The pregnancy My birthing journey started long before my labour. In fact, it started before my pregnancy. My first daughter, ‘Moosh’, was born via emergency cesarean after a long labour and traumatic set of circumstances. My grandfather (who I lived with for 15 years) passed away three days before my ‘due’ date, and surges started almost instantly. Six hours later my membranes…
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The Moment of Birth
Most women have never seen birth…until their own. We talk about how it may feel, what we may go through and our experiences. We even share stories and birth pictures. But what does birth really look like? What are our amazing bodies capable of? Growing a person with no detail forgotten to the moment of when our child is ready…
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What Does a VBAC Look Like?
‘K’ sent me her “I Am Not Broken‘ VBAC picture which I shared here. She recently sent in more ‘graphic’ photos to show what a VBAC can really look like. Having birthed three babies vaginally after 2 cesareans myself, I know what an amazing feeling this moment is. A VBAC birth is… Bloody! Squishy! The most amazing experience of your…
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Birthed Without Fear with Induction due to Kidney Problems, Gas and Air, an Epidural and a Great Birth Team
“I am super proud of my birth. Although I was induced, was constantly monitored and had an epidural – I am proud of every single part of my labor and birth and never once feared.” ~Kacey Zachary’s Birth Story 13th December 2011 at 8:37am My husband and I had been trying to conceive a baby for a year before we…