labour and birth Archives - Marnie Johnston

December 28, 2023December 28, 2023

Our Positive Home Birth Story (En caul, water birth in the UK)

Here’s the story of our magical, en caul home birth of Jackson – a beautiful, calm, and healing experience as second time parents.

Eight weeks on and I still can’t get over how wonderful Jackson’s birth was – I’m still in shock that we got our ‘dream birth’.

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020

6 Weeks Postpartum Update

I’ve finally gotten around to editing and posting this postpartum update I filmed when I was 6 weeks postpartum (Sorry it took so long, but I was kinda busy being a new mum to a newborn baby, funnily enough).

It goes without saying that the postpartum time can be HARD. It certainly was for me – more mentally than physically – and I’m sure it is for many other mums across the globe.

I hope sharing a little bit of what my postpartum time was like helps others who may be in a similar situation.

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

Adalynn’s Birth Story

If you’ve followed my pregnancy journey thus far through my monthly updates, you’ll know I was ideally hoping for a low-intervention, water birth at a midwife-led birth centre, preferably with no or low pain relief medication. You’ll also know I had a fairly regular and easy pregnancy. That is, until the last few days, when both these things went flying out the window…