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January &
February 2016
YOUR BIRTH
YOUR BABY
Birth Announcements
from our classes
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I love seeing the innovative ways that expectant mums and dads are now
choosing to share their exciting news; and pregnancy announcements have
certainly
come a long way since I found out I was pregnancy with my first
baby. I didnt even own a mobile phone and as for smart phones with
cameras,
facebook and you tube. these were still several years away!
I love seeing these glad tidings of great joy popping up in my social media newsfeeds, but I like to think that I would
have still told my nearest and dearest in person, and experienced first hand their immediate reaction, whether it be
surprise, shock, joy, excitement or disbelief (or all of the above in the case of my Dad - who definitely wasnt ready to
hear that his youngest daughter was about to make him a grandparent!!).
Did you do anything special to announce your new pregnancy? Here are a few that I have come across recently on
Facebook and Instagram - which are your favourites?!
Card Trick: We made a card for our parents that said: Cost of the paper for this card25 cents. Cost to print this
card...10 cents. The price of gas to come see you$25.00. Inside of the card had picture of two [pregnancy] tests we
took and read: Being able to see your face when you find out we're pregnant...PRICELESS."
Good Fortune: To tell our parents, I took a tweezer and pulled out a fortune from a fortune cookie and replaced it with
one I typed. Since we were due in September, it said With fall will bring new grandchild. I then got a small take-out
box from the party store and some crinkle tissue and set the cookie inside. They loved it!
Baby
Gruff (9lb 5oz)
Eli (6lb 14.5oz)
Iwan Zac (6lb 1oz)
Jude Isaac (8lb 11oz)
Daniel Rhys (6lb 1oz)
Martha (8lb 10oz)
Rosie (8lb)
Cian
Isabelle
Matilda
Ashley Paige
Joseph (8lb 4oz)
Harry
Daniel (7lb 7oz)
Paige (8lb 10oz)
Clara (6lb 10oz)
Lola
Grace Iris (9lb 3oz)
Nicole (7lb 7oz)
Annabelle
Born On
1st December
7th December
8th December
10th December
14th December
17th December
21st December
24th December
26th December
26th December
27th December
30th December
1st January
8th January
12th January
15th January
19th January
22nd January
24th January
28th January
Once your little ones have been born, please do get in touch to let us know. We love hearing how you are getting on
and all about your new babies. Its great to see you all swapping you baby news in your class Facebook groups. We
are very much looking forward to meeting lots of your new babies in our Daisy Baby Tinies sessions, where you can
continue your Daisy journey, with the mums that you met in your birthing classes.
Many congratulation to Jude March (Village Hotel classes), who emailed to
let us know about the birth of her daughter, Cara. Heres her birth story:
"I'm delighted to announce Cara Emilia arrived at 2:35am on 5th February weighing
7lb 14oz. My labour started at about midnight and was very quick - I kept in mind
the need to keep breathing to keep oxygen going through my body and my baby
and used a TENS machine along with the escalator breath and positive
visualisation of 'opening' to get through the first stage with no drugs.
I got to hospital at about 1:30am, was in the pool by 1:45 and was fully dilated by
2:30. My midwife said it was the most beautiful birth she had ever seen! I kept any
noise I made low frequency and used the out breath (more of an 'oooow' or 'down'
for me) to get the baby out in just a couple of contractions. The positive
affirmations you suggested were actually really really helpful, as was the need to
just go with it and do what my body needed to do. After having Cara I had a natural
third stage, delivering the placenta within the hour, then had a blissful shower and
was home again by 6am. I couldn't have wished for a nicer, more positive
experience.
There are also a host of cognitive and emotional benefits associated with positive touch and baby massage, such as
supporting brain development, as massage strokes help to wire neural synapses and stimulating the release of feelgood hormones and endorphins.
Research has shown that babies who receive
regular massage and experience positive touch
are more likely to have good weight gain, cry
less and have lower levels of stress than non
massaged babies. Whats not to love?!
You can find out more and enjoy these benefits
with your baby at our Daisy Baby Tinies class.
Suitable for babies from 6 weeks old and a
great way to also meet up with the other mums
from your birthing classes! For more information
or to book your class, just visit
www.bumpsadaisies.co.uk/for-babies/
Lots of us have mixed feelings about being pregnant. Whilst some women seem to breeze through their pregnancies,
glowing with luscious hair, glowing skin, and seemingly boundless energy. for many, its a very different story, with
nausea, pelvic pain, indigestion and swollen ankles all common pregnancy symptoms that can leave us feeling
blooming awful, rather than blooming marvelous!!
Morning sickness, uncertainty about your future and
adjusting to your changing pregnant lifestyle, combined
with fluctuating hormone levels that play havoc with your
emotions, all play a part in making pregnancy a potentially
turbulent and uncertain time in your life. But, whilst it is not
unusual to experience negative feelings about your
pregnancy, the good news is that there are many things
that you can do help yourself and make the next few
months a little easier!
Whatever your pregnancy
experience, here are some suggestions to help you adjust to your growing bump and make the most of this precious
and exciting time!
1. Keep a Pregnancy Photo Diary: Create a photobook of your pregnancy and build a special keepsake
for you and your partner that in years to come your unborn child will love looking through too. Make a note of the special
moments and how you felt, from your dating scan to hearing your babys heart beat for the first time, through to your baby
shower and choosing your nursery furniture.
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Baby Classes
Morganstown Village
Hall
Baby Classes
Boulders Climbing
Centre
Tinies -11am
Wrigglers 10am
New courses starting:
Tinies -12pm
Wrigglers 11am
New courses starting:
th
24 February
13th April
th
25 February
th
14 April
Saturday
Sunday
Couples Birth
Workshops
Gwaelod-y-Garth
Village Hall at 10am
th
27 February
th
16 April
st
21 May
Birthing Classes
Copthorne Hotel at
7.45pm
Birthing Classes
Boulders Climbing
Centre at 6.45pm
Birthing Classes
Village Hotel at
5.30pm and 7pm
th
16 February
th
5 April
th
10 March
th
28 April
th
6 March
th
8 May
New Daisy Baby classes will be starting in Dinas Powys after Easter (just confirming details!) if you would like to resgister
your interest for this new venue, please just let me know. To find out more, or reserve your place on a forthcoming course,
please contact Laura on 07775 876907 or email laura-fergusson@thedaisyfoundation.com.
Discounts are available for booking a package of courses, and we also offer convenient monthly payments to help spread the
cost. You could have your baby classes paid for before you start your maternity leave! Or why not suggest a course of Daisy
Birthing or Daisy Baby classes as a gift, instead of another baby blanket or cuddly toy that you (and your baby!) dont need.
We offer Gift Vouchers for full courses, or as part payment (multiples of 10).
All Daisy Birthing and Daisy Baby courses can be booked online at www.bumpsadaisies.co.uk.
info@bumpsadaisies.co.uk
www.bumpsadaisies.co.uk
07775 876907