This pregnancy was a very wished for and wanted pregnancy, after two losses. Our most recent loss was at 13.5 weeks on December 4th 2021 - we conceived immediately after which is where this all starts.On the 7th of January 2022 I vomited. A...

I was 21, this was my first baby, and my pregnancy was great. I had no major complications, so I didn't expect the birth to go the way it did.On March 17th at 8.30am my water broke and continued to leak all throughout the day. Three hours later I had...

Back in late 2019 Covid had hit in New Zealand - rules started changing, including the Code of Rights for patients. Me and my partner were expecting our first baby boy, due 25th April 2020. Now it’s 2022 and Omicron has arrived in New Zealand, b...

Before our first baby I was told I wasn't ovulating so would need fertility assistance to get pregnant, we booked our appointment in the hopes of getting prescribed medication to help ovulation. It was with great shock and excitement that we found ou...

Our pregnancy journeys have not been easy. Our first daughter was born at 33-weeks gestation because I developed eclampsia and was having seizures. She was born under general anaesthesia and we were separated for three days as I was in the ICU and sh...

After my waters breaking spontaneously at 36+6 weeks with my first son, when I became pregnant with my second son my gut was telling me I would probably “go early again”.Well boy was I wrong! 37 weeks came and went, and I was getting more and more un...

Falling pregnant with my second child was a blessing for us after suffering a miscarriage earlier on in 2019. The pregnancy itself was smooth sailing and I felt great. During the pregnancy I felt what most women probably feel with their second pregna...

While I write this it’s been just over 10 months since my beautiful pandemic baby entered the world. She was born on 24/04/20, exactly one month after we celebrated her older sisters 3rd birthday and one month into lockdown in New Zealand. She w...

In my Mamas in Lockdown story I felt that I missed out on some details which I think needed to be written down for others to read. My idea was just to keep my story simple, successful and positive to show how well things can go despite such a difficu...

My little girl is so happy and healthy and she has been thriving. She started crawling at four months old and now at 8 months she is just about walking.She's a cheeky little soul and has a naughty streak. She loves to do things to entertain and to ma...

The birth of my first baby, although far from text book was a very positive experience for me. I was fortunate enough to have an ‘easy’ pregnancy, I had no morning sickness, no tiredness or no other side effects associated with being pregnant. I was ...

I've been back to work, very lightly, for the last week. My partner had his last day of work two days ago. Thank you to my sisterhood who have cuddled my baby senseless as I navigated having no childcare recently. My baby is coping so well with the b...

We found out we were pregnant with our second baby a month after I had gone back to work (after a year off with my first). It was a bit of a surprise. We knew we wanted a second one before I turned 40 but seeing as it had taken us four years to get p...

As I hold my son in my arms, I’m eternally grateful to have him in my life. He and his sister are the greatest parts of my life, and I would do anything for them. I never finished writing my birth story for my eldest, her birth was not what I wa...