Chasing Butterflies Daily

I post this as Juno celebrates her first birthday - we opened her presents where she was born. Some of this was written a year ago and other bits only now so excuse the jumps in tenses and it being a bit muddled. I've not had time to edit it like I normally would either so I'm sure there are spelling mistakes and other possible errors but if I don't post this now it may not happen and I want to treasure this memory before it slips away more than it has . I found reading other women's birth stories so helpful while preparing for this birth. The positive ones filled me with hope of what could be and inspired me lots. The ones where plans changed where still so helpful as it made me think about different situations and what I might or might not want to do myself. I'll also found these inspiring as so much strength came out of them, regardless of whether the woman felt happy or not with the experience it was useful to learn from (although also terrifying how often most ...

I had my successful HBAC on Sunday the 7th February 2021 (birth story HERE) - our fourth baby, Juno, was born before midwives made it to us. It was perfect, empowering and completely intervention free. I hope the links below will help others make the best decisions for THEM. This post is mostly going to be a long list of links I recommend to read to help you on the journey towards the birth you want and hope for. I have added the odd quotation from pages but feel most are best read fully so you can assess what course of action is best for your own situation. I want to make something very clear I make NO judgement of where or how a woman choses to birth. I think it is paramount that a woman gets to chose themselves and are appropriately supported in their decision of location and way of birth, whether in hospital (vaginal, induced or cesarean), MLU - midwife led unit or at home.  I have found the acronym BRAIN very helpful while accumulating my research and I intend on ...