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Coast is our cool and durable carrycot/pushchair travel system which features stylish detailing and premium marl fabrics. Coast is fully accessorised with a co-ordinating deeply padded footmuff and super practical pram bag.
Upgrade your daily strolls with Zest, our everyday pushchair offering style and comfort for both parents and babies.
Our handmade Oberon doll's pram is a beautiful gift for any child. It comes in a high gloss white finish with beautiful hand-painted fine line detail, chrome spoked wheels and fully adjustable hood.
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Everything you need with your Reef pram including a First Bed Folding Carrycot, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
For everyday strolls with a one hand fold
Dune, our contemporary and compact urban travel system proves there’s no need to compromise when it comes to style and functionality.
Tide is our new multi-terrain pushchair with an overnight sleeping approved carrycot, reversible multi-recline pushchair seat and effortless freestanding fold.
Coast is our cool and durable carrycot/pushchair travel system which features stylish detailing and premium marl fabrics. Coast is fully accessorised with a co-ordinating deeply padded footmuff and super practical pram bag.
Suburban, stylish, sustainable – Reef is our multi-terrain travel system offering the ultimate in baby comfort no matter where your adventures take you.
Introducing the all new Wave, our future-proof travel system that’s designed especially for growing families.
Everything you need with your Dune pram including a First Bed Folding Carrycot, Motion All Size 360 car seat, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Everything you need with your Dune pram including a Newborn Pod, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Our lightest, most compact multi-terrain pushchair, Tide is made for exploring. Includes Accessory pack with a changing rucksack, footmuff, phone holder and cup holder.
Everything you need with your Reef pram including a First Bed Folding Carrycot, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Everything you need with your Reef pram including a First Bed Folding Carrycot, Motion All Size 360 car seat, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Everything you need with your Wave pram including Motion All Size 360 & base, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
For everyday strolls with a one hand fold
Special edition auto-folding super stroller.
Self-folding for effortless strolling
Suitable from newborn to toddler, Pop is the ultimate everyday pushchair offering a smooth and comfortable ride for baby and added peace-of-mind for parents.
Upgrade your daily strolls with Zest, our everyday pushchair offering style and comfort for both parents and babies.
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190 pocket-sprung mattress
Dual-sided 190 pocket-sprung mattress
Dual-sided 220 pocket-sprung mattress
For safe sleep, easy feeds and close comfort
Special edition one-pop travel cot, co-sleeper and playpen.
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Special edition 360° rotating, all stage car seat.
Add a TrueFit™ Classic Mattress for only £50!
Add Muslin Swaddles worth £45 for FREE!
Upgrade your daily strolls with Zest, our everyday pushchair offering style and comfort for both parents and babies.
Makes mealtimes fun
For everyday strolls with a one hand fold
Add Muslin Swaddles worth £45 for FREE!
Suitable from newborn to toddler, Pop is the ultimate everyday pushchair offering a smooth and comfortable ride for baby and added peace-of-mind for parents.
The place for parents to be
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For everyday strolls with a one hand fold
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Suitable from newborn to toddler, Pop is the ultimate everyday pushchair offering a smooth and comfortable ride for baby and added peace-of-mind for parents.
The place for parents to be
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Coast is our cool and durable carrycot/pushchair travel system which features stylish detailing and premium marl fabrics. Coast is fully accessorised with a co-ordinating deeply padded footmuff and super practical pram bag.
Tide is our new multi-terrain pushchair with an overnight sleeping approved carrycot, reversible multi-recline pushchair seat and effortless freestanding fold.
Introducing the all new Wave, our future-proof travel system that’s designed especially for growing families.
Suburban, stylish, sustainable – Reef is our multi-terrain travel system offering the ultimate in baby comfort no matter where your adventures take you.
Dune, our contemporary and compact urban travel system proves there’s no need to compromise when it comes to style and functionality.
Add an award-winning Dream i-Size Infant Carrier & Base with your Coast pushchair, designed for everyday strolls
Our lightest, most compact multi-terrain pushchair, Tide is made for exploring. Includes Accessory pack with a changing rucksack, footmuff, phone holder and cup holder.
Our lightest, most compact multi-terrain pushchair, Tide is made for exploring. With 4-wheel suspens...
Our lightest, most compact multi-terrain pushchair, Tide is made for exploring. With 4-wheel suspens...
Everything you need with your Wave pram including Dream i-Size infant carrier & base, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Turn your Wave pram into a Travel System with an award-winning Dream i-Size infant carrier
Everything you need with your Reef pram including a First Bed Folding Carrycot, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Reef, our multi-terrain travel system offering the ultimate in baby comfort no matter where your adventures take you with its freestanding fold, first bed folding carrycot and off road wheels with a travel pack
Everything you need with your Dune pram including a First Bed Folding Carrycot, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Combine your Dune pram with a Newborn Pod and an award-winning Dream i-Size infant carrier and Travel pack.
Everything you need with your Dune pram including a Compact Folding Carrycot, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Combine your Dune pram with a Compact Folding Carrycot and an award-winning Dream i-Size infant carrier
For everyday strolls with a one hand fold
Suitable from newborn to toddler, Pop is the ultimate everyday pushchair offering a smooth and comfortable ride for baby and added peace-of-mind for parents.
Upgrade your daily strolls with Zest, our everyday pushchair offering style and comfort for both parents and babies.
Makes mealtimes fun
Eat&Play is the 4-in-1 highchair and play table that does it all. Transforming effortlessly from...
