I’d like to share my positive birth story, it’s been nearly a month now and I’m still in shock at how lovely and perfect it was. Sorry it’s a bit long! With my first daughter I had to be induced due to ICP (cholestasis) at 38 weeks. I had wanted a natural water birth […]
After a quick and smooth labour with my son Alex 2 years ago, I thought about a home birth early in my second pregnancy. My midwife was very supportive, but also very laid back so we didn’t really discuss it in detail and she said I could decide later on, after 32 weeks. I was […]
I had birthed my first daughter the previous year at Montrose Maternity Unit and thanks to some self taught hypnobirthing and a bit of luck she arrived in the birthing pool two hours after my contractions started. I was shocked by the speed and relative ease of my first born’s arrival so the following year, […]
Roberto and I are incredibly happy to welcome Islay Sofia (8lb 7ounces, 50.6cm) into our world, born naturally at home in the early hours of Monday morning, 14th November. A brief recall of my experience: I started to feel period like pangs throughout the Sunday. My husband and I finished watching a film that evening […]