Positive
Birth Stories
Gemma’s Birth Story
You finally get the positive test and after the initial anxiety of getting to that 12 week scan has passed, thoughts turn to labour, or at least they do for most people. Me? I figured there was no poi
Shani’s Birth Story
I suppose my birth story starts about 3 weeks before when I attended The Bump To Baby Chapter Hypnobirthing class. I remember saying to Beth, “I’ve only got 3 weeks left and I haven’
What did Hypnobirthing ever do for us?
What did Hypnobirthing ever do for us?
Channeling the sentiment of Monty Python, I am left thinking about exactly what we did gain from our Hypnobirthing course. I’ve read lots of blogs and testimon
Jamie’s Hypnobirth “I reached 10cm dilation with just co-codamol.”
Like most Mums to be, the thought of giving birth made me feel anxious. However, in equal parts, I felt strongly that my body would know what to do. I felt it was important to focus on the positive fe
How exercise taught me to get through childbirth
“You can do this, keep pushing on. You’ve been through childbirth.” This is the mantra I repeated in my head over and over again when I pushed my body to its physical limits climbing three of th
“My body knew exactly what it was doing and I remember thinking, ‘my body can do this. I was built to do this’.” Danni’s Birth Story.
In 1982 my mother gave birth to me with the assistance of hypnobirthing. She told me the birth experience was beautiful and she was in control throughout. 30 years later, I was in labour with my first
Ruth’s Birth Story
I had been very apprehensive about this, my 3rd birth. After experiencing two very different, but equally long and difficult, births I wanted my final birthing experience to be…well amazing. I won�
Lottie’s Birth Story; My IVF Baby
Love reading positive birth stories, you’re in the right place…. This positive birth story is with Lottie and her miracle IVF baby Scarlett. Lottie had an empowering induction and described herse
Do It Like a Mother – Welcoming Rory
I often tell my clients that no two pregnancies or labours are the same. So I shouldn’t have been surprised by my recent experience, but somehow I was caught off guard. I imagined when the birth ca
Maisie’s Birth Story
When I was pregnant for the first time all I could think about was getting my hands on my baby. The birth was just something to get through. An obstacle between us. When the time came, fear t
The Birth of Oatcake
I wrote my birth story down for my own blog ‘Oatcake Adventures’ a few weeks after our little Oatcake arrived, with my ‘mama hat’ on. When Beth asked me to put together a littl
The
Baby Chapter
Safe Sleeping… Top Tips
Safe sleeping – how can you keep baby safer whilst they snooze? They say that many moons ago you would put your baby to sleep in what ever you had available, be that a drawer, an empty cardboard
5 Top Tips for those Early Days with a Baby
The first few days with a new baby can be a steep learning curve. Here are my 5 top tips for those early days with a baby…
1. Baby led feeding
Scrap any type of feeding routine, you can not over
1, 2, 3, 4….We like our pelvic floor!!!
Your pelvic floor after a baby. Many women report pee incidents after a baby and whilst this is common, IT IS NOT NORMAL. And it is often NOT something you just have to live with. This blog was writt