Home Birth;the experience.

Women have been giving birth at home for centuries, but it has received some attention in the news of recent. Recent reports are saying it is safer to give birth at home, instead of the hospital due to the fact that doctors are likely to intervene unnecessarily in hospitals. Most people still fear home births, while some see it as some form of heroic undertaking worthy of a medal.

My home birth experience:

I had a home birth with my second child, and it was an amazing experience. I much preferred it to being in hospital. Being at home in my natural habitat removed some of the anxiety and helped my first bond with his brother immediately. We didn't have to arrange for childcare, as soon as birth was over, and midwives left,we all cuddled up for thanksgiving; before making announcement calls and sending text messages.

Not saying all that to say that my hospital experience was awful, because being my first child, there was no where else I would have rather been.
With everything considered, I am also hoping for a home birth this time around. 

Things to keep in mind when considering a home birth:

1. Be realistic that a home birth is just your plan ( Man proposes, God disposes) so make sure you live very close and I mean reasonably close to the hospital in case you need to be moved to hospital. Also once labour pain hits you may change your mind, so pack a hospital bag too.

2. Listen to your health practitioners.If for some reason they say you can't have a home birth, whether because you are high risk or being your first, even if you were considered low risk at first but everything wasn't going to plan. Listen to them! Your safety and that of your baby is the most paramount; don't try to be a hero.

3. If you are a FTM (first time mum) consider hospital first in order to give you a realistic experience of what birth is like, and how you cope with it. That said, every pregnancy is different.

4. Enjoy your pregnancy, hope for the best , regardless of your choice. Healthy mum and baby beats anything else.

Background check on potential partners

 I came across an article this morning about a company that helps you check how safe a partner or potential partner is. The owner of the company, Laura Lyons, 29, was herself a victim of domestic violence. She left the relationship after finding out that her husband had an abusive past.  On her website; Are They Safe, for about £200 you get to find out financial, criminal history,marital status and property ownership.

This service is undoubtedly useful for a single  parent, to check out whether their new date is on the sex offenders list, or whether they had abused partners in the past. Also, with an increase in online dating the service could prove very useful, especially when meeting in person for the first time. However all this information in the wrong hands could prove hazardous. The Police already offer this service (thanks to Claire's law ,March 2014), where you'd have to go in person and explain why you needed the search done, this I believe will wane off nosey people, that just want to dig up information for malicious reasons or simply for the sake of it.

Is this simply being practical? Whatever happened to instinct or looking out for signs, or perhaps love can blind theses simple but essential judgement? Let's discuss. 

Traditional nativity play disappearing

Hello December! Where has the time gone? So it's that time of the year again; counting down to Christmas and parents looking forward to their child/ children's nativity play. The joy in the little ones voices when the tell you their part in the play, and the sinking feeling you get when they tell you: 'I am one of the donkeys.' 


With all that said there is a new bid to modernise the nativity play, by incorporating all religions in order not to leave out any groups.I can already picture a gangster rapping, hoodie- wearing Joseph, Elvis, Madonna and Michael Jackson as the three wise men and instead of following the stars they follow a sat nav. As funny and surreal as that may sound, it is already happening in some primary schools in and around the UK. 

I understand the desire to be creative, or should I say politically correct but surely a line must be drown somewhere.

So, what do you think?Should the traditional nativity play include pop songs,characters from all religious groups?