Yes you read it right, the fourth trimester! Everyone knows that pregnancy is made up of three trimesters. The first trimester where you may want to hurl when talking about, looking at or attempting to eat food either in the …
Mother Knows Best?
When it comes to birth there seems to be some confusion over who is in charge of the process. Is it the Mother or the Midwives and Hospital Staff? Every time this debate arises it is met with blank expressions …
Be In Awe Of Yourself!
How many women go into labour unsure of what to expect? – Now I’m not talking about the ‘pain’ of labour, a contraction is a strange sensation and can be as individual as the person experiencing it – But in …
Home Birth – You’re Brave!
Deciding to birth our baby at home was absolutely the right decision for us, it was disappointing that other people did not see it that way. At our 16 week midwife appointment we had a lengthy chat about our birthing …
Bonding With Your Bump – 5 Things That Helped Me Make the Most Of My Pregnancy
Finding out I was pregnant was a bag of mixed emotions for me. I was delighted, relieved, joyful, scared, nervous, but most of all thankful. Not all women get to experience the wonder of pregnancy and I was going to …
Hypnobirthing; “Not Hippy Bulls**t”
This is how we were first introduced to Hypnobirthing and it was the perfect thing to say to me! Completely disabling my knee jerk response to something that, to my ears and ignorant mind, sounded very hippy and new age, not …