When I was looking for a midwife for my homebirth, it was extremely important to me that my midwife be a Lactation Consultant being as my first baby (hospital born) never latched to the breast and support was not available to me. I left hospital with my baby being fed by expressed milk and
When I was pregnant with my first son I found out that I had an ovarian cyst. The ovarian cyst burst several times during the first 22 weeks of pregnancy and my doctors told me that there was nothing they could do. Finally, after it burst a final time they decided to send me
If you’ve have had a caesarean birth and you get pregnant again, the question arises as to whether you can give birth vaginally or whether you’re going to need another caesarean. To some extent, the answer depends on the kind of caesarean you had. Most are done through what’s called a low transverse incision;
A breech of faith - I have decided to begin the birth story of my third child. This is while waiting for the active phase of my labour. At present, I have begun a slow process of contracting. Which is far different from the progress of my first two children. Needless to say, the
Let me tell you my Susanne's story. I have been reading all of the stories from other mothers who had their babies and I found them to be very interesting indeed. I am having my third and I am 30 years old, in NW. From my previous marriage, I have two boys aged six and
Hello! My name is Jessica Vickers, and I would like to share with you my birth story. After reading some of the stories on your website, I realised just how lucky I was! On Monday, the 18th of March it was a terribly hot day. I had just returned home from doing some shopping
This is Christina's birth story. The memory of giving birth to my first daughter, Christina is so fresh in my mind, it could have been yesterday. From 28 weeks into the pregnancy onwards, my blood pressure was high, and my baby was failing to thrive, therefore, at 38 weeks, with a warning that I
Hello, my name is Sylvia Christofis and I am 39 years old. I am expecting my second child in 17 years. My son Steven was born in December 1989. I had four months of bad morning sickness until 16 weeks and trouble-free pregnancy until I reached 35 weeks. At that stage, I developed High
This is how Denise's birth story starts. It was a Monday morning when I first noticed a strange twinge of pain in my tummy region, but being a first-timer I continue on with the normal day's routine without mentioning this to anyone. Tuesday rolled around and those twinges were becoming more regular but not
Last year, I went to the doctor complaining of tender breasts. I was asked to give details of my last menstrual cycle. Come to think, I remember saying, it has been a while. The doctor gave me a urine test and it gave a positive result. She then proceeds to send me to the
