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Sandhya’s Story

Sep 10, 2018 | Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Speaking up, Twins, Vaginal Birth

Two hearts??? I asked. Yes, she repeated… I asked her why does my baby have two hearts. She laughed and said you have two babies. I asked HOW WHAT WHO WHEN. She laughed even more and turned the screen towards me and should me two little alien figures and two...

A planned unassisted turned hospital birth

Jun 4, 2018 | Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Speaking up, Vaginal Birth, Vocalizing

April 9, 2018, I woke up at 3:30 am to one of my roommates yelling at her dogs. The previous night, we had eaten fried gator tail medallions, which I maintain as what actually triggered true labor. I felt the first contraction around 3:40 am. I had been having bouts...

Emilie’s Story

Mar 28, 2018 | Bleeding, Breast Pump, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Exhaustion, Fear, Hospital Birth, Second birth, Siblings, Speaking up, Surviving

Tuesday, August 23rd at 6am I was awoken by some strong contractions. I turned on my contraction timer app and laid there for a while. I wasn’t expecting much since I’d already been to triage twice for regular contractions and was sent home. Billy woke up about an...

Harriet’s Story

Mar 21, 2018 | Episiotomy, First Birth, Guilt, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Speaking up, Vaginal Birth

Four days before my due date I started to experience severe period like pains. I didn’t think much of it as everyone was telling me that first babies never came on time; let alone early, so I carried on with my day as usual. By the evening the pains had worsened...

Dr Gulara’s Story

Jul 16, 2015 | Empowered, Home birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Speaking up

The Power of Speaking Up Earlier this year, I’d been asked to speak about my birthing experiences to the board of the Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The group I addressed on 26 March 2015 makes important decisions in relation to women’s birthing and post-natal...

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