The Healing Second Birth
I have two really different stories for you- one much more positive than the other (bet you've heard that a lot!). After some bleeding I...
A positive birth with intervention
I love nothing more than thinking about my daughter and remembering her coming into the world, so I'm jotting down a few thoughts for...
The power of broken expectations
I was the fainter at school. Injections, check. Biology lessons, check. Always flat on my face, and always resulting in chipping my front...
Stretched midwives
My eldest was born via emergency c-section. My youngest was born via elective c section which unfortunately then turned into an emergency...
'A Close Call'
I have a 14 month old healthy boy. I wanted a natural birth and practiced hypnobirthing but knew I had to be prepared for any...
A sense of failure
Just the thought of possibly sharing my story with you (which I've been quite quiet about) brought me into floods of tears and so I know...
Support during a difficult birth
My now two year old was born at 35+4 (as it turns out I have a bicornurate uterus which I didn't know at the time). What initially...
The importance of support
Emma has asked people to share their birth stories and this topic of birth trauma really resonated with me and inspired me to write this...
