Bun in the oven?

12/01/2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Don’t worry, I’m not pregnant again, the consultant made it quite clear that although I can have another baby if I really wanted to, it probably wouldn’t be wise, ’cause of the ol’ weak womb & masses of scar tissue that now resides there! I realised I hadn’t told you all about how I found […]

Birth Story

01/08/2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

I don’t have a birth story. I have a labour story, which is actually quite amusing. There is no birth story. I don’t even know if I can call Sam arriving into the world a birth. Can I? Can I call it a birth? What do I tell him when he’s older? He wasn’t really […]

Why my VBAC ended with an emergency Caesarean section

17/06/2014.Reading time 12 minutes.

The birth of your child is supposed to be an amazing time of your life. For us, Mr C especially, this time round was scary and traumatic. Really there was nothing I could have done to prevent what happened. It was no ones fault. I was just one of the unlucky 1 in 450 women […]

36 Weeks

28/05/2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

36 weeks already now I can really say I have 2 weeks to go! And I’m ready. Well, when I say ready, I’m really ready to have the baby out of my body. I’m not sure I’m ready to have him living in my house with me yet! I’ve been feeling really rather fed up […]

35 Weeks

20/05/2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

This week has found me enjoying my 1st week of maternity leave. I’m up a lot in the night, for a wee, or with heartburn, or for a wee, or ’cause i’m just not comfy, or with heartburn, or for a wee, or ’cause I’m too hot, or for a wee. You get the idea. […]