Love Birth Blog

Going into this pregnancy, I knew I wanted a home birth if possible. So, when I found out that the Burton & Derby home birth team had closed due to staffing issues, I was gutted. I immediately made it clear to my community midwife at my first appointment that I still wanted a home birth. While she was supportive, she also mentioned that the home birth team might not reopen in time for me. Thankfully, my pregnancy was smooth sailing, with no issues for me or the baby. However,

I thought I'd start off the blog by writing a bit about the birth of my wonderful son, Theo. I found out I was pregnant on 20th March 2020...3 days before the first UK lockdown (yikes!) and Theo was born at 40+6 on 23rd November 2020 (in another lockdown...yay!). There are definitely a few things I know I'll want to do differently next time around but it was an amazing and positive birth! Pregnancy It was a bit of a strange experience having my entire pregnancy working from h