Bloom Stories

For Jess, the journey through pregnancy and birth was defined by anxiety and a constant fear that she wouldn't make it to the end with a healthy baby. The fear that something would go wrong at any moment prevented her and her partner from enjoying any aspects of pregnancy and whilst Jess is so thankful for her amazing support network of family, friends and midwives, accepting help from them - even...

Tori’s approach to pregnancy and childbirth was to decide never to be stressed. She was so laid back that she was even packing her hospital bag in between contractions. She figured things out as they happened, and the app she downloaded to time contractions just after her waters broke revealed things were moving pretty quickly. So quickly in fact that she didn’t have time for all the pain relief s...

In this episode, Celeste talks us through the arrival her beautiful boy through a planned induction and emergency c-section. On reflection, she feels it sounds somewhat scary “on paper” but at the time, the experience managed to remain positive thanks to the trusted and empowering medical and support team that she had surrounded herself with. Celeste reveals her journey with sickness, the details...

In this episode, Meg talks about the importance of being informed and self advocating, and the transformative power of her trusted support network. Meg’s pregnancy was a steep learning curve that nothing was in her control. Thanks to the combination of the unwavering support of her friends and family and sheer determination, she overcame all the obstacles she faced during pregnancy, birth and brea...

The production quality on this first episode is not our finest but the content is gold so we don't want you to miss out. In this episode, Katie talks us through her two completely different birth experiences in Paris. The first featured a self-dose "walking" epidural whilst the second ends up being an entirely different and unmedicated birth experience. Katie eventually discovered hypnobirthing an...