Pregnancy Week 39- Getting ready for labour- Birth plan, care plan and hospital bag

. Medically all is ready, decisions are made, plans in place- I have updated my birth plan (cut out the waffle and bullet pointed it). The consultant midwife has given me a copy of their care plan. The core of my birth plan: to have as natural birth with minimal intervention, spend most of my [...]

The Joy of Swimming

. Swimming has always been my sport- Water is my element.  It’s where I feel comfortable and in a way free…in fact I love most watersports- on, in or below the water. My parents tell the story of taking me to the Croatian coast when I was just 7 months old: As I sat in [...]

Hospital or Home birth?

. Who cares?! …. All I want is a Water birth! After a lot of soul searching, going through mountains of research, asking lots of people lots of questions about the risks of home birth, the risks of post-partum haemorrhage, I have come to the conclusion that the only thing I am really insistent on [...]

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