Jo's Birth Story ( with photo)- After researching the kind of birth I wanted I knew that I did not want to be in hospital, I wanted it to be as natural as possible, I definitely wanted to use a pool and I wanted to the experience to be special. read more> |
| Arabella's birth (with photo)- When I discovered I was pregnant with my second child I was over the moon, but at the same time I felt very apprehensive about giving birth again because of the traumatic time I’d had with my first baby. read more> |
| My birth story by Emma - I had always considered having an Independent midwife as I knew before I even fell pregnant that when the time came I wanted as little intervention as possible and to keep any hospital involvement to a minimum, I was certain if at all possible I wanted a home birth. read more> |
| Millie's Birth story - It’s hard to think what to write about Millie’s birth story. Now that some time has passed I don’t really remember loads of details about it. It strikes me as being quite uneventful but in many ways that is what made it such a positive experience for us. read more> |
| Amy's Birth story (with photo) - I think first I should mention the reason why we ended up having a home birth and being looked after by Virginia as it was not our intention to have an independent midwife or a home birth initially. As soon as I went to the doctor's to tell them I was pregnant and to find out what to do next I was told that I was a high risk pregnancy as I was 40 years old. No other reason than that. read more> |
| Kirsty's Story - I woke up on the morning of the 30th July feeling like I'd been kicked by a horse in my nether regions!! I ran round like usual all day after the boys and had just got in the car after picking up baby's oral vitamin K at about 6pm (the last thing I had on my list of things to do before baby arrived) when I had a contraction. read more> |
| Ethan's Birth - After being induced and having an emergency c-section without even going into labour with my first baby just over 2 years ago, I was nervous about history repeating itself and I was determined to do everything possible to have a natural labour second time around. read more > |
| Katrina's Story - I chose a hospital birth for my first child in the belief that it was the safest and most comfortable place to give birth. How I was wrong! read more > |
| Sarah's Story - Although I managed to have a home birth with my first son, I had a retained placenta which necessitated transferral to hospital. Unfortunately, on the night in question, neither of my community midwives were able to be with me as a scheduling mistake led to them both being on holiday at the same time. So, I ended up being attended by a midwife who I had never met before and who had no idea about the way I hoped things would go. read more > |
