Shambolic Living

Do You Need a Birth Plan?

Janine — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:45:17 +0000

I’m in the middle of flashbacks to childbirth. My friend had a baby. She had a carefully constructed birth plan and a mix tape of zen-like music to help create a calming environment for her little one’s arrival. Twenty two hours later the birth plan was shredded and NOBODY wanted to hear a sitar ever...

A Shambolic Birthing

Janine — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:21:16 +0000

If you had had a blissful pregnancy, a trouble-free birth and slipped easily into the world of yummy mummy step away from the screen there’s nothing for you to see here. On the other hand if you found the whole pregnancy/birth/breastfeeding thing a bit darn hard then open the wine we’ve got bonding to do....