Darcy ( with photo) - When I fell pregnant I naturally assumed that I would have my baby at hospital as I had done with my first child (Libby). read more> |
| Emil (with photo) - When our son Emil was conceived it was very important to us to find a midwife who we could trust completely and who would give us the time and space to labour gently. read more > |
| Nico (with photo) - After coming back from my Yoga class on Monday 2nd June, I was starting to get a few niggles during the night, I just assumed it was the start of Braxton Hicks as I was still only 36 weeks. read more > |
| Liyana (with photo) - My first pregnancy was wonderful and problem-free. It was the labour and birth that was a horrible experience. read more > |
| Felix (with photo) -I had my first proper contractions on Thursday 10 July which made me think labour was finally happening; contractions kept coming all afternoon but then they stopped in the evening, leaving me frustrated. read more > |
| Dotty (with photo) - We were honeymooning around Europe when we realised that I was expecting little Dotty. I enjoyed drinking 10 pints a night and smoking 30 cigarettes a day, I had no plans for a little baby. I was quite horrified with the news. read more> |
| Esther (with photo) - Around this time 5 years ago I was pregnant with our first child and hoping for a natural home birth. I developed high blood pressure then pre-eclampsia and ended up being in hospital for weeks, on tablets. Probably worst of all I had a c-section to deliver our son. read more> |
| Taryn (with photo) -I got pregnant the first time in October 2004 after trying for 8 years and being told there was less than a 1% chance. read more> |
| Kara (with photo) - I had planned to have a home birth from before I was pregnant, it seemed the most natural thing to do and I really don’t like hospitals. Although James agreed he had some concerns, I was so determined that we decided on an independent midwife. As I believed her to be my closest chance of a home birth. read more > |
| Thomas (with photo) - When I found out I was pregnant with my first baby, Rachel, I decided (for reasons that are too numerous to go into here) that by far the best place to give birth was at home. She was a breech baby and was delivered in hospital by caesarean section in December 2005. About as different a birth from the one I wanted that you could imagine. read more > |
| Amélie (with photo) - My overwhelming instinct was to be at home and in water for the birth. It was a powerful and profound driving force and I was absolutely confident that it was the right decision. Some of my family were supportive from the outset, but I had to tackle opposition from others. read more> |
| Lindsay - My babies estimated delivery date was 15th April 2007. We had a planned for a home birth and had booked a great independent midwife called Virginia who I’d been seeing since about January. I had hired a birthing pool and a tens machine and had read and practiced hypnobirthing so I felt I’d done everything I could to ensure that we could have a gentle home birth. read more> |
| Zoe (with photo) - On my first visit to my GP after finding out I was pregnant, I asked him what the care options were for my pregnancy. We were talking through the various options when he mentioned independent midwives. - read more> |
Emma (with photo) - It was always going to be tough to work out the ‘right time’ to get pregnant with our careers. As Opera Singers we are constantly working abroad and so, when I became pregnant it was inevitable that Chris would be spending some of that time away.
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| Dewbien - My first pregnancy was difficult though I hoped for a relaxed water birth. I
ended up with pre-eclampsia, loads of interventions and an emergency
c-section. My experience in hospital was traumatising and put me off going back for
number two. read more> |
| Alison - In March 2006 I had my 45th birthday and became pregnant. The reason that my first pregnancy came along so late in life is another story. I have always been fit and healthy with an active lifestyle. From the first I imagined a birth in which I would be mobile throughout labour, and deliver squatting in a crouched position. read more > |
| Leah (with photos) - By the time you get to your third baby, you’d think you were braced for most things, so I thought! Having had two lovely ‘accidents’ before, this was to be our last and only planned pregnancy. read more > |
| Theo - We had been trying for a baby for about a year. I was getting more and more anxious as I felt the tick tock of my 38yr old body clock. Alastair was completely horrified when I suggested he might like to go for a sperm test! read more> |
| Sarah - When I found out I was pregnant, the first thing I thought was ‘oh no, I have to give birth’, shortly followed, I hasten to add, by excitement! read more> |
| Alfie (with photos) - The birth of my son, Alfie, was a result of a 3-day hospitalised labour, with every intervention, bar a caesarean. The whole experience left me feeling inadequate and frustrated, and I was angry at how powerless I had been made to feel. I came to realise that things could, and should, have been totally different. read more > |
| Katherine (with photos)- Byan and I had stopped using contraception right from the moment we got married on 18th Dec 2004 (my birthday!). By Jan 06 nothing had happened. read more > |
| Tabitha Florence (with photos) - I booked in with Kay when I was 21 weeks pregnant. It had taken us a long while to get pregnant and during that time I’d read up about birth choices and decided that I would “treat” myself to an independent midwife - read more> |
| Jacob's birth (with photos) -I’ll start off by saying the best thing I ever did was hire an Independent Midwife and here is the story of the birth of my beautiful son Jacob. read more > |
| Billy's birth (with photo) - A home birth was a pipe dream to me. Something people like me wouldn’t be able to achieve. I didn’t even think I was capable of natural childbirth – I wasn’t even capable of going into labour myself! - read more > |
| Eloise - Our baby was due on Saturday 4th November and somehow I had managed to convince myself that it would be early (and that it would be at least 8 and a half pounds!) read more > |
| Max - In March 2006 I had my 45th birthday and became pregnant. The reason that my first pregnancy came along so late in life is another story. - read more |
| Aubrey - My first pregnancy went well and I never worried too much about the birth. Suddenly at 37 weeks I was told by a consultant after a routine scan that I had to be induced for suspected “fat” baby. read more> |
| Jorge - I found out I was pregnant with our third baby sometime in March 2006. My youngest baby boy, Joseph, was only 5 months old at the time so it came as a bit of a shock to us all. read more > |
| Amber's Birth - I always thought I would have two children; so when Joseph was born in a midwife-led unit in Scotland, by a medically questionable ‘emergency’ caesarean, and without my full consent, I was devastated. read more > |
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