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Making and using an umbilical cord tie

by Adele Jarrett-Kerr

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One of the birth choices I made this time that I really rate was to make and use an umbilical cord tie. Up until the week before Delilah was born I’d intended to just go ahead with the standard hospital clamp that the midwives provide. As the...

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Delilah’s home birth story

by Adele Jarrett-Kerr

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Delilah was born on the morning of Monday 18th July, a week ago today. I wrote this birth story that night in the urge to debrief. I have gently edited it since. I’d been having lots of little surges (the hypnobirthing term for contractions)...

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Maternity shoot with Annie Crossman Photography

by Adele Jarrett-Kerr

Last year, we did a family photo shoot with Annie Crossman, a Bristol family photographer and friend. I’d booked the shoot as a birthday present to myself – a way to celebrate our family with one-year-old Ophelia in it. We then...

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How to prepare children for a new baby

by Adele Jarrett-Kerr

I’m 39 weeks pregnant tomorrow and the children are keenly aware that the baby is coming soon. On the whole, I’ve worried less about what this transition would mean for them than I did when I was pregnant with Ophelia. Back then, I...

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38 weeks pregnant with baby number three

by Adele Jarrett-Kerr

It’s weird to think that I’m less than two weeks from my guess date. I’ve stopped calling it my due date because at this stage in the pregnancy it’s unhelpful for me to get too fixated on a date. Talitha was born at 40+13 and...

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37 weeks pregnant – full term with third baby

by Adele Jarrett-Kerr

A few days ago, I hit the 37-week mark. Full term. Really all it means is that this is the final stretch. The baby could come any day or it could be another five weeks. I’m holding on to the statement on my hypnobirthing CD, Katharine...

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34 weeks pregnant with baby number three

by Adele Jarrett-Kerr

Six plus weeks to go still feels a long time but a look through our calendar with most weekends booked up until then and it really isn’t a long time at all. Physically, all is looking as it should. A midwife appointment last Thursday confirmed...

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Making and using an umbilical cord tie

Delilah’s home birth story

Maternity shoot with Annie Crossman Photography

How to prepare children for a new baby

38 weeks pregnant with baby number three

37 weeks pregnant – full term with third baby

34 weeks pregnant with baby number three

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Making and using an umbilical cord tie

Delilah’s home birth story

Maternity shoot with Annie Crossman Photography

How to prepare children for a new baby

38 weeks pregnant with baby number three

37 weeks pregnant – full term with third baby

34 weeks pregnant with baby number three

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