16/03/2026
The day before I met him I took myself for a long walk on the beach. Feeling somewhat deflated as the 42 week mark was approaching and I was getting in my head a lot, I needed to get out of the house and get back into my body and connect to him. I’d been having signs for weeks that my body was prepping to birth but then they would ease off and I would be left feeling frustrated and defeated. All through pregnancy my mantra was all about trusting my body, believing in its incredible capability and surrendering to the unknown, I knew I needed to lean back into this in the final weeks - even though it was really hard to do.
Almost two weeks ago I gave birth, just as I had dreamed of, in our home, surrounded by love in the physical form of my husband and midwife and fuelled with a deep trust and knowing that everything would be ok - and it was.
Welcome to the world my beautiful boy, Sid 💙