Category Archive for "PREGNANCY"

Hypnobirthing: Championing a Happy Birth Experience

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We’ve covered some incredible birth stories on these pages and one area you readers seem to want to know more about is hypnobirthing. And as none of the team have experience of hypnobirthing ourselves,...

Life after Labour: Post-Birth Injuries and Birth Trauma

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We have featured many a birth and breastfeeding story on these pages, but one area we haven’t covered in much detail is postpartum recovery. Today reader Steph shares her story. Often, when you think of...

A Straightforward {But Nonetheless Traumatic} Birth Story

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Jenson's birth was traumatic. If you are pregnant, or wanting to read a sugar coated birth story, then you may want to close this tab down now. As Lyra was four days early, I was...

Festive Maternity Fashion

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I'm off to a masquerade ball next weekend with the girls to celebrate christmas. I have nothing to wear! What does one wear to a masquerade ball? So it got me thinking... What is...

Deciding to Start a Family {Sophie’s Update}

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The last time we heard from Sophie it was back in Spring and she was talking about the emotional rollercoaster that comes with deciding to start a family. It was clear from...

Can using an ovulation kit help increase your chances of getting pregnant.

Ovulation Kits {Do They Work?}

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When we first decided to try for a baby I was determined I wouldn't become obsessed and that it would happen when it would happen. Fast forward ten months, a few losses and a...

What Questions Should You Ask On A Hospital Tour?

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When you are pregnant there a big list of things to do and high up on that list is a hospital walk around. A time to go and see the delivery suites and find...

Extinct Baby Names, Dying Out Names, Nigel, Derek, Sheila, Donna

Would You Call Your Baby Nigel? {Discussion}

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Hope you have all had a lovely weekend. It's Monday which means it's discussion time. We loved reading all your comments on last week's post regarding images of your children on social media, it...

My Labour Story {Lorna & Anabelle}

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My baby girl is 4 a week today, 4! And I honestly don't know where the time has gone, but I still remember EXACTLY how she entered this world, and like her two older...