by JLDGORDON | Feb 20, 2025 | Hypnobirthing, Musings
Hypnobirthing – should we bin the name and come up with something more appealing to the masses? In my opinion, no! But of course it’s more nuanced than that. A question that’s come up often in communities of hypnobirthing teachers over the past 10...
by JLDGORDON | Feb 17, 2025 | Musings
As the saying goes ‘you don’t know what you don’t know’, and there were most definitely some big things I didn’t know before having my first baby. I was fairly well informed (even after my midwife told me not to go reading lots of stuff...
by JLDGORDON | Nov 27, 2024 | Birth Story, Doulas
I should start with the pregnancy and birth planning really. From the moment I had my first baby, I knew the second would have to be a homebirth. My eldest was born at 43+2 via emergency c-section, due to a long induction. Baby was fine, my body just got tired after...
by JLDGORDON | Nov 27, 2024 | Breastfeeding Story
When I gave birth to my first baby I had no strong preference over how baby was fed, as long as it was fed. However I thought I’d try breastfeeding. I was discharged from hospital and a couple of days later baby was weighed and I got the disappointing news that...
by JLDGORDON | Nov 23, 2024 | Breastfeeding Story
My first baby is now 8 weeks old and feeds like a champion. Before her arrival I had no particularly strong feelings about how I would feed her, and assumed I would breastfeed her if I could but if for any reason that wasn’t possible that was fine too. Her...
