My first baby was born by emergency c-section under general anaesthetic, following a pretty long labour. Naively, I had never even contemplated that I might need a c-section, let alone a general anaesthetic, and so it took a very long time to come to terms with the fact that I was asleep when my first …
Category: Pregnancy
Five things I wish I’d known about pregnancy and birth
I’ll be straight – there are a lot more than five things I wish I’d known about pregnancy and birth. But five is a good number for a list, and listing any more than five may reveal just how clueless I actually was (and I was very clueless!). So, here it is: 1. In pregnancy, there …