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2 years old! Happy birthday Littler

By Muddling Along, on October 18th, 2011%

It is incredible how life has changed in the last 2 years. In fact wind back 2 years and one day and we weren’t even sure if she’d survive being born.

But she did and she’s carved out a unique Littler-shaped space in our lives.

Our little two finger sucking, determined, won’t be left . . . → Read More: 2 years old! Happy birthday Littler

The Friday Rant Club – why can’t the media portray pregnancy and birth as normal?

By Muddling Along, on September 9th, 2011%

Yes yes yes I understand that there needs to be drama and all that but seriously does every portrayal of pregnancy and birth need to be so dramatic.

Even when the pregnancy is not pivotal to the story there has to be a twist or trouble that means you never end up with . . . → Read More: The Friday Rant Club – why can’t the media portray pregnancy and birth as normal?

Birth success isn’t as simple as ending up with a healthy baby & mother

By Muddling Along, on August 16th, 2011%

I’ve read various articles about whether home birth or hospital birth is the ‘best choice’ recently. Moving on from the fact that the choice of birth location differs from woman to woman and from birth to birth, what has deeply concerned me is that so many articles state , as Jenny McCartney did recently, . . . → Read More: Birth success isn’t as simple as ending up with a healthy baby & mother

So homebirth is still selfish?

By Muddling Along, on April 18th, 2011%

I know the plural of anecdote isn’t evidence – sadly most of the people commenting on the latest negative homebirth article don’t appear to have got that far in their thinking – each seems to need to say about how their neighbour’s friend’s brother’s wife had a terrible homebirth or that their second cousin’s . . . → Read More: So homebirth is still selfish?

One born every minute – convincing me why homebirth rocks!

By hannah, on February 19th, 2010%

I’ve finally got around to watching One Born Every Minute which is a fabulous documentary following the labour ward at Southampton Hospital.

And to be honest watching it makes me INCREDIBLY glad that I had both my births at home.

I didn’t have to deal with receptionists, tick box checks and must dos before . . . → Read More: One born every minute – convincing me why homebirth rocks!

And then there were four !

By hannah, on October 20th, 2009%

After all that had gone on with the pregnancy, its probably fitting that it ended rather dramatically! Yes, despite having planned for hospital, we ended up with another fast birth and Babygirl arriving at home. In the interests of seeing if we could persuade Baby2 to make an appearance I had some acupuncture . . . → Read More: And then there were four !

Home births rock (but more important is the right to choose where to give birth)

By hannah, on April 17th, 2009%

This article kept me awake last night trying to find a succinct and reasoned response to its rather narrow minded and judgemental response to women choosing to give birth at home.

I respect Melanie’s choice of a hospital birth – for the majority of women its the best place for them to birth . . . → Read More: Home births rock (but more important is the right to choose where to give birth)

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