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Featuring sustainable fabrics, a one-hand seat recline and super compact fold, Clic is designed for families on the go and will carry your little one from birth to toddler.
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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.
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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
Featuring sustainable fabrics, a one-hand seat recline and super compact fold, Clic is designed for families on the go and will carry your little one from birth to toddler.
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...
Created for a life in motion
Engineered to rise with your child from birth to 12 years
Developed for slumber and play wherever you go
A caesarean section (commonly known as a C-section) is a surgical procedure to deliver a baby via mum’s tummy. C-sections are either planned (elective) or can be an emergency procedure. Although rarely a true emergency, we refer to all unplanned C-sections as emergencies.
Around 1 in 4 pregnant women have a C-section in the UK and these rates vary globally. As a rule, women spend between one and three days in hospital after birth depending on the clinical situation, how baby is and the reason for the C-section. Some mums are up and out after 24 hours though.
Planned caesarean
The ‘elective’ or planned C-Section is usually carried out at around 39 weeks of pregnancy. If you are considering having a C-Section, you should be given the risks and benefits compared with a vaginal birth so you can make an informed decision about what’s best for you and your family. Never feel like you have to do anything you don’t want to and ask all the questions you need to. Going through the benefits, risks and alternatives, and doing what your gut instinct tells you, can help you decide too.
Listed below are a few reasons this maybe recommended:
Some women ask for a C-section as that is their preferred choice. This may be because of an extreme fear of labour or vaginal birth known as tokophobia, for example. Help for tokophobia is offered and sometimes mums feel able to have a vaginal birth after lots of support, but other times a C-section is still preferred, and an agreed date is booked in for the operation to take place.
Remember mamas, you’re the birth boss and you make the final call either way.
If you go ahead with an elective C-section, hopefully you don’t go into labour, but if you do start having contractions or your waters break you need to contact the labour ward. You’ll be admitted for a check-up and the chances are, your C-section will be brought forward.
"Remember mamas, you’re the birth boss and you make the final call either way."
Before your operation
Around one week before going in for your planned surgery, you’ll have a pre-operative appointment.
Here’s what to expect:
The day of your operation
"No one can ever do anything to you without your informed consent."
General anaesthetic
If a spinal is not suitable for you, general anaesthesia is used and you will be asleep during the procedure. This is rare though and your birth partner is not usually able to be present.
On rare occasions an elective C-section needs to be pushed back, which is usually due to the unit being really busy. It can be really frustrating if this happens, but as hard as it is, try to stay calm and cherish the extra nights of rest if you can!
The operation
"Some women describe a C-section like someone is doing the washing up in your tummy. Although odd, this bit doesn’t usually last too long."
Post operation
Wound care
Your C-section scar
"Use sanitary pads or the disposable knickers rather than tampons to help prevent infection."
When to seek medical advice
The following symptoms may indicate something’s not quite right, so it’s important for you to report these as soon as possible.
The below symptoms need urgent attention:
Recovery
Everyone is different but here are some key pointers:
Marie Louise is an experienced Midwife, PTLLS adult educator and hypno-birthing teacher from the UK. She has travelled extensively to learn about midwifery in different cultures and has also practised in Australia. She runs ‘Modern Midwives Meetups’ which provide a safe space for midwives to share best practice and hear from experts in the maternity field. Marie Louise is a sought after expert and has most recently been invited to Parliament to discuss maternal mental health and maternity discrimination. She's also a communications partner for Child.Org, an equal opportunities charity for children and advises Cocoon Family Health, a perinatal mental health charity based in London.