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If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…
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If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…

There is something about seeing a pregnant woman that makes people lose their filter. It's almost as if her bump is public property - in fact, complete strangers will think nothing of striking up a conversation about it and while…
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Posted by By Claire Sanders
We Need To Talk About: Gestational Diabetes
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We Need To Talk About: Gestational Diabetes

Diabetes. There are two main kinds right? Type 1, the unavoidable one, that means a lifetime of insulin injections often from an early age; and Type 2, the one that people apparently bring on themselves later in life through poor…
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Posted by By Heather Davies
Birth Shamed: There Isn’t a Right Way to Have a Baby
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Birth Shamed: There Isn’t a Right Way to Have a Baby

I was shocked to discover the other day just how many of my friends have been birth shamed.  To be honest I didn't really know it was a thing.  But snide little comments about epidurals, C-sections and inductions.  Society pushes…
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Posted by By Claire Kirby
You Can’t Touch This: Motherhood and Social Boundaries
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You Can’t Touch This: Motherhood and Social Boundaries

Why is it that normal social boundaries fly out of the window when you’re pregnant?
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Posted by By Sarah Holmes
The Myth of “Easier”
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The Myth of “Easier”

It doesn’t get easier. You get better at coping.
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Posted by By Victoria Davies
Why All Couples Need A Safe Word – In The Delivery Suite
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Why All Couples Need A Safe Word – In The Delivery Suite

Was the midwife right to be totally dismissive of all our birth plans?
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Posted by By Heather Davies
Ready for Round Two?
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Ready for Round Two?

The woman in that waiting room is not me, for she has not yet experienced the enormity of recovery and the hope that it holds.
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Posted by By Claire Sanders
Coping with SPD in Pregnancy
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Coping with SPD in Pregnancy

I had not heard of SPD until waking up in agony at 32 weeks pregnant with my first baby.
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Posted by By Miranda

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