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16/01/2025

Ellidy Grace Bell 💗
Born 11th January. Weighing 3.4kg. She is so healthy and happy! Birth and the first few days postpartum were a wild ride. Will share more soon but for now we are just resting and enjoying the newborn bubble

19/12/2024

37 weeks 💫🌼

After a pretty stressful two months I feel like I'm getting back to a bit more normality and I'm excited to share a some more of my pregnancy journey again. This last month in particular, I've just been focusing on resting as much as possible and working on any fears that have recently been coming up around the birth

I had a bit of a scare last week where I was in and out of hospital for monitoring and tests. My blood pressure got really high one night and I had a headache and blurred vision so I took myself straight to hospital.. I cried in the car as I was sure I had pre-eclampsia and would be induced at 36 weeks. But after lots of monitoring and my blood work & urine samples coming back negative for pre-eclampsia signs, I was able to go home and it was a huge relief to keep baby girl in there for a bit longer

A learning lesson is that automatic blood pressure monitors do not work well for me and all the manual readings by the midwife's were much lower (the manual BP is way more accurate than the auto readings for pregnant women)

Then the conversations about my baby measuring small started.. Intuitively I knew that she was fine, my belly had dropped alot recently, she moves non stop and I was adamant that my belly keeps getting bigger each week but one fundal height measurement was particularly behind so I consented for CTG monitoring and a growth scan. Turns out that yes, she is extremely busy in there 😂 and is measuring on the 56th percentile so just above average and perfectly healthy. I declined follow up foetal monitoring because I know that she is fine. FYI you don't need to consent to everything just because someone tells you that you need to

I still have a few blood markers that need work and one particular fear that I'm still working through but overall I'm feeling so much better about everything. I'm also aware that grief about my dad may play out in my labour but I know there is nothing I can do to prepare for that other than being mindful that it may happen and knowing that I have an amazing partner and supportive team who can help me work through it when things get tough or I loose my s**t during transition 🤍

24/11/2024

Last week my beautiful dad passed away suddenly and completely unexpectedly 💔 We had literally only been back in Melbourne few days when he died. I've been in compelte shock, heartbroken and beyond exhausted after our interstate move at 8.5 months pregnant and then loosing my dad.. it has all just been so hard to process. I then spent all this week organising his funeral which was a few days ago

I wasn't going to share this publically but so many of you have messaged me excitedly asking me how the move went and if I'm enjoying Melbourne. I so appreciate you all checking in but I apologise to many of you who I still havent replied to.. I just haven't had the mental capacity to explain how absolutely nothing about our move went to plan and what I've been trying to deal with

My dad and I were very close. We were similar in so many ways. He fostered my love of nature and animals. He was incredibly open minded and taught me to question everything. He was intuitive and played a big role in helping me become the osteopath I am today. We talked alot about the human body and birth. I feel so lucky that he gave me me many opportunities to witness animals giving birth as a child. Even before I fell pregnant we spoke alot about the birth I wanted to have. He was so excited to meet our little girl and become a grandpa. The timing of his death just feels so unfair as she was so close to being here

Once I was on maternity leave, I wanted to document the last of my pregnancy journey with you all and share how I'm preparing my body and mind for birth. But now it's obviously looking very different for me and my priorities have shifted. I need to do everything I can to focus on connecting with my baby and keeping myself calm and relaxed.

I know how grief and trauma manifests in the body as tension and how big emotions can show up in the birth space so this is now my main focus in terms of birth prep. I may decide to share more at a later date depending on how I'm feeling. But for now I want to say thank you to everyone who's reached out to me and apologies to those who I still havent replied to xx

31/10/2024

I had my last appointment with my beautiful midwife today before we leave for Melbourne next week. Feeling so grateful to have been supported by her for 7.5 months of my pregnancy but I'm so sad that she's not going to be my midwife for birth

I've known for years that I wanted Janine to care for me when I finally became pregnant. I have had so many clients and friends who have been supported by her and I had so much trust in her before I'd even actually met her. So I'm feeling a bit emotional about all the big changes coming up and all the beautiful people I've had to say goodbye to this week

Having continuity of care throughout pregnancy and birth is one of the biggest predictors of a positive birth experience.. regardless of how your birth actually unfolds. I'm so grateful that I have access to this type of care and I wish all women could be supported in this way ❤

12/10/2024

Having a known care provider during pregnancy and birth is priceless. Yesterday I was feeling really unsettled about a few things so I messaged my beautiful midwife asking her for some advice. She called me straight away and told me I was welcome to come over to chat and do a few checks to reassure me

She made time for me on a Saturday afternoon when she should have been spending time with her family. She also had some delicious cakes waiting for me to cheer me up (food is my love language 😂). We sat on the couch and chatted for like an hour, she let me ask all my questions and some more

I left feeling so much calmer and having a deeper understanding of why these things popped up for me emotionally when they did. There are some big transitions happening in my world, not just physically, and I think it all caught up with me this week, especially with not having Alex around

I havent doubted my bodies ability to grow my baby safely until yesterday. But my midwife reminded me that we become more open and vulnerable in the later stages of pregnancy and this is often when big emotions bubble up to be processed. Pregnancy and birth is a rite of passage and is just as much a spiritual experience as it is a physical one

I'm so grateful to have access to someone I trust so much and this type of continuity of care model. I wish all women could be cared for in this way ❤

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