by ramona@organicmidwifery.com.au | Jun 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
12.35am: I woke up from a sharp lightening feeling in my cervix. I got up and went to the toilet like usual. As I was walking I felt dripping down my leg and thought “surely this isn’t it”, even though intuitively I felt it coming before it happened. I sat on the...
by ramona@organicmidwifery.com.au | May 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
On the 18th of May 2022 (1 day off of being 42 weeks pregnant) I woke up at 2:30am to pain as labour began. I went to the toilet and had my “bloody show”. Roczen was asleep next to me but woke shortly after (he never usually wakes up but I believe he knew I was in...
by ramona@organicmidwifery.com.au | Apr 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Our labour started at around 10pm on Monday the 7th of November. The faint period type pain that I had been having on and off for weeks suddenly felt different. Like a pulling in my groin, almost as though I had strained a muscle. We didn’t think too much of...
by ramona@organicmidwifery.com.au | Mar 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
The birth of Alina. Born breech on 26/07/2022. My name is Stephanie Henriksen and when I became pregnant with my daughter Alina I was living a fast paced corporate life, working long hours and living close to Melbourne CBD. I was 35 years old at the time and...
by ramona@organicmidwifery.com.au | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
My birth story Bonnie Hazel Newitt, born at 1:57PM on Saturday 15/10/22. My first baby, born naturally at home into water. 2 days of early/pre labour and 17 hours of active labour. My early labour started Wednesday morning with a slow leak of my waters and beginning...