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Akari's Birth was Jessica’s second home birth. Jessica birthed her first baby Elias at home in 2020 due to Covid restrictions and the possibility of not having her  support partner and a waterbirth at hospital. After a successful, beautiful and intervention-free birth (despite being classified high risk due to Gestational Diabetes and Graves’ disease) Jessica realised and decided she cou …

THE BIRTH OF MILA“How are you feeling now?” I asked after answering my phone.“They are getting a bit stronger now, I was in tears before.” Mirjana replied.“Ok I’m coming home now.”“You don’t have to, I’m ok.”“I’m on my way.”We knew when the cramps started the night before that today could be the day, and with the progressive but slow increase in frequency it seemed that we were getting closer. We …

I’m hoping that women take this little blog info on board and utilise what they feel comfortable and compatible with, because I’m certain it will be of benefit to any labouring woman, who would prefer to limit or refrain from using pharmaceutical pain relief offered at the maternity hospital.Most women who have laboured would say that labour was the most painful, exhausting experience they have e …

You have recently taken a pregnancy test that has indicated positive and you are wondering what the next steps from here are.You have options, but the first thing you may like to do see your GP to confirm the pregnancy. Your GP will run a series of serology tests, with one in particular confirming pregnancy (hCG). After your GP confirms pregnancy the GP often leads the way for you, by booking you …