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Birth of Oscar (08-10-2022)
Summer of the year 2022 the season for all celebrations, on the night of our good friends wedding I started to feel unwell, a friend...
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Birth of Eloise (03-10-2022)
During my first pregnancy and birth experience I developed a strong interest in physiological birth, positive birth experiences and...
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Birth of Pirri (21-05-2023)
I’ve been sitting here for a matter of time trying to figure how to put it down into words. I’ve got this incredible journey in my head...
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Birth of Hannah (11-07-2020)
So often I was told how incredible giving birth was, that it was literally ‘the best day of your life’. The pure bliss of holding your...
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Birth of Elyn (02-01-2019)
After a quiet New Years Eve at home celebrating the fact we’d made it to January, on New Years Day I woke feeling terrible. I was more...
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Birth of Rowe (15-02-2021)
"It is almost impossible to put into words how incredible these two women are and just how grateful we feel to have had them by our side...
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Birth of Violet (30-07-2020)
It has been almost 365 days since we welcomed our second child into the world - a beautiful baby named Violet Wren. I have sat down to...
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Birth of Noa (17-05-2021)
Lewie/Dad: I am naturally a sceptical person. I like my medicine and my choices in life to be logical and backed by reason. But when it...
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Birth of Clementine (08-07-2019)
Our choice to home birth came from my first birth, it was not the way nature intended; a very long labour with minimal support, bright...
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Birth of Brontë (30-05-2019)
VBAC success! Brontë Rose born 30th May, 2019. 7lb 9oz at 43 weeks 2 days. Triggers: balloon catheter, miscarriage, induction. My son was...
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Birth of Reverie (07-10-2017)
On Friday the 6th of October, 2017 I was 38 weeks pregnant with our third, much longed for baby. At 10:30pm as Josh was leaving for night...
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Birth of Elena (30-07-2017)
As a child, I was terrified of the thought of giving birth – well the pain really more than anything. I suppose I only knew what was...
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Birth of Hunter (15-02-17)
We were so lucky to find out we were pregnant again; I was so excited to be able to experience pregnancy and birthing again and to meet...
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Birth of Ned (04-01-17)
I was about 20 weeks pregnant when I decided (after a lot of researching) to have a homebirth! I met with Jasmijn for the first time with...
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Birth of Archie (03-11-17)
The birth of our first child Lincoln was clinical, degrading and I felt like just another person to birth and be sent away. Just another...
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Birth of Nova (08-11-17)
Here I am, days after birthing another little oompaloompa into the world and I'm feeling sooo calm, happy, not sore and even liberated!...
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