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Why connect with your child and family nurse?

By Family, Health, Womens Health

Why engage with your Child and Family Health Nurse Service?

Maybe it is because I too work in health, but I truly value this service and have benefited several times from being connected.

I received my first Blue Book with my daughter almost 12 years ago, then keenly accepted the offer for the local child and family health service to come and visit us. I benefited from the knowledge and support greatly as a new Mother, and even now having 4 children I still benefit from engaging with this service and I think almost everyone would.

So, I wanted to share a bit about how I used the service and how you might benefit from it also. Read More

My Obstetric Trauma

By Miscarriage and Infant Loss, Maternity, Womens Health
TRIGGER WARNING… This blog details part of my own obstetric trauma, which may be triggering for anyone who has had their own traumatic experience

 

My Story:

Pregnant with my 4th child I found myself incredibly anxious about the upcoming birth.I wasn’t just a bit nervous; I was anxious and frightened in a way I had never been before.I had had 3 births that were quite wonderful. I had never had a fear around birth before, in fact I found the whole experience amazing! Yet here I was having small anxiety attacks about birthing my daughter.

What had happened?

I had had a traumatic miscarriage experience several months before this pregnancy and it changed me. Read More