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Childbirth

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

i've delivered a massive baby, docs got it right for once!!
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HOW CAN I STOP MY MILK??
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Anyone done care from 36 weeks with the Portland midwives
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Friend is 37 weeks and has been bleeding...
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So if there was a strong possibility that you could end up labouring very quickly, alone, with no medical people about, or anyone else for that matter, what would you do to prepare?
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I am 2cm dilated but cervix is thick - is labour imminent?
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Surgery for Hemorrhoids - which one?
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Episiotomy - why is no anaesthetic given???
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Ok brace yourselves for TMI ladies - I've just been advised that immediately after my C/S to...
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Gabapentin for painful scaring
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39+2 pink watery liquid... what could this be ? waters starting to go/show/other ?....
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Am I in Labour?
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Would I be mad to go into hospital without a birthplan? And also to not attend hospital tour?
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tell me about using a bath during birth
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PBO's birth story if anyone's interested
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Is it ok to use tampons after a CS? (3 weeks 2 days ago)
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Worries...not the birth...the post-partum bleeding.
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How many days were you allowed to spend in UCLH after giving birth?
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Not entirely sure I want DP to see me giving birth.....
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Home birth
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DH as birthing partner - he does not know how to support me...this is 2nd time round
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If you had a quick first labour, how quick was your second?
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Why can't you have a waterbirth if you're overdue?
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40+5 - not sure what to do with the pains I've got...
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Ex-partners attending birth....experiences please?
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mentally holding the baby in?
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anyone else just had a 2nd baby and feel like this?
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is this normal for after birth or could i have an infection?
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Advised to have elective cs after 3rd degree tear
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Second baby - am I likely to go overdue? First child was 11 days over.
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What to do with ds when in labour
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Send good labour vibes please..
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Induction tomorrow and terrified - reassuring words please!
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Help! Due for induction tomorrow and really want a home birth :(
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Poss TMI - question about blood loss after baby
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Poss TMI - question about blood loss after baby
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Anyone planning a 2nd (or more) homebirth soon?
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Birth trauma: action
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Consultant appt tomorrow re: 2 retained placentas want to be armed with questions as want a physiological third stage help me.
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listening to baby's heart rate in labour did it resrct you?
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What would you do, induced vaginal or elective c-section?
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ERPC, anyone know much about this?
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C section or Natural? Private or NHS?
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I think these instructions are going to mean my baby will be BBA!
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Inflating the mini BPIAB floor
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Contraction timing.
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OK, I admit it, I'm terrified....How am I going to give birth?
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Help! I'm 32 weeks and having bump tightenings and period type pains...
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Has anyone else heard that the care at Queen Charlottes (Hammersmith) has really gone down hill?
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is this 'IT' or another false start - SPD related Q aswell
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