Birth Stories

When I found out I was pregnant last year I decided to try for as natural a birth as possible I'd had twin boys in February 2005 delivered by caesarean section at 35 weeks My experience of a twin pregnancy and birth was highly medicalised with about 10 medical personnel present at the birt ...

My daughter was born in hospital in 2005 under difficult circumstances I had lost my mum very suddenly when I was 7 months pregnant and the gestational diabetes diabetes which comes on during and as a result of pregnancy became extremely poorly controlled The grieving I went through meant ...

At my first meeting with the NHS midwife at my local surgery it soon became clear to me that one to one care was not available and I was just another number on the list of a very busy midwife So busy there was no time to check my babys heartbeat I left that meeting feeling very low and wit ...

A Planned PregnancyI knew I was pregnant almost straight away We had been trying since coming back from honeymoon and I knew exactly when my period should be due Rory was conceived on a nice little break down in St Ives for my birthday in April making him due on New Years day 2007Scans and ...