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Childbirth

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

Elcs and a 'show'
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C section booked for 9am. Nervous. Please say reassuring things.
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Call the midwife - anybody watching :)
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Any advice to help with SPD post labour?
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Diamorphine vs Pethidine
8
Shoulder dystocia?
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Post caesarean questions...
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When will my linea nigra fade?
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Anyone have a first QUICK labour, and a LONGER 2nd labour?
11
Vbac?
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Your experiences of birthing pool
37
Norovirus outbreak at hospital
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Can anyone talk to me about home water births?
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Third degree tear
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Allergy to local anaesthetic and childbirth
8
Hypnobirthing Apps/Downloads?
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How far overdue with your first baby did you go?
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Vbac after a very large baby, long, difficult labour and EMCS?
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Avoiding episiotomy
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I have just been told there are two different ways of doing a c-section, and that I should request the second one.
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GBS and waterbirths
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help me make a hypnobrirthing class choice
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My baby was born 1 week ago and no immediate love very worried
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diamorphine?
6
cuts and tears
3
Being left in wet sheets ...
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C-section at the Portland?
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Fast first labour, want to try the pool this time...............
2
Pelvic floor dysfunction?
5
Queen Charlotte
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Clexane post CS?
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Did you turn into a different person during labour?
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Whats all this about 'spontaneous labours' on OBEM?
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Has anyone hired a maternity nurse? If so, what qualifications have they had?
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The Birth Clinic (London)
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When do they usually plan your C Section for?
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Positive Induction
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Omigod the afterpains after #2! OWWWWWW
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Natural birth - another impossible ideal for women to try to live up to?
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Ds is now 2 but I want to look at my birth notes. Can I do that?
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Has anyone had or know about 'natural caesarean' at UCH?
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Smear following 3rd degree tear
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Anyone ever chosen to give birth alone in hospital?
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Feel like i failed..
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Matalan - cheap button through nighties
5
Any chance of MLU after EMCS and VBAC...?
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Please share how your third labours started...!
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Pool births - anyone NOT like it?
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Any tips for what to have in for a home birth
55
Third baby induction stories please!
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