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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 arrival was...

For my second baby I wanted that first breastfeeding experience to be the skin to skin after birth. I wanted my baby to be with me. I had my first 8 weeks early and so this wasn’t possible. I was trying to hand express and failing so having the midwife help...

3rd surprise baby girl, born at home at 41+2 weighing 8lbs 12oz. I had a wonderful home birth with my second baby, so knew I 100% wanted another home birth if possible. There were a few little bumps during pregnancy, at one point my platelets were quite low but did my...

In this post I'm sharing one of my own births, which I haven't actually done before, I share snippets with clients and talk about it sometimes, but this is from an email I sent to my hypnobirthing teachers very soon after the birth. Technically I have birth in Angus,...