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Childbirth

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

Really upset!!
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Hypnobirth...course or book?
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Would you let your children watch you give birth?
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Home Birth-what do I need?
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Optimal position in weeks up to birth
4
GBS and Stretch and Sweep
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Can anxiety stop you from going into labour?
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My sis went in at 1.30 yesterday to be induce,please send some positive labour vibes her way!!
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Preparing for second birth
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38 +5 and not engaged
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head engaged
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complications postnatally after pph?
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Washing new baby's clothes
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Who can be there during the birth?
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Is this some sort of labour warm-up?
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If dh can't be there....
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Public or Private ELCS? What's best?
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rather optimistically, i'm putting together a playlist for the birth of ds2...
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Breech with Big'un 34 weeks - did yours turn in time?
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what was your post-birth celebratory meal?
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South / West London
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Postnatal pain in the neck?
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epidurals - to have or not to have? why the big question?
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If you are going private when do you need to decide
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How do you decide between VBAC and ELCS?
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coping with family needs after the birth
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panic
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QEH Woolwich - Help Please
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Has anybody got any experience of giving birth in Dewsbury Hospital, W Yorks?
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Homebirth doubts
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How, if at all, have your births differed with a different father, iyswim?
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when did your sex drive return?
19
36 hours of irregular contractions...
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Questions asked in consultant/reg appointment about c-section?
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Birth and postnatal doulas- recommendations? advice? experiences?
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Does this sound like labour? constant pain rather than coming and going
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Those who've had c-sections - when did dh/dp take paternity leave?
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Lochia stopped after one week
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To homebirth or not to homebirth?
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Long cord, placenta was a struggle to get out...
3
Birmingham Heartlands or Good Hope Hospital? Or somewhere else?!
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Homebirth where there is a risk factor??
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Babies born in amniotic sac?
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Had a beautiful, home waterbirth on Monday but my Dad has just said a lot of very hurtful things about the 'risks' we took... feeling very emotional
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Anyone know which specific aromatherapy oils help restore contractions in labour?
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2nd timers - how long after the birth did you have to stay?
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Possitive Stories of good VB after complicated first Birth
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What is considered a natural birth?
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Still losing lochia 4 weeks on..when can I "resume normal service"
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How long were things painful in the downstairs department?
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