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Honest opinions needed please lovely family roomers -


I've been writing a blog since I was pregnant with my daughter 3 years ago (not going to link to it - that feels rather cheeky!), I write a fair bit about pregnancy and birth but I've never put my daughters "birth story" on there - should I? What do you think?


I can't decide if it's something people (both those I know and strangers) want to read about - lots of people love one born and all that and it would sort of fill a blank on the blog or is it just a bit weird/TMI?


The other factor is that it wasn't a great birth so won't be a lovely, cuddly read, although I try to put a positive spin on everything on the blog.


Opinions??


Thanks!

etta - I do wish I had been as sensible as you! I believed entirely that everything would go smoothly for me and had no "what would I do" back up plan - with hindsight that was rather foolish!


redmare - I guess it depends on what you mean by happy? It certainly won't be a tale of how wonderful and empowering my planned natural water birth was - 'cause that all went right out the window! But I have a gorgeous, healthy almost 3 year old and another on the way - so that much is very happy!


Sanne Panne - not letting it get over long is going to be my main challenge I think.


K

Kes that sounds like a happy story to me! I meant 'happy' with no pre-judgement about the kind of birth it turns out to be (I'm trying to think through 'what would I do in that situation?' too so all info - warts and all - is really helpful). If the writer feels traumatised by the experience (what I was thinking of as 'otherwise' stories) I try to avoid them.


Look forward to reading your story - can you post a link to your blog?

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