May 2, 2017 | Doula Attended, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended, Second birth, Vaginal Birth
My entire second pregnancy could be described as Overwhelmed with Anxiety. I had discovered I was pregnant (surprise!) right after accepting a new job and while struggling with sleep issues with my 13 month old. I was anxious about the reality of having two children...
Nov 17, 2016 | Breast feeding, Pain, Partner Attended
I gave birth to my beautiful boy, Cooper, on the 17th of March 2016. As with all pregnancies, there were moments of fear, nervousness and pure joy, but none of this could prepare me for what was to come. At 41 weeks and 2 days, I was induced at the mater hospital. My...
Aug 23, 2016 | Epidural, Episiotomy, Fear, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended
When I was pregnant, I was obsessed with birth stories. (Ok, I still am.) I would grill every mother I came into contact with and would Google into the late hours of the night trying to read and hear as many as possible. What fascinated me so much was that they were...
Jul 21, 2016 | Bleeding, Breast feeding, Depression, Epidural, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended, Postpartum
I had a difficult pregnancy. We conceived easily, the month after we had decided we would “never be ready” for kids, so why not now? But after the first few weeks of excitement wore off, after we had told our parents and started to plan, I got sick. Not just...
May 10, 2016 | Empowered, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Vaginal Birth
Right from the moment I found out I was pregnant, I planned on using visualisations to help me through the birth. My story tells how they worked for me. Contraction like pains and a bloody show on the Wednesday evening, two days before my due date was all the...
Feb 29, 2016 | Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Second birth, Tearing
A Wondrous Natural Birth I knew I didn’t want to give birth in a hospital but I wasn’t quite sure if I wanted to go drug free. I spent a lot of time weighing my options, talking with a friend who had two natural births and watching “The Business of...
