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Childbirth

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

Epidural for first birth
37
Red lump after labial tear stitches dissolved
1
Contractions - what’s normal?
2
Dilapan 'rods' for induction - any thoughts?
2
Second birth after first being an induction to reduce movement
4
If you had urinary incontinence after 1st birth...
13
How long until
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Help! Private birth at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital & The Portland Hospital London
4
Desperate for Advise re Protruding "MAMA" Belly
11
2nd labour & birth experiences - how long? When?
43
ELCS tomorrow! Anybody else?
7
Giving birth with twisted hips ( Coxa Valga)
2
Requesting a c section at Essex hospital, has any one got experience with this trust?
2
C section recovery - moving house
3
Emergency C-Section
4
first labour 4 hours from first contractions....how long was your second?
24
Postpartum Bleeding
5
Homebirth in the UK?
92
How did gas and air make you feel?
98
Second time round. . .
12
Possible mucus plug?
5
Pico dressing
5
VBAC after C Section with cephalopelvic disproportion
6
3rd degree tear - still having issues after 2 years
2
I don't think I want my mum to be my birth partner
83
Husband left me at 29 weeks pregnant, should I let him be there at the birth?
52
Vaginal pain 4 months postpartum
1
VBAC Water Birth
7
Vba2c
2
C section tummy
39
Didn’t know I was in labour last time
4
ELCS vs VBAC after previous ELCS
8
Steroids at 36+4 weeks, baby has stopped growing
18
Femur shot? Gender guess please?
3
Being pushed towards ELCS at 38+3 by my dates
6
Spinal anaesthesia
2
What would you do, ELCS or try again
28
Nine months after birth. Incredibly heavy periods
5
Fast labour
3
Laboured alone on a ward
59
Husband ignored me the whole time
5
Similar Slow Labour Experiences? Plus lost Mucus Plug 6 days ago
1
Can't read notes from surgery to manually remove placenta - what does this say?
20
Induction tips
18
Painful bowel movement
1
C section oozing after 4 weeks
1
Third degree tear help
2
Considering having my baby in my home country vs in UK
7
ELCS instead of induction
16
VBAC / Vaginal birth experiences please??
15