"My baby was due on 22nd April and as expected that date came and went with no sign of him! On Friday 24th as I was getting ready for bed, I started to lose my plug and I was so excited! I thought this was finally some movement and the process started. I tried to focus on lots of oxytocin boosting activities over the weekend, walks with family in the sun, reading in the garden and relaxing baths. We had no movement until I woke up on Tuesday 28th to mild cramps and I thought
"Almost as soon as I knew I was pregnant I had a strong instinct that I didn't want to go into hospital to give birth. I am a registered nurse and I knew that the hospital setting would feel too much like being at work for me to relax. At the first midwife appointment, my lovely, very supportive midwife gave me some information about different birth options and the idea of a home birth became really concrete for me. A work colleague had had two home births and was very positi
