Mikaelah Cash 4/07/23 Mikaelah Cash 4/07/23

Danielle

“Working through each increased dose of oxytocin every 20 minutes, I remember the midwives on duty and the doctors walking in and just pausing for a moment by the door, not for me … but so that they could take a deep breath of the lavender and calm themselves during their busy shifts! “

Chelsea

“Pregnancy for me was not what I expected it to be at all, it was rough to say the very least, at 6 weeks I was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) and spent months in and out of after-hours and hospital on IV fluids and anti nausea. “

Bianca

"I was highly anxious. I was extremely invested in a hospital birth out of fear, and my trust in midwifery was sceptical at best...I ended up changing midwives. I like to think of this as me taking control of my journey and authoring my own story - something I would never have had the confidence to do had I not joined Authored”