Breastfeeding on our family photoshoot with Jan Sweeney Photography Breastfeeding Quite the emotive topic. It has recently been World Breastfeeding Week and it got me thinking about how I found breastfeeding with both my girls. I’m “lucky” in that Andrew was/is absolutely supportive of me breastfeeding and knows that feeding isn’t the be all and… Continue reading World Breastfeeding Week 2021
Category: Pregnancy Care
Daphne’s Birth Story
Daphne is now 3 weeks old and I thought I should publish her birth story. When I think about it, Daphne’s birth story is almost the perfect example of a near perfect abdominal birth. It was far away from Alexandra’s birth as possible and not quite at the same level of apprehension as Ophelia’s. What… Continue reading Daphne’s Birth Story
My Second Rainbow Pregnancy
As I was so overwhelmed by the positive pregnancy test and trying to keep myself grounded during this pregnancy, I haven’t kept a diary of my thoughts so this is a reflection of how we got through the days, weeks and months of the roller coaster that is pregnancy after neo natal death. Usual trigger… Continue reading My Second Rainbow Pregnancy
Thank you Laura
So apparently 5 May is International Midwife Appreciation Day; who knew?! I’d been doing some Googling to find subjects to write about I stumbled across this and thought about my second midwife Laura Rowsome. At the start of my pregnancy my confidence in the quality of care provided by the Community Midwife Team was at… Continue reading Thank you Laura
