Warning! Birth photos included below, all privacy kept though! As much fun as 2:30am can be, and trying not to get my hopes up after all, all the birth classes said that this stage lasts for hours, I relented at 3:30am and woke my husband up. I needed just a little bit of company whilst… Continue reading A’s Birth Story Part Two
Category: Pregnancy and Birth
A’s Birth Story Part One
I’ve ummed and erred about sharing our birth story, and also sharing anything about my labor and delivery. I don’t know why I want to share it and I also don’t know why I wouldn’t share it. Is it because it isn’t my own story to share? Anything I post on here can be anonymized,… Continue reading A’s Birth Story Part One
Choosing a Doula
What is a doula? Taken from DONA website: [a doula is] a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a mother before, during and shortly after childbirth to help her achieve the healthiest, most satisfying experience possiblehttps://www.dona.org/what-is-a-doula/ I knew we needed support during my pregnancy and delivery, someone to help us… Continue reading Choosing a Doula
Birth photographer
I don’t believe that I know anyone who had a photographer at their birth, or may be it’s just something that’s been kept private. However; I highly recommend having someone there! We were on the fence for a long time about whether to have someone take photos or not, to the point that we didn’t… Continue reading Birth photographer
Home birth vs Hospital birth and Midwifery Care vs OBGYN care
Becoming pregnant in a country you moved to as an adult is surprisingly scary. I have a number of friends and family with babies, many of them I know how their pregnancies went as well as their labor and deliveries, I’m also very aware of how different each and every one was. I’ve know people… Continue reading Home birth vs Hospital birth and Midwifery Care vs OBGYN care
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