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Childbirth

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

speedy second or subsequent labour
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Night sweats - can they be a sign of impending labour?
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IBS pains and Labour signs!
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Who could I have at my baby's birth?
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how soon after delivery can you have a bath?
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CFM and more advice re VBAC
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possitive elective c-section stories please.
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your top tips for preparing house for homebirth!
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can dogs sense labour?
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Can anyone recommend a doula for homebirth in SE London?
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37+4 and will we / won't we do HB is really unsettling
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Think we've decided on a home birth, please reassure me or tell me the risks
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post partum scars and skin tags "down there"
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Anyone ever had a succesful vba3c??
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How do you get over a traumatic CS?
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Queen Elizabeth hospital in Woolwich- review after birth
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Did anyone read this article - orgasms and childbirth!
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vbac, can anyone help? posistive encouragement needed please!
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Registering German birth in the UK
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Baby engaging?
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rising blood pressure
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Music to give birth to?
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waters went 2 hours ago, no contractions, how to get started and anyone had this?
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3 weeks post partum with my first, lochia stopped a week ago...
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considering homebirth, is it practical?
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Is panicking way in advance normal?
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on maternity leave pre-baby and just can't get a bloody thing done, is this normal?
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The thread for first time home birthers (or thinking about it) - over here!
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Miserable, obssessed and scared about breech - am I mad?
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From what week can you use raspberry leaf tea?
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Homebirth and parking for cars
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If I've torn on both "sides" with the first two births, is the 3rd birth more likely to result in a tear down the middle?
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Where should I have DC2? Anyone with experience of St Georges and/ or St Heliers SW London?
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VBAC Hypnobirthing CD's
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Oblique baby at 38+5!!!!!! advice needed
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Meptid/Pethidine - does it always make you feel sick?
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How do i self refer to st mary's, london?
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Students at homebirths? can I say no?
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when cant you have a waterbirth??
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are overdue babies always alot bigger?
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Crikey-possibly 11 weeks already - only found out last week!
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Anyone know about using essential oils in labour?
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Fast 1st labour but was put on Syntocinon drip so not sure my worries will be taken seriously
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How long for periods to come back after cs?
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Top Tip
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Pelvic floor bruised in birth - in agony
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C-Sections: Planned v Emergency. How was it for you?
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Who has had hypnobirthing classes? Would you recommend them? Are they worth the £££?
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Lochia - bright red again at 12 days after the birth. Have I done the right thing calling my midwife, or am I just making a fuss?
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Anyone had a pelvic x-ray to check for space?
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