Fear Free Childbirth
Stories, science & straight answers about reproductive fear
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Author: Alexia Leachman

Alexia is the host of the Fear Free Childbirth podcast and the author of Fearless Birthing, Childbirth, Midwifery & the Media, and Clear Your Head Trash. Alexia supports families planning pregnancy and birth. She helps them to overcome their fears and feel calm and confident about birth and pregnancy. Alexia also trains birth professionals in the Fearless Birthing, a unique approach to birth preparation that is ideal for those who have fears around birth.
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My first appointment with my midwife

My first appointment with my mid-wife was couldn’t have been any more opposite to what I was expecting. My disappointing doctors appointment was nothing compared to what this…

22 January 2015 · 3 min read
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What’s my due date?

One of the first things I had to do now that I knew I was pregnant was to see my doctor. So, I go and have my first…

22 January 2015 · 2 min read
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The pregnancy test

When I went to my doctor worried that my aching boobs might be breast cancer, she asked me if I was pregnant. The look on my face said…

22 January 2015 · 3 min read
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Am I pregnant?

The time I discovered I was pregnant for the first time… “It was the quiet post Christmas lull, when I really started to worry about my aching boobs.…

22 January 2015 · 2 min read