Since Maternity Matters started, we have been calling for contributions because we want to hear about other people’s experiences. It’s often asked whether we want only traumatic stories and the answer is NO! We want our readers to know that childbirth should be a positive event and that women can feel empowered and euphoric after [...]
Archive | The Gallery RSS feed for this section
The Gallery – My Blog
When Susanne and I heard this weeks theme for The Gallery, it was obvious which pictures we should use. We set up Maternity Matters to help heal the pain that we experienced with the difficult births of our children, to show ourselves that we can make something positive from that pain, and hopefully help as [...]
Maternity Matters RSS Feed
- New IVF Technique Could Triple Number Of Births 17/05/2013A radical technique that chooses the best embryo could boost the chances of thousands of couples having a healthy baby. An IVF technique which claims to triple the chances of a successful birth is being described by some in the scientific community as the biggest breakthrough in fertility treatment for years. It uses time-lapse imaging […]
- Bringing on Labour – What Really Works? 28/11/2012Full term. Those priceless words that mean that baby is, or should be, ready to be born. You’ve spent almost 10 months getting bigger and more uncomfortable and the chances are you now have an elbow in your bladder and a foot under your lungs making everything worse. Everyone you speak to will have their […]
- An Element of Doubt 19/11/2012When I was pregnant the first time around, I developed overwhelming feelings of vulnerability. I had suffered with anxiety on and off since my early teens and once my bump started to develop, I started to feel like a walking target, worried that muggers would see me as an easy target; someone who couldn’t give […]
- Are women with a fear of childbirth being supported? 17/11/2012VIA – BBC NEWS By Philippa RoxbyHealth reporter, BBC News Preparing for the birth of a child can be very traumatic for some women Most women feel a little anxious about giving birth, especially for the first time, but for some childbirth can be intensely frightening and traumatic. Rather than looking forward to the arrival […]
- I Am Who I Am – A Birth Story 09/11/2012Today, our very own Susanne tells us about the birth of her third child and how while it may not have healed her after her traumatic second birth, she’s coming to terms with who that trauma has made her. I started blogging about my son’s birth at a time when I felt powerless to do […]
- Healing – A Guest Post 01/11/2012Today, we’re hosting an anonymous guest post for an amazingly brave woman who wanted to share her experiences of the effects that childhood sexual abuse can have on pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. I loved being pregnant. Absolutely loved it. It was the first time I can ever remember feeling really good about my body, and […]
- Babyhuddle’s ‘A Baby’s First Year’ 30/10/2012The lovely folk at Babyhuddle have put together an infographic based on their research into the facts and figures behind the first year of life for the average UK baby and they’ve kindly let us share it with our readers: 3,500 nappies are changed during the first year. 32% of them are soiled which means that in those […]
- Guest Post – The Joys of Twin Pregnancy 02/10/2012Today, we’ve got a fantastic guest post giving us an insight into what it’s like to be pregnant with twins. Rebecca is a teacher turned stay-at-home Mum to three girls (a five year old and two year old twins) and blogs at Here Come the Girls which is full of crafts, cooking and chaos.Follow her adventures with her […]
- Beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings: I was pregnant at the Olympics 24/09/2012SOURCE By Lisa Flam When Kerri Walsh Jennings won her third Olympic gold in beach volleyball at the London Olympics, she was playing with a secret: She was five weeks pregnant. Sitting hand-in-hand with her husband, Casey Jennings, Walsh Jennings shared the news exclusively on TODAY Monday. “When I was throwing my body around fearlessly, and going […]
- Guest Post: 3 Parent IVF. A Bit Of Common Sense 17/09/2012We’ve been lucky enough to be given permission to use the following post here on Maternity Matters. You can see the original post here on Quantum Spaghetti. I’m sure you have all seen the scaremongering headlines, probably from the Daily Mail, about “3 parent IVF” and if you don’t know what you’re talking about, like […]
