“Wait, you’re not gonna take the drugs?” a stranger says, who’d just overheard my conversation with a friend at a party, clearly noticing my soon-to-birth belly. “Nope, I don’t plan to..” Not that it’s any of her goddam business. “Oh trust me, when the time comes you’ll be SCREAMING for the epidural!!”. Hormones or not, I was just about ready to knock this b&#($ out… Read more →
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The Day I Became A Mama: The Water Birth of Lana Aurora
Magic. Absolute f&@*ing magic. Every time I think back to that day, I’m in awe of how powerful the female body is; how it can create, birth and sustain life. Almost six months down the track, chillin’ out on vacation in Noosa with our baby girl sleeping in a travel cot we borrowed and I still have these moments where… Read more →