Pregnancy Posts
How to have a stress free pregnancy
Why have a stress free pregnancy? Pregnancy, while a beautiful and wonderful thing, can also be hugely stressful. It's a time of massive change, both pysically and emotionally. If it's your first pregnancy, then your life is about to change forever. Not only will you...
Childbirth without fear: why FEAR equals PAIN in childbirth
Childbirth without fear: why FEAR equals PAIN in childbirth [powerpress] When I first found out I was pregnant for the first time, along with the delight at my news, I was also utterly terrified. It wasn’t the idea of having and raising a child; it was the idea of...
The day I discovered how TERRIFIED of birth I really was
[from the archives - my first pregnancy} "Once my pregnancy was confirmed and I had got over the initial shock of it all, a whole new type of scary feeling moved in. Well, a load of them did! Fears, stresses, panic, shock, grief, terror – you name it, I was going...
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 little lady had in store for me. Sitting there in the waiting room, I was imagining a warm...
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 appointment. It was not quite what I was expecting. There were no bouquets of flowers, no girlie welcoming committees... it was just like a regular...
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 it all; “Pregnant?! Err… I don’t know.” She kindly informed me that aching boobs were a classic early symptom of pregnancy and...
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. My boobs had started hurting when I was in the US in mid December at a Tony Robbins event. If you’ve been to a Tony...