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I am writing Fashionably Late, an irreverent guide to having children later in life. Did you become a mother over 35? If so, and you'd like to tell me your story please contact me at mail@motheratlarge.com.

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Birth Resource Centre

Anybody planning on giving birth in Edinburgh might be interested to know about the city's Birth Resource Centre. They have birth preparation days for couples, pre- and post-natal yogal classes, a library of useful pregnancy and birth books (I've got my eye on The Water Birth Book by Janet Balaskas) and a support group for home births. More importantly, their staff are warm and kind. And they rent birthing pools. Last time I was pregnant I dragged Va-vay along to NCT lessons - and we were lucky enough to meet a great crowd of people, almost all of whom we still meet up with regularly. Life would have been pretty dismal without the NCT crowd, who've provided company and good cheer over the past couple of years. I hope they don't mind me saying that. But Va-vay and I were slackers during the actual lessons - we kept skiving off for dinners out, thinking (correctly) we wouldn't have much chance to go out once the baby arrived. Va-vay is also incorrigibly private - and curled up with embarrassment at discussing pregnancy in front of people he didn't know at the time. Not my problem, really. It's more getting me to shut up that's my issue, especially when I get nervous. But, anyway, my knowledge of childbirth and labour positions is sketchy - though I have no-one to blame but myself. This time I'm going to try and learn up a bit more. Less skiving. More swotting.

Posted 23 January 2008 15:41

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Comments

Omega Mum said:

I'm not pregnant - nor ever will be again - but it sounds so lush I'm tempted to stick the cat up my jumper and give it a whirl. Save a place, would you?

Posted 23 January 2008 22:42

Helen said:

Omega Mum, never say never. See you there, then.

Posted 23 January 2008 22:52

DJ Kirkby said:

The only thing you need to know about labour positions is to adopt whatever position ffels most comfortable in labour! If you move around a bit in labour your body will soon let you know which position feels best, plus you will be in water so movement will be soooo easy!

Posted 24 January 2008 07:15

Helen said:

DJ, that is massively reassuring!

Posted 24 January 2008 08:12

zornhau said:

There's a little more to it than that - if I remember the birthing resource centre class properly. Thanks to the shape of the pelvis etc, some positions are better for different parts of the labour and to achieve different effects.

(We're just up the road, so I hope you'll stop by for a cup of tea when you attend.)

Posted 24 January 2008 13:52

Helen said:

Oh, crikey, Zornhau. Well, it feels like there's a lot more room in my pelvis this time round - that's got to be a good thing, right? At least in this context... And yes please to cup of tea.

Posted 24 January 2008 15:25

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Welcome to this site. It's based on my personal experiences of becoming a mother a little later in life. If, like me, you waited a while to have children you're in good company. More and more of us are waiting until our late 30s or even 40s to become parents. Some might even say we're fashionably late.

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Mother at Large dreams of crossing the Pyrenees with her young daughter. For now, getting to playgroup takes all her energy. To find out more read her full profile.