Birth Story

Everything You Need to Know About the Cold Sore Virus and your Baby After writing about my own experience as a mum when Nahla caught the cold sore virus, I had so many of you reach out with questions of...

My wonderful man, Michael, and I were expecting our firstborn in early October 2020. I came from a background of trying for 5 years with my ex, being diagnosed with PCOS and was told I would unlikely ever conceive without...

After having two pretty uneventful pregnancies, my third pregnancy was pretty eventful. Early on in my 3rd pregnancy, I was diagnosed with Placenta Previa and that I would have to have another c-section (this would be my 3rd c-section) due...

It was all smooth sailing; I had a perfectly uncomplicated pregnancy for the most part - a small blood clot very early on and mild placenta previa, which all resolved on its own. I didn't suffer from morning sickness, I...

On Thursday, the 3rd of September, I was watching The Bachelor when, at around 8:30 pm, I started getting Braxton Hicks, which were a bit more intense than usual. I went to the toilet around 9:30 and noticed a light...

At 38 weeks and 6 days at 10pm, I went into the hospital to get checked. I had reduced movements, but bubs started kicking when I was there.   They called in the obstetrician on call as I had been...