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Has anyone here given birth alone?
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Pethidine more "druggy" than epidural?
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Does anyone know about false labour???
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Re: Which Hospital? Also is it true NHS states Salisbury does not offer Epidural?
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Positive early induction experiences please!!
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Worried due date near a bank holiday
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wow its really gonna happen
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bleeding after a CS
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Who knows about bits of retained placenta 5 weeks post-partum?
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Can someone just tell me that it will be ok?!
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What's the difference between diamorphine and pethadine?
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Birmingham Womens Hospital
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Waters have just broken! Don't know what to do!
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If your first 2 DCs were late and you went on to have a third.....
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poss tmi...can your waters....
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labour length, anyone had a short then long labour?
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Do childbirth stories like this make you angry?
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Friend 14 hours into home birth and tired...
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2nd timers thinking - "Oh dear its nearly time for that pain again" !
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I'm not doing this: DH can have the baby this time.
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who did you tell when you went into labour?
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Baby activity before labour
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'the only thing that matters is a healthy baby'
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third stage: retained placenta, allow to pulsate next time or cut?
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39 weeks and not in a hurry........is it just me?
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When did your periods return?
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what did you do when you came home re visiting?
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Caseload midwives are full :-(
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Amazing epidural birth on OBEM has seriously tempted me...
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ow did you find waterbirth after bed birth? what happens with placenta delivery?
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Hospital requires me to have continuous foetal monitoring, but I want to stay active
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difficulty urinating after giving birth. Help!!!
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Homestretch - What did you do in last few weeks for YOU?
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'Not allowed' to see maternity ward?
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Did you have a big baby without tearing?
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Can you dilate without baby being fully engaged?
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effect of spinal during CS on continence?
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Successful VBAC
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stomach pains three months after caesarean - what to do?
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Active birth and SPD/mobility difficulties
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40 + 1 - anyone else...?
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so what are the physiological benefits of a lotus birth?
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Help me decide about a water birth
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Manual dilation at 39 weeks
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40+13 and don't feel well.
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What would happen if you went to the 'wrong' hospital?
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Third Labour Experience?
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if you had an ECV to try and avoid a c-section, how was the actual birth for you?
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Independent midwife - how much do they charge?
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Elective section
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