childbirth, which recommend that women with a low risk of pregnancy complications would…