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Interview with Anna Tizard from Tiba & Marl

Interview with the Lovely Anna Tizard who is a co-founder of TIBA & MARL – who make THE COOLEST Baby Change Bags around! What was your favourite part of being pregnant? I loved the excitement of knowing I was going to have my very own baby!! I loved my tummy growing, and weirdly I also loved the (superficial i know!) challenge of trying to still wear nice clothes, and try to style out the bump (I worked in a fashion office – I wouldn’t just wear leggings!!) What was the worst bit about being pregnant? I’m pretty sure 99% of […]

Birth Story from Fritha Strickland from Tigerlilly Quinn

Fritha Strickland is an illustrator who runs Tigerlilly Quinn On the morning of the 13th of December I got up as usual and made my mum who was staying with us a cup of tea, asking her how she had slept she mentioned she had had a terrible tummy ache but felt better now. We joked she was getting sympathy contractions for me as she had been getting sympathy nesting instincts all week were I had none.  For the past week since my mum had been down we had been doing my pregnancy yoga DVD every day which we had […]

I want to avoid a 2nd C Section

My baby boy will turn 2 around the time my next baby is due.  I want to avoid another C-section, can I opt for a water birth? Any tips on how to avoid another C-section? You have approximately a 75 % chance of success if you opt for a vaginal birth in this pregnancy.  The chances vary a little, depending on whether you laboured last time or whether you have already had a vaginal birth.  The best chances of success are to await a spontaneous onset of labour this time, and try and avoid an induction. Most hospitals will have special […]

19 weeks pregnant, terrible swelling/fluid retention

I’m 19 weeks pregnant and for the past 3 weeks i’ve had awful water retention. My legs go up by 3-4cm by the end of the day.  I wake up in the morning with stiff fingers and wrists. I’m concerned because i’m told that it’s too early for such bad retention. I drink 1.5 litres of water a day and I try and exercise daily, usually by walking. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn’t. Should I be worried? Thanks. At least half of pregnant women get fluid retention or oedema. It’s particularly common in the first pregnancy and most noticeable […]