Love reading positive birth stories? You’re in the right place! This birth story is with first-time mum Rachel, who at 20 weeks pregnant chose to have a suture fitted due to a shortening cervix. The suture proved extremely successful, and Rachel went into labour at 40 weeks. During her labour, her baby’s heart rate began to increase and using EBRAN and the knowledge gained on the course, Rachel chose to have an unplanned cesarean section. “It’s the best £34 I’ve spent, my partner and I learnt so much in preparation for the birth and Beth explains everything so clearly.The course made me feel ..read more

Love reading positive birth stories? You’re in the right place! This birth story is with second time mum Sophia-Lily who had a long traumatic first birth. Sophia-Lily was determined to feel empowered this time and enrolled on our antenatal and hypnobirthing course. Her birth progressed very quickly and Sophia-Lily ended up having an unplanned home birth, describing it as ” aside from the moments of panic realising myself and my partner would have to deliver our baby it was truly a magical experience”. “I have to credit the course as the tools I learned from it made my labour so manageable foc ..read more

This post was written by our resident sleep expert Helen from My Baby Sleeps. Weird title for a blog from a sleep consultant hey?! There’s a reason… bear with me. Now you may have well meaning friends, mothers, mothers-in-law (!), who give you lots of advice. Solicited, unsolicited it doesn’t matter (and let’s face it, most is unsolicited isn’t it?!). Also, there are people like me, Sleep Consultants, who work and practice may different approaches. Let me tell you why you don’t need to listen to any of these people (and yes that includes me!). I have a working philosophy, called my Rule of Thr ..read more

This post was written by Osteopath Olivia Unwin from O.Osteopathy based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It’s really impossible to ever do a talk about these topics separately because daily in clinic I see babies who have been incorrectly diagnosed with one or the other.  If the diagnosis isn’t right, then the treatment that baby is getting isn’t right and the problem won’t be solved! “I constantly see parents in distress because they’ve been told to go away, their baby is ‘thriving’ “ So let’s pick them apart a bit. What is Colic? What exactly is Colic?  The medical definition, or ..read more

This birth story is with Bump to Baby Chapter team member Jamie and the arrival of her second baby Kit, who was born in November 2020. Jamie’s birth does come with a trigger warning as she had a very quick emergency cesarean. What we hope you will take from her story is how hypnobirthing isn’t just for low risk births, or if you practice hypnobirthing and intervention is needed then hypnobirthing massively still has it’s place. Hypnobirthing to us at The Bump to Baby Chapter is about education and empowerment, and both of these factors supported Jamie within her birth. “I completely credit Hy ..read more

Here at Bump to Baby we often get asked, what foods should I be feeding my baby? So here, Specialist Pediatric Dietician Raphaella from Latch to Ladle offers advice on the variety of foods to offer to your weaning baby. What does my baby need? “Some days little ones will eat lots and have great variety and other days they won’t and that’s absolutely fine.” Generally speaking, we would expect to see babies being offered combinations of flavours/ textures of food and having three small meals per day by the 8-9 month mark. That being said all babies are unique and some may race up to three meal ..read more

Love reading positive birth stories? You’re in the right place! This birth story is with first time mum Hollie and the arrival of her daughter, Callie. From 20 weeks, Hollie was told she was carrying a “big baby” . A combination of this and other factors meant that Hollie used EBRAN and agreed to an induction at 39 weeks. Hollie continually used EBRAN throughout her pregnancy and birth, from agreeing to an induction to choosing to have an epidural. A Big Baby… From our 20 week scan I was “diagnosed” with a baby LGA (Large for Gestational Age). Anticipated close to 10lbs by my estimated due dat ..read more

This post was written by Specialist Paediatric Dietician who can be found over at www.latchtoladle.com, your one stop shop for weaning and feeding advice. Looking at when to start weaning? The National advice is to start weaning at 6 months and not before 17 weeks. You may be advised by your GP or Health Visitor to start before 6 months if your little one has reflux or a higher risk of an allergic reaction. Signs to look our for that baby is ready to be weaned -Is your baby able to hold their neck and head up unsupported for at least ten minutes? -Does your baby show good hand-eye-mouth coordi ..read more

Love reading positive birth stories, you’re in the right place…. This positive birth story is with Grace who went into labour at 37 week. Grave experienced some bleeding and on advise of the maternity unit she had an ambulance called out to her and was taken to hospital. Grace worried at this point what this may mean for her birthing choices, she remained calm and utilised what she had learned The Bump to Baby Chapter’s Hypnobirthing and Antenatal Online Course and was still able to have the water birth she had hoped for. I was extremely lucky to have had the labour and birth I wanted, albeit ..read more

Love reading positive birth stories, you’re in the right place…. This positive birth story is with Stephanie and the arrival of her little girl Sophia. Stephanie went into labour at 40 weeks and 10 days and delivered her daughter on the bathroom floor at her local maternity-led unit. Stephanie used EBRAN during her labour to make decisions around pain relief, and during the later stages of her labour Stephanie found sitting on the toilet helpful and her daughter was born on the bathroom floor! It gives me so much happiness to write my positive birth story after reading so many amazing stories ..read more