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07/05/2023

Labour and birth are a bit like losing a milk tooth...

OK, so that's probably not an analogy you've heard often (or ever) before 😊 - but hear me out!

From hearing my boy's excited announcement that he had his first wobbly tooth, and witnessing it's long journey to - FINALLY - dropping out, made me realise there's a definite parallel between the two:

❤ The initial excitement at realising it's REALLY HAPPENING!!!

🧡 The benefit of being patient, relaxing, and not rushing the process.

💛 Recognising that the more you fiddle with it the more it'll probably hurt.

💚 Trusting that your body knows what it's doing, and can get this tooth out on its own.

Sometimes, teeth get impacted or infected or come out at a funny angle and get stuck - and when they do we're grateful a dentist can help.

On the very, VERY, odd occasion similar things can happen with birth - and then we're super grateful for the talented and caring obstetric and medical staff that can care for us and our babies.

However, the vast majority of the time babies are birthed just fine - when we're relaxed, patient and trust that our bodies know what they're doing!

Labouring and birthing a baby is a physiological process, just like losing a tooth - it will happen whether we fiddle with it or not.

Why fiddle with it, when we know it'll just hurt more?

❤🧡💛Trust your body - it's AMAZING!!!!!❤🧡💛

02/05/2023

Another gem from Sara Wickham!

Thought for the day:

If you put a handful of popcorn into the same pot, into the same oil and heat it all to the exact same temperature, it doesn’t all pop at the exact same moment.

Same with labour, birth and babies.

Be an individual.

Pop in your own time 😆😊

(For more evidence-based conversations about the timing of birth, see www.sarawickham.com/time)

22/03/2023

Happy World Doula Day: https://fb.watch/jr4FwVvHGB/

18/05/2022

Only 5% of babies come on their due date - that's just 1 in 20!!

I love Sara's tip to plan something special to do on your baby's due date.

What will you do to mark the day?

It's a date you'll likely have been working towards and focusing on throughout your pregnancy...but statistically it's much more likely your baby won't come on that day than will!

If your baby is here, you can celebrate it together. If not then enjoy the date in the knowledge that baby soon will be :).

In a world where we rush around and try to fit too much in, a baby’s ‘due date’ has come to be seen by some people as a kind of appointment.

Statistically, only 5% of babies are born on their due date.

That's one in twenty.

Some come earlier, and many healthy babies are born after this.

I sometimes suggest that people plan to do something nice on their baby’s due date; there’s a really high chance that you’ll be free to do it!

But the important thing to remember is that, on the whole, our bodies and our babies’ bodies know what they’re doing.

If you’d like more information about due dates, induction or birth in general, see www.sarawickham.com/iol

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