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Thomas - 29th March 2011 Having had an emergency C-section for William, due to an undetected breech, after a planned hypno, water, homebirth, I was determined to get the homebirth second time round. It’s basically impossible to have a homebirth here... Read More |
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Jake - 30 January 2011 We had moved house two months before my due date and were in the process of completely renovating the house. I don’t think Anja could quite believe what awaited her on each antenatal visit, although she assured me it was all fine... |
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Asher - 15 April 2010 Six months ago today I was sitting around Sara’s kitchen table drinking tea and bitching about still being pregnant. Kelly had a watch with her constantly that day because Joel needed to apply cream to his eczema every 15 minutes...
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Saoirse - 13 February 2010 Something incredible happened at Cornfield Road!! My world has been rocked and I am officially Wonderwoman! |
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Alana - 23 October 2009 From the minute I found out about my pregnancy I felt distrustful of the NHS' ability to provide me with the care I desired. In fact I was initially told I couldn't conceive, when I was already pregnant ...
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Benjamin - A VBAC story- 25 June 2009Benjamin’s birth story is about a woman empowering another woman to trust herself; about a couple being able to choose what they wanted for the birth of their child ...
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Oscar - 25 October 2008Since falling pregnant for the second time I was a woman on a mission. My aim: to achieve the calm, vaginal birth that had eluded me the first time... |
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Elysia - 15 March 2008Thursday 13th March. I attend my regular weekly get together with my 1st time round NCT antenatal class pals. Our first babies were born in the summer of 2005. Out of seven, three of the group have had second babies and two of us are currently pregnant again... |
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Joseph - 25 August 2007“You want to do what?” My boss looked at me as if I had just announced a white-water rafting trip with all the family. |
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Jasmine - 2 August 2007When I found out I was pregnant with my second daughter I asked someone I knew - who worked as a doula - what the best birth care was that I could get. She told me that independent midwives were the 'Rolls Royce of maternity care' and that Anja was the best she knew. So that was that! One of the things that was really important to me was to talk through some issues I had about my first birth... Read More |
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Lola Florence - 13 March 2007I met Anja through my local NCT branch. I knew from that moment on that when my husband and I were ready to have another baby, it was Anja I wanted as my midwife. It’s thanks to her support, expertise and great sense of humour that my dream came true....Read More |
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Francesca Bell - 13 December 2006Little did we know when I was 36 weeks pregnant and made the decision to go for a home birth (after watching a TV programme about the state of the NHS Midwifery care) that booking with Anja was going to be one of the most important decisions we have ever had to make ...Read More |
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Edward James - 21 July 2006In October 2005, Jamie and I were overjoyed to find that I was pregnant. The whole thing seemed quite a daunting prospect, however, and we couldn't have been more relieved and happy to find Anja - ten minutes away, always on the end of the phone and a bottomless source of information and reassurance ...Read More |
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Jack William - 5 July 2006I think it is fair to say most of my friends and family were shocked when I announced I was planning a homebirth. I am not really that "type". However this is my homebirth story, one of the most positive experiences in my life ...Read More |
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Amelie Lucia - 6 September 2005The phone rings. It’s Monday morning and far too early for most people to call. Is this it I ask myself? It’s Chris’s voice on the other end and I know immediately this IS it, the day we have all been waiting for ...Read More |
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Lowri Rose - 19 August 2005Who’d have thought that we’d end up hiring acro-props from a local building firm? Neither my husband, Jon, or I started with a real plan in mind for the birth of our first child when I found out I was pregnant on Christmas Eve 2004 ...Read More |
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Leon - A VBAC story - 8 May 2005I have just had my last visit with Petra and her words are still ringing in my ears and heart: ‘Anja, I am so happy that we decided to have a homebirth! It has been such a special experience for me and Tobias and what an experience for the children to have been present at their brothers’ birth ...Read More |
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' Thank you so much for all your support and counsel through two babies - for easing us through the tiring and complicated labour and into new parenthood with Teddy and for helping us to experience what a beautiful thing a natural home birth can be with Florence...' Harriet, 2009 |