On the evening of 24th February my parents came over for a glass of wine. I was having crampy feelings and sitting on an exercise ball. However, having felt I was ‘about to give birth’ for the last couple of weeks I wasn’t thinking much of them. I really felt on the precipice of something…
I woke up about midnight with some cramping which then became more like contractions every 10-15 minutes, so around 3.30am I called the Horton and we were told all community midwives were unavailable! So until shift change at 7.30am we wouldn’t be able to have a home birth OR go into the midwife unit, but…
My first birth was at the Horton MLU. It was incredible but there were moments that have stuck with me where I didn’t feel great. Moments where I wasn’t taken as seriously as I’d liked. These feelings are engraved in my memory of my first birth and while I always say it was incredible, there…
At 4:43am I felt uncomfortable from my sleep (standard), and rolled myself over from my right to left in bed. I then heard the oddest noise – no joke, the sound was what you hear as the bath or sink has almost emptied itself. I thought, gosh, I know my tummy often growls at me,…
This was my second pregnancy, and it was very different from my first. With Henry, I was practically Mother Earth, with minimal symptoms and an easygoing pregnancy. For both births, we decided to keep the gender a surprise, and motivator for the big day. This time around, I was far less earthly—I had nausea in…