Gender disappointment

I thought to myself, if I find out the gender now and it happens to be a girl, I WILL feel disappointed. On some level. For some reason.

But it wasn’t the disappointment I was worried about. It was the guilt of feeling disappointed that I knew was sure to follow that really deterred me from finding out.

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Language matters

Birthing women are in such a vulnerable state that the words they hear and the language used around them can trigger an emotional response such as fear or hope.

And as I’ve discussed in previous blogs (read about it here), these emotional responses can trigger the release of flight or fight hormones which have a direct impact on the progress of labour.

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Birth Myths - Birth and big babies

The conclusion of the study I referred to above really sums up this discussion nicely:

“Our ability to predict macrosomia is poor. Our management policy of suspected macrosomic pregnancies raises induction of labour and caesarean delivery rates without improving maternal or fetal outcome.”

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Fear in childbirth

Whilst I say I chose this path due to a lack of education, what else is a lack of education on your options if not a fear of the unknown?

So did I choose not to birth at home out of fear. Yes. Ultimately I did.

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Award winning birth photographer...

What the actual?!?! A silver award! My first awards and my very first image!

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Men & partners - their place in the birth space.

Why is it okay for us females to demand choices and options but not okay for us to extend these same choices to our birthing partners? It doesn’t take away from your glorious feminine power by extending a little consideration towards your husband/partner…

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Our Journey - Loss, homebirth and a valuable lesson on regret...

"I was alone at an ultrasound, with no one to hold my hand, when the sonographer put his hand on my arm and simply said “I’m sorry…”, I thought, sorry for what? He said it as though there was only one outcome.

It was the most definitive answer I had been given my entire pregnancy, it just wasn’t the answer I was searching for."

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