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Eliza’s birth story – an unexpectedly quick induction of labour

I thought I’d post my birth story today to coincide with International Midwife day. I received such amazing care from midwives, both in the hospital (despite it being incredibly busy) and from the community midwife team at my doctors surgery (who came out to … Continue reading

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That’s my boy…

Today Eliza and I took a trip back to King’s College Hospital for my final post-pregnancy appointment at the haematology clinic. It was strange being back with a baby this time, especially considering the amount of time I’d spent there … Continue reading

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A guide to the maternity services at King’s College Hospital

One of the mums-to-be from our NCT group sent round a link to a video made by Kings College Hospital – where we’ll all be giving birth shortly – that explains all about the labour and birth facilites there. The … Continue reading

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Pregnancy week 26: an unexpected medical mini-break

I’ve always been pretty lucky health-wise, and the last time I was made to stay in any kind of medical facility was when my tonsils were taken out at the grand old age of five (I got to eat ice … Continue reading

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Pregnancy week 25: a pretty strange couple of days

        This week started off fine; in fact, it was so unremarkable that I can’t remember anything interesting that happened in the first couple of days. However Wednesday evening changed all that, with the unwelcome arrival of … Continue reading

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Pregnancy week 24: viability

Here are five of the noteworthy things that happened during my 24th week of being pregnant: It was a week of more medical appointments: midwife, haematology and dentist. All was fine with the baby and my blood, thyroid levels and … Continue reading

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Pregnancy week 22: footprints, and finding out the sex

As well as marking our second wedding anniversary, week 22 also bought with it the anomaly scan. In addition to checking out all was as it should be with Baby C, it was a chance where we could, potentially, find … Continue reading

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Pregnancy week 21: a horrible start, and a slightly better end

I’ve recently come to love Tuesday mornings. They mean it won’t be Monday morning for seven days, it’s one day closer to the weekend, and they are also the start of my next pregnancy week (which means among other things … Continue reading

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