Category Archives: midwife

Our Birth Story

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

I promised it would be on the way soon, so here’s the story of how Eden came into the world. I have to admit that birth was nothing like I thought it would be and neither was our journey – … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, baby Eden, baby girl, Birth announcement, birth story, cervix, christmas baby, cramps, doppler, dr, first baby, full term, head down, healthcare, high blood pressure, hospital, hypertension, Induction, labour, Labour, London, maternity, midwife, mum, mummies, mummy, NHS, pregnancy, pregnancy after infertility, pregnancy after loss, Scan, support, third trimester, tiredness | Tagged birth story, gas and air, london, midwives, st thomas' hospital | 6 Comments

38 Weeks and We Have a Plan!

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Sorry for being so crap at updating as of late! Life keeps getting in the way of very important blogging! You’ll be glad to know that I was discharged promptly after my night in hospital as the drugs brought my … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, baby, baby Eden, baby girl, back pain, blood pressure, clinics, engaged, first baby, full term, high blood pressure, hypertension, labour, lesbians, lgbt, London, maternity, midwife, pregnancy, pregnancy after infertility, pregnancy after loss, two mums | Tagged due date, full term, induction, plan, third trimester | 4 Comments

Full Term! We Made It!

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Today marks thirty seven weeks pregnant. THIRTY SEVEN! Full term! Hooray! We made it!

Posted in 2015, baby Eden, blood pressure, eden, engaged, high blood pressure, labour, midwife, third trimester, Uncategorized | Tagged 2015, full term, high blood pressure, pregnant, third trimester, two mums | 6 Comments

Families Aren’t Always Mum+Dad+Baby=Family

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Tomorrow (at 17+5) I have my sixteen week midwife appointment. One of the things Amy and I have noticed so far in our NHS antenatal journey, is that our local services are not very diversity friendly at all. They seem … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, Anxiety, baby girl, child, children, christmas baby, lesbians, lgbt, midwife | Tagged different families, inclusive, midwife, stonewall | 7 Comments

Finding Out Who Is In There…

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Yesterday (16+5), we had our gender scan. The countdown had been absolutely immense! Both of us were tired of calling baby “Chip” or “they” as people often said “are you having more than one?!”