Tell Me A Good Birth Story
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Spreading positive childbirth experiences. Natalie and Kate run tellmeagoodbirthstory. They are two mothers and birth educators who live around the corner from each other in South West London.
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
Monday evening 10.30pm I felt a pop in my groin. With my first birth I can’t remember my waters breaking so didn’t know the sensation...so I googled..as you do! I had had lots of Braxton Hicks for two weeks so I thought she’d be early ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
I'm never quite sure whether it's my birth story or Everley's as she really was the one who was born. On the day my 8lb 1oz baby girl came into the world she took us (well most people) by surprise ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
I had my son Tom in the Midwife led unit at Queen Charlotte's. While my early phase labour was long the birth itself was hugely positive ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
We found out we were expecting twins, our third and fourth babies at an early pregnancy scan at 7 weeks (which I was offered due to a miscarriage three months earlier). To say we were shocked is an understatement - it took several weeks for the news to sink in, and emotions ranged from horror to excitement as I had 3 year old and 2 year old boys already. The prospect of four under five was very daunting ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
I had had period-like cramps on and off in the weeks running up to the birth. I didn’t have those with my first son, and felt number 2 was on his way earlier than scheduled ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
My first child was breech and born by planned caesarean section. It wasn’t the birth I had hoped for so second time around I was excited at the prospect of experiencing contractions and going into labour ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
A horrendous first birth experience left me really down and doubtful of my abilities as a mother (continuous foetal monitoring, stuck on my back, failed epidural, ventouse, forceps and ending in postpartum hemmorhage). 3 years on I knew my second birth would have to be different ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
During my pregnancy with my first daughter, Serena, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, which I now understand was a mistake, as the third blood test for the GTT was taken almost half an hour early causing that result to be high ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
I am so incredibly grateful to Tell Me A Good Birth Story and the three wonderful ladies who shared their experiences with me in the build up to my second daughter's birth. I think it's safe to say my first daughter's birth was quite a difficult experience. I'd had to be induced because I had gestational diabetes; a lot of things went wrong and we ended up requiring pretty much every intervention in the book. Thankfully, my daughter and I were both okay in the end but when it came to facing giving birth again, I was gripped by real fear. I knew it wasn't rational but I simply couldn’t imagine ..read more
Tell Me A Good Birth Story
3y ago
I woke up with Braxton hicks contractions. That's what they felt like. It was 7am. We had a lovely last breakfast as a family of three. I had lots of energy, so I cleaned the kitchen and then at 10am, I went to a yoga class, and my husband took our three year old daughter to soft play ..read more