UNICEF is especially dedicated to helping girls and women, who often suffer the biggest neglect. I am so proud to work with UNICEF and to be a supporter of UNICEF, especially now having been blessed with a beautiful healthy boy with such good care. Many mothers here choose not to immunise their children, and while that is their perrogative, mothers the world over would love the opportunity to immunise and protect their children from measles, polio or TB. Thousands of children still die needlessly every day due to illness that could be prevented if they had access to immunisations. And 2.6 billion people live without access to proper sanitation. Meanwhile, 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water around the world. Everything was sanitised, and I was using an Evian water spray on my face during delivery!! My heart rate and blood pressure were regularly checked as I sat comfortably in the delivery ward, having obtained a (life-saving) epidural and Daniel was monitored constantly with the best of modern technology and equipment.
When they arrive they may be lucky to have a clean metal plynth to lie upon, and sanitation couldnt possibly be compared. Others may not even contemplate the journey. I wonder do we even really realise how lucky we are here?Ĭompare my situation to that of an African woman who may have to walk 8 miles to the local delivery clinic or hospital to give birth to her child.
So neo-natal care in Ireland is also generally very good.
FEMALE MURDER MONOLOGUES FREE
So brilliant in fact that it has made me think more and more about maternal health issues around the world and just how lucky we are in Ireland and other developed countries.Īnd since I have got home with my beautiful beautiful and healthy boy, I have had a visit from the district health nurse, a phone call from them, have driven down the road to the clinic which gave Daniel his free BCG vaccine, and checked him over and offered me further support. The nurses, midwives and care was amazing and everyone in the hospital was brilliant. He was 9lb born, is absolutely beautiful, and thank god I was blessed with a bundle of joy who is healthy, sturdy, and will be loved and spoiled so much. Suffice to say it was pretty horrenduous but it was only 13 hours of my 32 years, and I got a fab bundle at the end of the experience.ĭaniel Gordon Anthony Dunne was born at 14.29 on 9th July in Holles Street. I am not going to lie, labour is called labour because it is hard work, and I think it best that I dont go into the ins and outs in too much detail here. I had to think about how I would address being a mother without addressing how I got here in terms of labour.
And I wish more than anything I could block out the negatives and just not express that I feel like crap I really do. The point is I totally know I am really lucky or at least will be at the end of this journey. Hairier, sure - actually reading back I don't care about this one. I know this time my pain threshold is crap. AT ALL.Īching Pelvic Girdle Pain again, but so much earlier this time, so unable to sleep and way more panicky about levels of pain. I don't feel born or made for this at all. I know we are not supposed to give out, and I do truly feel blessed 100% that I managed to become pregnant and please god am carrying a beautiful baby but pregnancy for me is such a double edged sword. This time around has certainly been different but tough too. Poor Alan has literally had 15 weeks of it already. But I still figured the end result far outweighs all my god awful moaning. I will never forget about pregnancy or labour from last time around. I am 19 weeks pregnant and completely delighted about the arrival of my new baby due at the very start of September. and we did try, albeit not too much sooner. I probably thought it would happen sooner.
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