Not sure where to begin, since this is my first blog post, I guess I should touch on what this lifestyle blog is about. I will be blogging about my second pregnancy journey, the birth and general life happenings.
People say that parenthood changes you and for me it wasn’t just a switch up in daily routine but a huge revaluation of my life and what I wished to achieve. In 2014 my son Max was born and my life dramatically changed, in more ways than I ever could have imagined. Things which were once important to me no longer seemed significant. That is a subject I will touch more on within future blog posts. Myself and my husband now have ‘The Fear’, something which all parents know too well. It’s that maternal worry you constantly feel. Life becomes so much more precious and the fear of something happening to your perfect little family unit, literally scares the bejesus out of you. I am currently 13 weeks’ pregnant and this time round, the first trimester has been incredibly tough. Constant feelings of nausea and fatigue along with various aches and pains have been really challenging. Last pregnancy I worked full time in the oil industry where I sat on my butt for 9hours of the day. But this time round I’m constantly on the go, entertaining my 2-year-old son and an 8year old German Shepherd (who we are still waiting on to calm down and mature). It’s safe to say I haven’t seen much of the gym lately and only just recently getting back into it. The best I could manage for a while was home workouts and lots of long dog walks. I felt a bit guilty being a personal trainer and skipping proper structured gym workouts, especially considering I currently have pregnant clients managing to soldier on and get all their workouts complete each week. But not all pregnancies are the same and this is certainly true in my case. Ever since I got that positive result on the pregnancy test in January, all I can think about is the birth and wishing it was sooner. I'm probably one of the small percentages of people who actually enjoyed their labour and birth. My son Max was born at Montrose Maternity Unit in a birthing pool. It truly was an experience which I will never forget. It was a 7 hour, straight forward, natural labour and birth with no interventions. I'm a huge believer of the importance in educating yourself on childbirth and knowing all your options as it definitely builds confidence, removes fears and anxieties. How can people expect to have a positive birthing experience without a well thought out birth plan and being fully informed of pros and cons for possible interventions? On a complete different note (bit of a rant), why is it females seem to think it’s acceptable and their rightly duty to share horror birth stories with pregnant women? At least this time round I won’t need to put up with such stories with it being my second pregnancy. After hearing numerous traumatic births during my first pregnancy, I was surprised and fortunate to hear a lovely birthing story from a work colleague which opened my eyes to the possibility that birth didn’t need to be a dreaded painful event which required medical supervision and intervention. This inspiring lady had recently given birth to her third child in the comfort of her own home using HypnoBirthing techniques. Had she not shared her positive birthing experience with me, then I may not be writing this blog post today and most definitely wouldn’t be running ‘Bump Birth Beyond’. I was around 20 weeks pregnant when I took ownership and prepared for the birth I longed to have. My first step was purchasing the Marie Mongan HypnoBirthing book. My second step was signing up for HypnoBirthing lessons with a Marie Mongan qualified practitioner. I soon felt empowered and confident and started counting down the days to labour. Second time round, the excitement for birthing day has reached an ultimate high already. I certainly won’t be making the 52mile drive to Montrose while being around 7-8cms dilated, instead the plan is to have a home birth and hire a birthing pool. If all goes to plan, this will be filmed, photographed and heavily documented on. I had my NHS scan last week and to say I was disappointed would be an understatement. Having had private scans in the past (early scanning / gender scans) I came away feeling rather deflated despite all seemingly well with baby. The sonographer explained that my uterus was positioned at an awkward angle therefore she was struggling to get accurate measurements of the baby and clear photos. This also meant that she couldn't do the down syndrome screening measurements, but stated that in her opinion all looked well, which was no reassurance for me. After around 4 or 5 ordered trips to the toilet to slightly empty my bladder a little more (which made no odds to the quality of image on the screen) I was then told I was 13 weeks pregnant instead of 12 (which is nonsense as I know my dates as the baby was planned and very much wanted). I'm now looking forward to my private gender scan which hopefully is a more enjoyable experience. Thanks for reading, I ask that you please be forgiving of all spelling and grammar boo-boos. I do not have an editor and posts will be written as and when I feel I have worthy, interesting content. Finally, a special thank you to Laurie Cowie for inspiring me and sharing her beautiful HypnoBirthing story with me back in 2014. I'm very excited to experience it all over again with baby number 2.
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Vicky
27/3/2017 10:37:23
I love reading/hearing about pregnancy and birth stories so will be following your blog. I hope you get your home birth and everything goes the way you want. Enjoy every minute of your pregnancy x
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Danielle steel
27/3/2017 16:48:15
Hi Sharon, congrats on your pregnancy. I too found out Iam pregnant 12.5 weeks I realise my last attempt with your fitness partner wasn't a great success purely because i really need someone to tell me what to eat and when because life was so hectic running my business however now I have taken time out and have much more time in my hands I really need help I have gone from 11 stones up to 12 .11 since becoming pregnant Iam eating little and often however Iam terrified of putting on more and really need help Iam hoping you can do this for me?
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jill
27/3/2017 21:38:22
Loved this read shaz! Xx
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