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Childbirth

Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

Was your third labour quicker than your second, especially at 39?
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Feeling unwell from 33 weeks and asking about induction at 37 weeks
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Baby measuring 98th percentile at 33 weeks, induction or c-section?
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Did anyone go into spontaneous labour second pregnancy after failed induction with first?
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Best place for affordable nice maternity dresses?
12
2nd birth experiences after 1st birth induction and forceps/assisted delivery.
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If you had an episiotomy with first.. how was your second?
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Thinking of a birth centre birth, minimal pain relief.
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Hospital bag essentials!
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Basildon hospital - your experience?
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Drip didn't work, even after breaking waters
9
C section or natural
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Elective c section
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Can anybody help interpret my TOCO CTG!?
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Why did it take a car mechanic to invent this huge advance in giving birth?
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Can you request a longer stay?
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NHS or private delivery
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Anyone given birth at Watford General recently?
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Third baby and a 45 minute journey to the birth centre?
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Has anyone requested a c-section?
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10 weeks pp - warning photo
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Trying to avoid induction
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C-section earlier than 39 weeks
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Planned C-Section Vs Vaginally Delivery
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What would you do?
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Could these cramps at 37+5 mean labour is starting? Also possible show?
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Fear of natural birth, elective c-section help.
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Anyone else grieving the vaginal births they did not have after electives
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What to expect from a birth reflections appointment after an EMCS
11
Living with birth regrets
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Very anxious about induction at 37 weeks after previous caesarean/balloon induction (experiences please) /small baby/growth scan could be wrong???
36
Midwife-led unit or labour ward for birth: pros, cons and choices
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Can contractions feel like shooting pains in your bum?!
8
How accurate were growth scan percentiles compared with your baby’s birth weight?
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Medical record request nhs hospital
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Large baby, EMCS - can anyone explain/relate?
31
Vaginal birth after 2 c sections?
3
Positive birthing centre/hospital birth stories
23
Giving Birth Alone
17
VBAC when you have cervical scar tissue HELP!
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Cervical scar tissue (CST) -- anyone else?
6
private birth London
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Dr Ge zhang, Bryoney Jones or Tarik Miskry
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Private consultants & hospitals London - Miskry/Murphy/others?
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Bring son to hospital when having second child?
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Private obstetrician Surrey?
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Recommend obstetricians in the private sector (London)
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Did your labours all start the same way?
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Forceps delivery - baby has facial palsy
2
Postpartum anal skin tag removal, any recent experiences or advice?
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