Know your birth story

We can have the best laid plans in store for our labour but our babies or lead maternity carer might decide otherwise and it’s important for us to understand why things happened the way they did during your labour.

Remember that every body is different, every pregnancy is different and every birth story will be different as a result.  Your journey is yours and yours alone but it’s important to understand it, in order to move on from it.

Some women leave the hospital, baby in arms, without really having a full understanding of what happened through their labour.  

Whether it went to plan or not, was a natural delivery, with or without complications or intervention or a c-section; planned or emergency.. understanding your birth story and why things happened the way they did, is the first step physically and emotionally on your post natal journey.

Getting your head around why certain decisions were made, the impact that had on both you and your baby and being able to be at peace with this, is part of the healing process.

If you feel you're not sure of any of this - go back to your lead maternity carer and ask for a debrief in order to start that healing process.