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✨The Baby Bubble aka. The Golden Hour ✨
This has got to be one of the biggest highs in life EVER!! Who else can remember those moments after their baby was born? You see this little being that you’ve made and grown for the first time.. yo
Laughter and a Supportive Partner- Your best drugs for labour
I don’t know if this was the result of too much gas and air at this point or one of Robs cracking jokes but either way it looks like we’re having a grand old time! Anyone who’s been through labo
Melatonin- The reason baby’s stop sleeping at 8 weeks
Why is it you get home with your newborn baby and for the first few days/weeks they sleep? This is easy as pie, you think ? feeling smug, I have struck gold with a “sleeper”. Then as the weeks tic
My Bump To Baby Chapter SQUAD
There’s THREE things that we love over here…
1. A bank holiday weekend AND sunshine ☀️
2. SQUAD GOALS
3. Eating out
So we’ve squished all these three things together in one big ball of l
Breastfeeding Tips for New Mums
Whoever said breastfeeding was a walk in the park LIED!! Well at least for lots of women anyway.
That latch that midwives go on about sooooo much is so important because…
▪️ If the latch isn
Fallon’s Birth Story
Elective C-section for a first time mum –
My baby was breech and as a full time mum the word ‘breech’ was incredibly scary and unknown, in fact I cried my eyes out when the sonographer told
This baby of mine so small and new knows nothing more than me.
Her whole face lights up when she looks in my eyes, like my eyes are the best thing she’s ever seen.
When she hears my voice, even when it’s just a whisper, she stops to hear me. And even though s
Antenatal Weekend
This is a brand spanking new ANTENATAL WEEKEND that TBTBC Midwife team are offering to expectant couples of the Cotswolds and beyond. It’s a jam-packed weekend filled to the brim to totally prep
Born En Caul
This baby here was born ‘en caul’ which means that the baby was born still in its amniotic sac.
This is a fascinating photo and a fascinating (and rare) type of birth for the birth nerds amongst u
Birth Matters – “I checked in on myself and thought of myself in my elderly years and knew that the captures of one (of four) of the greatest moments of my life would be far greater than any judgement.”
One thing I do quite regularly to check in on myself is think in years to come … what will I look back on this time and think of. On the more morbid days I think on my death bed, what will flash
Manage your expectations and not your baby
THE most challenging thing that I find as a parent are the expectations. Every new mother expects the “feeds every 3-4 hours, long napping, 12 hour night time sleeping, loves the tummy time, happy i