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Meet Cherie Addenbrooke, who shares her experiences on pregnancy, birth and parenting. Cherie chronicles her days of raising her five young children and gives insight into her journey of pregnancy and birth

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As an obstetrician, I’ve delivered thousands of babies. It’s an amazing job and a constant privilege to share these moments in the lives of other families. Seeing a baby spark into life for the first time never gets any less special. Bringing out those little balls of new life every day is what keeps me getting up at two in the morning three times a week… The best thing about other people’s babies is, of course, that you get to hand them back afterwards. Honestly, when they are out, I’m no more capable than the average parent, maybe even less so because I rely so much on Cherie…

I often tell new parents that they have three jobs, keep the baby warm, keep it’s stomach full and try not to drop it. The rest, more or less, will just kind of happen to you.