You Don’t Need to Be Positive
You don’t need to be positive in pregnancy. When everything still feels familiar but your life is about to change completely, forcing optimism isn’t what builds confidence. Understanding does.
How to Create a Calm Birth Environment (Even in Hospital)
A calm birth environment isn’t about fairy lights or the perfect room. It’s about feeling safe, informed, and in control — even in hospital and even when plans change. This honest, experience-led guide explores what actually creates calm in birth and how you can prepare for it.
Why don’t people talk about the pain?
When I was pregnant, I was terrified of pain — not just the physical pain of birth, but the fear and silence that surrounded it. Nobody really talked about it. In this Journal entry, I’m opening that conversation: what pain in labour really is, how control changes everything, and the tools that helped me move from panic to power.