Articles tagged with: childbirth
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They rolled me into a dimly lit room, as far as I can remember I was the only one in there, I was high on drugs and could make out one nurse rushing around. I’d just had the most surreal moment of my life. I lay there trying to think straight, the nurse brought me water to sip. I could see my husband sitting dumbstruck beside me.
We were in the high dependency unit, there had been complications, with me not the baby.
Erin was wheeled in not long …
Motherhood »
This is a guest post by ‘mum of teens’
I thought, after becoming a Mother, that I was cured of my eating disorder.
Breastfeeding and the general wear and tear of motherhood meant that I had to eat properly. Nature has built in her own survival instincts for the sake of the baby.
We would go for long walks, my daughter in her pram and me pushing, chatting to her, laughing with her and watching her sleep.
The birth had been a long and difficult affair and there were feelings of isolation. I didn’t …
Parenting »
Did you have any pain relief during childbirth?
Great Nan (mother of 3)
I only had gas & air with my last baby. There weren’t really any pain relief options before that. If there were I would have definitely taken them
Nan (mother of 4)
I had gas & air with them all and an epidural with my last baby. If i’d had more pain relief options I would have taken them
Mum (mother of 2)
I had gas & air and pethidine with Erica before having an emergency …
