It has been great reading everyone’s stories and seeing all the beautiful bubs being born. OK…..an exciting adventure happened with the birth of ‘big’ Patrick (which is better told in person….cause it has actions…but I’ll try...
Our little bundle of joy, Chloe Faith joined the world on Thursday 15th Jan at approx. 1:36am. She weighed in at 3.53 kg and was 50.5 cm’s long. Things started happening about 6:30pm on Wednesday evening and by 11:30pm surges started to intensify, confined only...
I asked him not to go into work and so we just lay in bed for a while. At about 11am the regular tightening was more noticeable and so I called our midwife to let her know. I lay on the couch and used breathing to ride out each contraction, breathing slowly in for 6...
I had fears of panicking during labour, in particular, the second stage. As I learnt the theory behind the course I gained a deep confidence in myself and my ability to have the birthing experience I wanted. Everything Tracey taught me made so much sense! I learnt...
The midwives at the hospital couldn’t believe she didn’t take any drugs. And we couldn’t believe how rare a natural birth is these days. It is ridiculous. The caesarian rate in Australia is pushing 30% and in some hospitals 90% of women have an...
