Mother
It's been a while! In July our son was born at home after a long but amazing birth. As anyone who knows me has heard I am passionate about rewriting the narrative around birth that our media and culture have us believe. I did a lot of reading, research, hypnobirthing, breathing practice and confidence building during my pregnancy to give myself the best chance of feeling empowered during labour. People say that you can't prepare or plan for what birth will bring and there is of course elements that you won't be able to predict (because you've never done it before!) but, in the majority of cases, this does not mean something scary or urgent will happen. Now that I have been through the experience myself I am even more convinced that when you have a good general knowledge of what happens during birth, have prepared a relaxing zone to be in during labour, have a great support system around you and feel confident to advocate for yourself you are very likely to have a rea...
