Who Am I?
My name is Hannah & I have been working as a Midwife for almost 2 years. The last two years have been in every way incredible, challenging, exhausting, emotional & eye opening. Over this time I have noticed that a lot of women - unless they have a very honest woman in their life who has already had a baby/read every single labour book out there- enter labour pretty bewildered & shocked about what it entails. I haven't yet worked out why this is, it may be because sitting with a group of other couples in an antenatal class discussing the mechanisms of labour just isn't your thing, or your partner's (or you just went because it was expected of you & your midwife promised there would be biscuits) And you know what? That's normal and it's OK! So, if this is you, anxiously waiting for that first twinge that has your birth partner racing home from work (blissfully unaware they have another 18 hours of moral support to give) then g rab an extra sugary t...