My Birth Story

For me, giving birth to Reiva was an experience that was set to become the polar opposite of what I had envisaged throughout my pregnancy. Naive, I know. Especially given that at every antenatal class I attended (and I attended a few, being a first timer) it was drilled into me; "Every birth is different. Every experience is different". I blame the dreaded BIRTH PLAN! There it was, all neatly written up. My choices for pain relief, where I wanted to deliver, the choices for placenta delivery