Freya Skye Goldsbro (almost 6 months old) FTM; Home birth; Water birth Born - 29/01/19 at 01:19 (40+2) - 3kg (6lb,6) Birth doesn't have to be scary... My perception of birth had been long built on negative and traumatic stories from the media and other mums, including my own. I'd grown up hearing how my mum had two very difficult pregnancies with me and my sister and then went on to have very long difficult hospital labours. I later had the privilege of being my sister's birth partner and to confirm the 'family tradition', her labour was also difficult and drawn out (3 days!) and required medical intervention. My personal experiences seemed to reaffirm the scary stories I'd been surrounded by about childbirth. As you can imagine, I'd formed quite a bit of anxiety around childbirth and when my partner and I decided to have a baby, I banned him and anyone else from talking about the labour bit as I was terrified of it. ...