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Positive C-Section Birth Story

My baby boy Adam Gordon was born via a scheduled c-section. He was breech and I feel like I tried everything to flip him, including yoga, handstands in the lake, accupuncture, and chiropractic. I went in for an ECV around 36 weeks and it was unsafe to try as his bum was very low in [...]

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Start here – The 5 Questions to Ask in Early Pregnancy

Congratulations on your pregnancy! This article is for you if you are in early pregnancy and wondering “what’s next?”. As a midwife working in the UK, these are the 5 questions I ask my clients during their first appointment. To have the answers before you get there gives you a head start, helps you to [...]

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Packing Your Hospital Bag – The Top 3 Things to Consider

As your birth edges ever closer, getting packing your hospital bag becomes top of the list. This task is often described as one of those moments that makes the idea of birth and parenthood feel very “real”. When I worked as a midwife, one of the commonly asked questions at the 36 week appointment was, [...]

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COVID-19, Pregnancy and Birth – What we know so far

The last twelve months have changed life as we know it. From lockdowns and working from home to masks and social distancing, the way we live has been altered and despite the optimistic vaccine drive, will continue to be for far longer than we initially expected at the beginning of the first lockdown last year. [...]

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Breastfeeding: How different could it be?

I have been fortunate enough to breastfeed both of my boys. When I was pregnant with my eldest, I told myself I would give it a good go, and if it worked for me and the baby, then great. If it didn’t, there were other ways in which I could feed him. I didn’t want [...]

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Eating and Drinking when Pregnant at Christmas

Knowing what is OK to eat and drink during pregnancy is a steep learning curve as it is (anyone else surprised by the potential of raw egg in some homemade chocolate mousse?!) but over Christmas it gets even more challenging. This guide is here to help you feel confident in your food and beverage choices, [...]

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The Parent Education Company’s Story

This week’s blog post looks a little different, but it still has the same theme. In today’s blog I will be sharing more about how the Parent Education Company came to be, the reason that it was set up, and why I am so passionate about Parent Education as a whole. My first career was [...]

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Dave’s Birth Story

As a male this situation is very passive (in my opinion) as you are there to support your partner as she brings your child into the world that she carried for both of you for so long. During this time, you feel hopeless, useless, wrong, incompetent… Need I go on? LOL. For my daughter’s mother [...]

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Charlotte’s Birth Story

I had the birth I always dreamt of, and this is my story… I made very clear throughout my pregnancy that I wanted to have as natural a birth as possible. After all, this is what my body was made to do; I grew my baby without intervention, why should her journey into the world [...]

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