Rise & Glow: Positive Birth Stories
✨“Estrela” was playing when you were born.
When we found out you were coming, not even in my wildest and most beautiful dreams did I imagine it would be like this - that this would be the way you’d arrive.
My “painful” contractions began at 3:30 a.m. on June 23rd, although in the days leading up t...
First-time Mum Lucy had an amazing positive birth in Lewisham Birth Centre in Greenwich, exactly as she had planned. Here's Lucy telling her story in her own words:
"I had a sweep on my due date and started having contractions 3 hours later. I was on and off for 24 hours with all of the distraction...
I was blessed to have a low-risk and pretty healthy pregnancy, despite suffering with vomiting and nausea for the 9 months, along with hip pain during a certain period.Â
 Once I reached 37 weeks pregnant, I was experiencing braxton hicks often. They would come at random times and of varying intensi...
