******Reposted in its entirety from my original blog******
******Reposted in its entirety from my original blog******
******Reposted in its entirety from my original blog****** I wanted to write my birth story straight away; but of course life and a large amount of procrastination have allowed 9 days to pass by since I started it, and here I am 12 days later finally finishing it. I still don’t really feel emotionally in the right place to tackle how I really feel about what happened, but I guess if I don’t write it now then I run the risk that the timeline of what happened will all become a bit of a blur. I debated whether to watch the ...
******Reposted in its entirety from my original blog****** Dominic Thomas Renata Mummy to Elliot born 17th October 2002 & Lilia born 22nd October 2004
******Reposted in its entirety from my original blog****** Just to let you all know that I gave birth at home in water to a beautiful baby BOY weighing 7lbs 6oz this morning at 4.00am. My waters broke quite spectacularly after I felt him literally punch his way out at 1.00am (I'd just gone to bed after a night out), contractions started 5 minutes later and grew in intensity very quickly. The midwife (a lovely woman who was my antenatal teacher for Elliot's pregnancy) arrived very quickly and my best friend Jo wasn't far behind. She did a quick internal to check position ...