By Ashleigh McHugh
I was 20 years old, in my final year of the Bachelor of Nursing course and keen to continue studying midwifery the following year when I discovered I was pregnant. My relationship with my partner broke down shortly after and he chose not to have anything to do with us. Luckily, I [...]
My birth story should begin with some of my pregnancy story. I found out I was pregnant with my 5th baby on April 5th 2007. It wasn’t a planned pregnancy and was filled with many a stressful time and many uncertainties. The one thing I was certain about was my love for this unborn baby [...]
After feeling ill with flu like symptoms and high temps for the weekend and having contractions on and off from Friday afternoon, I had a show on Saturday morning and started having irregular contractions on and off for the rest of the weekend. They started up again on Monday around 1pm and continued for the [...]
