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“I had a great Birth” – Don’t be a d*ck.
I want to tell you a story about this pregnant mum I knew. She worked in a predominantly female workforce and one specific day at the office at tea break, they got into a convo about birth. Negative B✨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.. yoFallon’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 toldBorn 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 uBirth 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