I love this time of year. Ever since I was a little girl, Christmas gets me excited in October. And I love New Year too. Not just because of the socialising but because it’s a time of year when I consciously take the time to reflect and take the opportunity to take stock of my life.
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Positivity
At MamaBabyBliss, our mission is to make a difference to mothers, babies and mums-to-be everywhere. This page features all our blog posts filed under the 'Positivity' category.
Pressures of being a mum
“I’m ‘just’ a stay at home mum”
“What do you actually do all day?”
“I would never let my child play with/wear/eat that”
“Why is the house such a mess?”
Planned c-section: How it went
Back in April I wrote a post about my hopes for my elective c-section and I would love to share with you how it went…
At 7.30am on the 1st June I walked into the maternity unit of my local hospital feeling calm but excited that I would soon be meeting my second child. My pre op the day before was very positive and the anaesthetist and obstetrician I spoke to were both very supportive of me having a gentle birth despite it being in theatre.
Launching our arrows, proudly celebrating graduation
I am just sitting in the sunshine contemplating the last 21 years of the life with my son. I am watching families from all walks of life, of all different combinations, celebrating. Celebrating their children. Celebrating the success of guiding them to this point, this next chapter in their lives. Their graduation.
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Having a planned c-section: Jen’s story…
April being C-section awareness month is particularly important to me. I am almost 8 months pregnant with my second child and I have been advised by my consultant to have an elective caesarean section because my first child had a complicated shoulder dystocia from which he suffered a brachial plexus injury. He is fine now but it could have been so much worse.
If I am honest I was really upset for about a week after this consultation. Not because I disagreed, my consultant is fabulous and presented me with all the information for me to make an informed decision, but because I felt sad that I wouldn’t have a natural birth. I always pictured myself having a natural birth and since I started teaching PregnancyBliss I have felt even more capable of doing so. I knew what techniques from the class I would use in various stages of labour, I knew how my breathing techniques would get me through the pain and I visualised an overall positive experience.
Having a c-section: Jessica’s story…
I remember lying in my bed at night reading a book. My due date had been and gone by 5 days and I was more than ready to meet my baby boy. As I lay there I felt sudden but very exciting pain through my tummy. It was happening, my labour was starting!
I was so prepared for the perfect birth. I had attended a pregnancy yoga course and been shown how to use the power of the breathe throughout my contractions. Each contraction that came I was amazed at just how well using the breathe could be to get through each one and with each contraction I felt proud of myself and totally empowered. I could do this!