News — Birth Story

I am super happy to share our birth story….. The birth of little Julia went so much better than I could have possibly imagined. Being our first bub we weren't sure what to expect during birth and having heard our fair share of horror stories, I had become pretty nervous in my last weeks of pregnancy. I certainly didn't expect to birth at home and without any medication at all. My first contraction was at about 2:30am, at least the first one to be strong enough to wake me up was. From then, I was having contractions every 40-30mins or so,...

Every woman’s birth story is different but one thing is for sure, once a new mum tells her birth story, all the other mums in the room will want to join in and share their own unique experience of giving birth. It is after all one of the most exciting, exhilarating and unforgettable adventures of a lifetime.  Here Alicia tells us how her little darling came into the world and she shares her advice and the things she used to help get her through. “My labour started on a Monday evening with my waters breaking. I laboured all day Tuesday,...