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Last year when I delivered my 3rd bub, I had to get induced (yay). I had the balloon inserted at 3pm the day before.From then until 11pm I was contracting every 5-7 minutes until the balloon finally fell out which meant it was time to go to the hospital! Arrived at the ward around 5am, started the induction straight away & the contractions were hitting real hard! But thank goodness for the tens ma …

The birth of my second son was a wild ride, as they all are!After a very quick and ‘text book’ birth with my first son, we had decided that we wanted to be in the comfort of our own home for the birth or our second son.I had a water birth with my first and wanted to eliminate the car ride to hospital as well as lower the risk of intervention.I’d ordered a birth pool and tens machine from Birth Mot …

Saturday 25th November… (my due date) We went down to Waitpinga in the morning to grab our real Christmas tree with my daughter. While I was there, I had heard that nipple stimulation was really helpful for getting things moving! My sister has a 3 month old so we thought why not pop her on the boob and see what happens.. we didn’t think much of it at the time.We drove home with Christmas song …

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When first pregnant I knew that I wanted to give natural birth “a go”. After being accepted into the Flinders Midwifery Group Practice, and through mine and my partners own learning during pregnancy, it became clear that a home birth in water was our ideal choice.Early labour was, if I’m completely honest, a long and arduous process. After experiencing period pain cramps on Saturday 4th November, …