It took me a while to write this as I felt at first my birth didn’t go to plan, the first bit of labour where i was contracting at home was nothing like I imagined it! I was not prepared for how intense contractions could be! Looking back it was literally the birth I planned…
On Monday 13th February I started to feel like things were happening… That evening I had dinner at my mother in laws and made a comment to say I think you may need to have Arabella tonight (she was my childcare). That evening I went home and had a mad moment of wanting to iron…
So my labour was quite long. My waters broke on Sunday at 4 am while I was sleeping. I quickly got up and went to the bathroom because it was so much! I cleaned everything, finished putting everything in the bag and tried to go back to sleep but with the excitement it was quite…
After attending hypnobirthing at Amy’s studio with my husband we were quickly set on what type of birth we wanted. Labour for as long as possible at home, gas and air pain relief with a water birth. We were still unsure on where we wanted to give birth. The options being the Horton Midwife Led…