As promised, here is the story of our beautiful daughter Matilda’s birth, one written by me and one by my husband Andy.  I hope they will provide some inspiration to both the women you teach and their birth partners, just as the many stories I heard over the weeks did for me.
As you know, Matilda [...]

Physically I coped really well with the birth of my first son James.   I had kept fit, done lots of yoga, eaten well, done my perineal stretching and had prepared my body as well as I possibly could have done.  I was 3/4 cm when I got to the hospital, dilated to 10 in four [...]

As my first child, Miles, was born 12 days late, it was no real surprise when my due date for number 2 came and went without a murmur.  It was the end of the summer holidays and I was willing the nursery term to start, having been running around after a lively toddler whilst heavily [...]

Second Time Round Birth Story
Rafferty Cameron was born at 23.23 on Saturday 6th September after just over an hour of active labour. (Small compensation for the long pre-labour I had endured the two weeks previously.)
The first sign that things might be warming up came on Bank Holiday Monday in the form of a very heavy [...]

Second Time Round Birth Story – Sunday 29th April
Rufus Lawford arrived on Sunday 29th April weighing 8lb 10oz.  It was a fantastic birth and everything I could have dreamed of.  Our first baby, Barney, arrived after a very fast labour after my waters broke at 37 weeks.   Although it was quick (two and a [...]