I thought it was just me – the impact of birth trauma

I was going to have a magical birth. A water birth, with low lights and music playing softly in the background. We even had a…

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Welcome to the World: My C-Section at Sidra Medicine Doha, Qatar

On the 9th December 2018 we welcomed the final piece of our family jigsaw puzzle. He arrived in style, the healing birth that I’ve been…

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Facing up to my birth trauma demons

Having had two, pretty traumatic, birth experiences it’s understandable that we questioned whether we should ever expand our family. Fast forward just over three years…

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The scar I never wanted but have all the same

I have a scar.  A scar I never wanted but a scar I have all the same.  My caesarean scar. Before I got pregnant I sat…

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I Will Never Know…. Caesarean Awareness Month 2016

Did you know that April is Caesarean Awareness Month? Both my boys were born by emergency c-section. Both births were filled with drama for different…

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Why My C-Sections Don’t Make Me Less of a Mother

I didn’t know that April was caesarean awareness month until it popped up on my Twitter feed the other day.  Being a proud c-section mama…

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The dramatic birth of Baby Boy

The birth of the toddler terror was fairly dramatic, a category 1 emergency c section, something I was keen to avoid with baby #2.  However…

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