Heavenly Father, I give you all the glory and all the praise for this incredible child growing within me. What an honour and privilege, what an opportunity and responsibility. As I approach their day of birth, I thank you for your perfect timing and your perfect process. I thank you that you will start working …
When it comes to birthing, I believe it’s every woman’s hope to have the best possible birthing experience. That’s why you’ve found yourself here, to learn as much as possible in the hope of practically applying it when the time comes. One woman’s perception and expectation of the best possible experience differs to another. What …
It’s time to move into the birthing suite! How exciting! The goal of course is to stay as calm, composed and confident as possible but, let’s face it, most birthing suites aren’t exactly the most lavish of places! Particularly if it’s your first time or if you’ve had previous less-than-desirable experiences, the sheer sight of …
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The main concerns I receive in my quest to educate and empower women in calm, positive birthing relate to the what if’s: What if things don’t run smoothly? What if something goes wrong? What if there are complications, interventions etc? But mostly: What if a woman has her heart and mind set on a calm, …
Before we start, I have a question for you. When you picture yourself giving birth, what position do you see yourself in…? If you’re anything like me, I visualised myself propped up on my back, legs spread, screaming my lungs out. I also envisaged myself clawing my poor husband’s arms whilst simultaneously cursing him and …
An important aspect of our Calmbirth classes was preparing our birth preferences or intentions. These have also been known as birth plans but the word plan implies that everything will proceed in a particular, described order which we know with birthing isn’t necessarily the case, hence your birth preferences describes how you would ideally like …
When you’re riding the infertility roller coaster, it can be tough on you both individually and as a couple. Unfortunately, I have known couples who have paid the ultimate price… a time that should have been one of their most intimate and exciting, culminating in potentially the most joyful day of their lives, has instead …
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The Birthing Journey is all about sharing information and positive, incredible birth stories in the hope that others may experience the same joy and empowerment as I did. I have always found that, whenever I have had the privilege of speaking with an expectant mum one-on-one about how they’re feeling, and shared my experiences, they …
Birth Disappointment: When all doesn’t go to plan… Read More »
Click here for Part 4 of our IVF / ICSI Journey: The Outcome If you’ve followed our journey of infertility, through IVF/ICSI and up to my first viable pregnancy you’ll recall the following: I went through one ‘full’ round of hormone injections, egg collection etc and from this one round we were granted 5 viable …
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Have you heard about taking raspberry leaf tea whilst pregnant? Is it an old wives tale, or does it actually work? Upon announcing at my work place that I was pregnant for the first time, a colleague immediately recommended raspberry leaf tea. Another colleague wholeheartedly agreed with this recommendation, swearing great results. I have never …
