{Birth Story} Angus’s Birth

Just over three weeks ago, my husband, Craig and I welcomed our first baby, Angus into our family.   The Tuesday before he arrived, we had a scan at the hospital. I was 36+6 and the scan revealed baby was breech. We were asked to wait to speak to a doctor about it. Three hours […]

Positive Induction Birth Experiences

If you’ve made the decision to be induced, you’ve probably heard your fair share of negative birth experiences, we have a terrible habit of sharing our negative stories more than our positive. I asked some local mums to share some of their positive experiences with you from Aberdeen Maternity Hospital to help inspire you. I […]

{Birth Story} Alastair’s Birth

This is the birth story of my third baby; I used HypnoBirthing with my previous 2 and had a refresher session with Jade a week before (2 weeks before I was due). My first was born in the midwife let unit in a birthing pool (7 hr labour), my second was born unplanned at home […]

{Birth Story} North Aberdeenshire Home Birth

One month ago we welcomed our second daughter at home in Aberdeenshire – I’m finally attempting to get my birth story down in writing!   Our first daughter, G, was born in hospital in Bristol. My waters broke around 11pm on Wednesday, with contractions starting the next morning. I worked through them at home, finding […]