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It’s important to pack a hospital bag even if you are planning to birth at home, so you have everything available should you need to transfer to the hospital for any reason. Read on to see what essential items our midwife recommends.
Preparing for the arrival of your little one can be such an exciting time, but it can be an expensive time too! We’ve created a more realistic guide with some essential items for your newborn that you may not have thought of, but will definitely make your life a whole lot easier.
Katie Mcguinnes explains what a natural birth is, how to achieve it and the risks and benefits of them.
Siobhan shares her experience after the birth of her first baby, in the hope it raises awareness of how common it is to struggle mentally in the postnatal period.
From the gentle touch of skin-to-skin contact to the timing of the umbilical cord clamping, there are several key factors to consider immediately after birth.
As a new parent, ensuring you have everything you need when you’re going out with your baby for the 1st or 100th time makes life so much easier! So here’s our list of must haves for your day to day changing bag.
Delayed cord clamping postpones the clamping & cutting of the umbilical cord, which runs between your baby & the placenta, for at least 3 minutes after birth.
Positive Birth Stories
Laura used the hypnobirthing she learned to have a positive home birth after a previous unplanned caesarean. Laura was 42 weeks & active labour was 4.5 hours!
Niloofar is a first time Mum who gave birth in a hospital in Denmark. She used the B.R.A.I.N framework to make decisions on medical intervention, including having her waters broken.
Veronika laboured for nearly 24 hours and had a birth free of any medical intervention (besides an induction). She delivered her twin babies vaginally.
My labour started on 20th December and my baby was born on 29th December -9 full days of powerful surges.
Jess is a second time mum who was induced in hospital at 39 weeks + 1 day, following PROM at 38 weeks. She says, ‘Once again this birth was not as I had ‘planned’ but being educated through the PBC course helped me to stay in control and feel empowered.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Kirst is a first time mum who had a cesarean, in Australia, at 41 weeks + 3 days. She was able to use BRAIN to make decisions and says, ‘I had an amazing birth, wasn’t quite to plan but I couldn’t have more positive memories of the experience.’ Read her positive birth story here…
This third time mum had a water birth in a midwife led unit at 41 weeks + 5 days. The attending midwife said she had never witnessed anyone truly breathe their baby out the way she did and this mum says, ‘birth is the most empowering experience!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Chloe is a second time mum who had her baby at home at 42 weeks. Using BRAIN she planned a freebirth but she changed her mind during labour as it didn’t progress as she had hoped. Despite this, she describes the feeling immediately afterbirth as, ‘AMAZING. I felt like I was glowing from the inside out.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Darielle is a second time mum who had her baby in hospital at 40 weeks + 3 days. She says, ‘the PBC course really helped to reduce my fear of labour and BRAIN also instilled into me that it’s okay to ask questions from midwives and doctors without it seeming rude.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Isis is a second time mum who had her baby in hospital at 39 weeks + 2 days. She laboured at home and was somewhat surprised with how fast baby came after arriving in hospital! Read her positive birth story here…
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