Things I wish I knew...
Hopefully you’ve found this post shortly after reading my birth story as it’s probably far more useful than me just babbling about pushing a baby out like a salmon! (If you don’t get this reference maybe read the birth story first) When I first found out I was pregnant I was far too keen to listen to everybody’s birth stories, but I quickly realised very few of them are positive and it seemed like people just wanted to put the fear of god into you!! The general consensus seemed to be that birth is the most painful thing you’ll ever experience, but worth it. Because of this, I started investigating hypnobirthing (post coming soon) and found this massively helped and prepared me for the birth I wanted and eventually had. However, there are some things that even the hypnobirthing community doesn’t prepare you for. Some practical bits, some less practical and more horror movie style … so here it is … no holes barred (literally... due to the nature of birth!) Hair bobbles - these litt