Harriet Young – Birth Story
Our baby girl, Grace, was born on Sunday 8th November at the Whittington birth centre, a week after her due date. She was born in water in a calm, dimly lit room with no intervention and no drugs or pain relief apart from half an hour using a TENS machine early on.
I started having contractions at night on the Thursday and Friday but they stopped during the day. On the Saturday evening they started getting stronger and they continued through the night, about one every ten minutes. At some point in the night, I started doing a breathing technique during the contractions. Steve, my husband, gave me positive suggestions to help me manage them. We learned both of these techniques in a Hypnobirthing course and they helped me to keep on top of the contractions and stay focused Read more
Helen Drake – My Pregnancy Diary week 5
Having just discovered that I was pregnant I was feeling elated, excited but also a little apprehensive about the future 9 months and beyond. Therefore I was really excited about my booking an appointment with the GP and was also looking for a little reassurance. It soon became clear that it is not the job of the GP to instil excitement and reassurance in expectant mothers but to let you know all of the things that can go wrong, which may be important information but can promote a sense fear in the mother which is not going to promote health in the baby.
As soon as I walked in the door I was handed a wealth of propaganda about the benefits of having the swine flu vaccine Read more
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