All posts tagged "c-section"

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    7 Tips for a smooth C-section recovery

    While you might be planning an all-natural birth there are, unfortunately, no guarantees in child-birth. I learned that first hand. With C-section rates at an all-time high, ensuring that you are up to speed on the ins...

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  • C-section public seminar

    Regular readers of the blog will be aware that I am a C-section mum.Ā  I have written quite a bit about my experience of delivering each of my three children by section.Ā  I was recently invited to...

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  • Ten things every mum-to-be should know about C-sections

    It is April that means only one thing. No, not Spring time but Cesearean Awareness Month. In honour of marking this month I am sharing a post I originally wrote for 42 Weeks. A public information campaign...

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  • My First Kiss Mandala Print

    As might be a little obvious from my string of posts I am a c-section mum. All three of my kids entered the world in the same fashion. Having grappled with my emotions about the lack of...

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  • A Guide to C-Sections

    As a c-section mum I have had a few people both in real life and online ask me questions about what to expect.Ā  People who have suddenly been told that they are going to be heading to...

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  • My birth stories – Number 3 – the attempted VBA2C

    I’ve read a lot of birth stories. Most recently on the new Irish websiteĀ www.42weeks.ieĀ designedĀ to promote positive birth in Ireland. It got me thinking of my own births. All so different, yet almost identical! Not least all by...

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  • Hi I’m Lucy and I’m a C-Section Mom………

    I have three kids. Ā Each of them arrived into this world via my abdomen. Ā Each has their own story which can you enjoy separately. Baby 1 – Baby 2 – Baby 3 However its suffice to say...

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  • My birth stories – Number 2 – the failed VBAC

    I’ve read a lot of birth stories. Most recently on the new Irish websiteĀ www.42weeks.ieĀ designedĀ to promote positive birth in Ireland. It got me thinking of my own births. All so different, yet almost identical! Not least all by...

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  • My birth stories – Number 1- the mischievous breech one!

    I’ve read a lot of birth stories. Most recently on the new Irish website www.42weeks.ieĀ designedĀ to promote positive birth in Ireland. It got me thinking of my own births. All so different, yet almost identical! Not least all...

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