labour and birth

She shared an update on her labour experience Aoibhín Garrihy shared an emotional update after announcing the birth of her fourth child. The Irish actress announced on Wednesday (March 25) that she had welcomed a baby girl with her husband, John Burke. Aoibhín and John are now delighted parents to their baby girl Aoileann, who […]

5 months ago

When should you load up the car and head to the hospital? That’s the question many expecting mothers have and everyone’s answer seems to differ. “Oh I didn’t go until five hours after my water broke,” says one mum while another tells of how she ran as soon as it happened. It can all get […]

2 years ago

“We did it, baby!” Those very first moments after having just given birth is by far the most intense in your life. What I remember most is that feeling of getting those brand new, warm and slippy babies placed in my arms. Everything else just melts away. It’s a combination of things, of course, that […]

3 years ago

It is the most overwhelming, scary, amazing experience most of us will have in our lifetime. Bringing a baby into this world – especially the first time you do it – is a major deal – and can, naturally, seem rather frightening. We just don’t know what to expect, and no amount of movies or […]

3 years ago

Birthing a baby is – for most women – the single most intense and, most often, physically painful thing they will do in their lives. It is full-on. Your body is literally trying to squeeze out an entire, fully-grown baby – and it requires all your concentration and energy and will. And sometimes, when all […]

3 years ago

Confession: I loved giving birth. Both times. So much so that I would love to have another baby just to be able to experience it all over again. Yes, really. I was lucky, I suppose, in that, I felt very cared for by the midwives at the Oslo hospital where I gave birth. Lucky that […]

4 years ago