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Welcoming baby Delphi- My Positive Birth Story with pictures
This positive birth story with pictures is with Beth, midwife & founder of the Bump to Baby Chapter. This was baby number 4 and Beth's first pregnancy with gestational diabetes
How to not expect when you’re expecting.
When I first found out I was pregnant this time around, I thought to myself that being my last pregnancy I set my sights on being the stereotypical pregnant mama, drinking green juice, eating kale and
High Risk vs. Low Risk
Keeping with the pregnancy labels theme I want to know what you all think of the terminology ‘High risk vs low risk’ and have you been labelled one of these in pregnancy?
I remember doing my midwi
Is December the best time to have a baby?
Why December is the best time to have a baby…
Christmas is a crazy busy time for most, with all the food prepping, turkey stuffing, tree decorating and present wrapping there is just no time to
Pregnancy Labels- Labour Nose
“Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words can also hurt me. Sticks and stones break only skin, while words are ghosts that haunt me.”
Definition: Pregnancy Labels
1. When you are
Dads… in the Birth room or in the pub?
Let’s throw it back to the 1950s where only the aristocratic Dads may have made an appearance in the birth room to welcome a son. The majority of Dads would be waiting in the pub for the news of
The Unexpected Trimester- Nancy’s Early Arrival
It was a Saturday, I had just come home from my baby shower, and put my eldest 2 children to bed. Although there was copious amounts of yummy food at the baby shower, being a glutenous pregnant woman
Robyn’s Way Into The World
So…. We didn’t have a birth plan we were just happy to go with the flow and it’s a good job we did! My due date had passed, and I was starting to feel a tad impatient so I had a bath with a ‘s
Sports Psychology vs. Hypnobirthing. Why are they so similar?
Sports Psychology vs. Hypnobirthing
Why are Sports Psychology and Hypnobirthing so similar?
If I said to you names such as Wayne Rooney, Andy Murray, Johnny Wilkinson and Jessica Ennis. What would you
Top 10 Photos to capture in your birth room
Moments in the birth room are moments to be remembered. Here are just a sample of 10 of my favourite captures.
1. The support given from your partner.
(Huge photo credits to Chui King Li who was my b
The Cascade of Intervention- Just a Myth.
The cascade of intervention is a term thrown around in lots of pregnancy classes by lots of natural birth advocates, it means…
Having an intervention (an intervention being an induction, an epid