For snacking, weaning and playtime
Start you little one's weaning journey
Awarded the safest infant carrier for your newborn by ADAC, when used with the Dream i-Size base
The only 360° rotating car seat you need, suitable from birth to approx. 12 years
The multi-stage car seat, growing with your child from 15 months to approx. 12 years of age
Our high-back booster seat from 4 to 12 years old, approved to the latest R129/03 safety standard
Simple and beautiful, the Bromley nursery furniture collection offers the perfect canvas for creatin...
Create the best nursery for your little one to nap, play and grow with the Bromley Oak 3-piece nurse...
Special edition auto-folding super stroller.
Special edition 360° rotating, all stage car seat.
Special edition one-pop travel cot, co-sleeper and playpen.
From that first missed period and first positive pregnancy test (I took about five!) it has been a whirlwind. I remember telling my partner Chris and showing him the test. He was lost for words but incredibly happy. It was a shock, as we only started trying in September 2021, and did not expect to fall pregnant as quick. I was due 25th October 2022.
The pregnancy itself was pretty much by the book – nausea, headaches, food aversions. I was extremely tired too, which didn’t help as I was working 12-hour shifts in a hair salon. But I knew it would pass and plodded along without any issues. I felt extremely lucky that I hadn't had any particularly rough pregnancy symptoms.
However, around the 22-week mark, I went to the midwife and told her I’d been feeling a little uncomfortable and thought I may have a water infection or something similar. So, a urine sample and a swab later, I was done. I received a phone call telling me that I had thrush (not a worry), but the swab had also detected I was positive for Group B Strep (GBS).
I'd never heard of this before, so frantically started researching on the internet about what it was and whether it would affect my baby or me. It turns out 1 in 4 women have GBS but show no symptoms – it’s a bacteria that women carry and is harmless. However, being pregnant meant my baby would be at risk of picking up the bacteria when I go into labour, so the protocol is to have antibiotics every four hours throughout to ensure the baby is safe.
Knowing this information changed the whole dynamics of my birth plan. I had planned on a water birth, and although my plan was quite vague, it contained all my wishes – mainly for my partner to know if I was unable to advocate for myself.
Fast forward to 27th October 2022. At 5:30am my waters broke quite suddenly! I rang the hospital and they told me to come straight in to be seen. Due to how busy the maternity unit was, the birthing centre was closed which meant I was unable to have the water birth I would have liked. I had the first round of antibiotics at 7:15am and felt relief as soon as I had them, as I knew my baby was going to be safe.
Me and Chris were both calm and relaxed at this point as I wasn’t having contractions, but my waters were just constantly going – something I didn’t realise happened. Due to lack of contractions, I was induced via a gel pessary to help soften my cervix which would hopefully help bring labour on slightly faster. But after four hours I was examined and there was no progress, I was so disheartened.
I felt sure something would have happened by now. The nurses advised me to go onto a hormonal drip which again should encourage contractions. I was hooked up to monitors and lots of other machines during this to check baby was comfortable and I was too. After around two hours the contractions were thick and fast and I was sure this was it, I was going to meet my baby.
I was wrong. I had only dilated 2cm and was absolutely devastated. I stayed on the drip until 9pm at a higher dosage and when I was checked again, I was still only 2cm. I was really uncomfortable but didn't want them to slow the drip down, so I asked for an epidural (this was one thing I specifically said I did not want unless necessary).
I spoke to the anaesthetist at around midnight, and we went through all the ins and outs, pros and cons of the epidural. Before I signed and agreed to anything, my partner asked me if I was certain I wanted this epidural, as I had explicitly said “NO” in my birth plan. I took a breath and agreed it wasn’t what I wanted. I declined the epidural and opted for pethidine instead. However, by 8am I was emotionally and physically drained with no sign of baby at all.
I was crying and said, “If baby comes now, I don’t think I have the energy to push.” I had to wait until 9am to have another examination which I declined and told my midwife I couldn’t cope anymore. She replied, “Don't worry we will take you to meet your baby now.”
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Chris was informing everyone I was going to theatre for an emergency caesarean, but not to worry as me and baby were fine. I was frantically asking the staff if he was allowed to be there as it was classed as an emergency, but by this time he was in his scrubs and holding my hand. I remember him telling me how proud of me he was and how much he loved me.
To be honest, I was so exhausted from the 28 hours previous that I was extremely chilled out throughout the surgery. I went down at 9am and our baby girl was born at 9.55am. I still remember her first cry, it was music to our ears. Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks as I held her to my chest after she was weighed. I was absolutely smitten with her.
Unfortunately, the next few moments were a little scary. I had haemorrhaged and lost a lot of blood. Before this, Chris and baby Scarlett went to recovery to wait for me, I said “I’ll see you both soon,” whilst the surgeons were finishing up. He had no idea what was happening and was waiting for me until 11:45am when we were finally reunited. The time spent in recovery was precious, I fed her straightaway, we had lots of cuddles and we could not believe our baby was here.
Over 28 hours of labour is something I won't ever forget. But I would go through it all again for Scarlett. Even though my labour didn’t go as planned I wouldn’t change a thing. It will be a story to tell her when she's older about how we knew she'd be trouble before she arrived.
Becoming a mam has been the best gift in the world, nothing can prepare you for the rollercoaster journey, but all I would say is – keep positive, keep calm and enjoy every second no matter how hard or uncomfortable.
Sarah Dinsdale shares her birth story with The Edit, including her experience of Group B Strep (GBS) and an emergency caesarean.
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