Isabeau has arrived!

“Our daughter came into the world in quite a hurry. She was 5 weeks premature and her birth only took 3 hours. Within an hour of being at the hospital our beautiful girl was born. She came out screaming which was reassuring with her being premature and everyone was really relaxed and left us to bond with her. Our decision to recruit Debby as our Doula was critical in the whole process, particularly with my waters breaking early. Debby came to me with all the different scenarios we could do along the way and this really made us both feel so much better. I had a lot of decisions to make on behalf of my family leading up to, during the birth and when Isabeau was in Special Care and I felt I was as informed, responsible and caring as I could be for my baby during this decision-making process. This was critical to me in ensuring I felt I had started my role as a mother in a powerful and loving way. I was completely overwhelmed in the first couple of days seeing my baby in special care. I have never felt so vulnerable in my life but at the same time so proud of myself for the birth I gave my little girl. I felt completely devoted to her within hours and I couldn’t imagine how I would have felt if I had a different birth experience.”