Mikaelah Cash 4/07/23 Mikaelah Cash 4/07/23

Danielle

“Working through each increased dose of oxytocin every 20 minutes, I remember the midwives on duty and the doctors walking in and just pausing for a moment by the door, not for me … but so that they could take a deep breath of the lavender and calm themselves during their busy shifts! “

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Charlotte

“I’ve always known that I would have to have an Elective Caesarean as I have a health condition called Marfan’s Syndrome which affects all my connective tissue including the heart.”

Mikaelah Cash 11/04/23 Mikaelah Cash 11/04/23

Chelsea

“Pregnancy for me was not what I expected it to be at all, it was rough to say the very least, at 6 weeks I was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) and spent months in and out of after-hours and hospital on IV fluids and anti nausea. “

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Bianca

"I was highly anxious. I was extremely invested in a hospital birth out of fear, and my trust in midwifery was sceptical at best...I ended up changing midwives. I like to think of this as me taking control of my journey and authoring my own story - something I would never have had the confidence to do had I not joined Authored”

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Jess #2

I did my midwifery degree before having babies. And through this process and the many different types of births I have attended and facilitated – I knew that home was the best place for me. Everyone is different and some people don’t relax till they walk into those hospital doors. I’m not afraid of hospitals but the thought of going to the hospital in labour freaked me out much more than staying at home.