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Childbirth

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

40 + 10 and My baby is too comfy where it is- advice pls
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Did anyone give birth at home or in a midwife-led unit after having a previous post-partum haemorrhage?
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inductions - how bad are they really?
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Lindo Wing Vs Birth Center @ St Mary's
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Any reassuring stories about third births? Worried I'm having this baby at 34 weeks!
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Painful but not heavy 'period' 2 weeks after last period - is this weird
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Mrs Tittlemouse - how was your birth?
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Rather embarassingly, tampons don't seem to provide a complete barrier since DC2...
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Sorry if this isn't in the right section of the forum...have been asked to spread the word!
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How long do you have to stay in hospital after induction?
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Homebirths seem to be 'OK' from 37 weeks most everywhere, today i was told from 38 weeks ...
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SO ANGRY!! Just been told I'm so fat I can't give birth at home.
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Has anyone had a vaginoplasty?
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what do you say if a MW tells you you "can't" deliver in the position you want to?
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VBAC - Home birth - Any experiences to share?
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Do you know anything about caesarean sections? Is this normal?
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I feel a bit funny my childbearing days are probably over
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Any trainee doulas in East London... would love to have a chat!
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ok so 3 weeks on how do I get past this deep sense of failure over my baby's birth?
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Lister Hospital Stevenage - Water Pool Birth?
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*Yeovil Hospital*
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please come and talk to me if you have had posterior babies!
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How big was your third baby??
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Anyone opted for a private room at the Radcliffe in Oxford? Or had DH stay 1st night in hospital?
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Just watched C section on TV
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John Radcliffe Oxford - Midwife Led Unit - anyone got any advice?
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HOMEBIRTH questions (about using a birthpool for a second time, cleaning etc) and when can you have a homebirth from?
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I gave birth in my bathroom so why...
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Home births and persuading DH/DPs
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Good Hope in Birmingham induction policy?
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MEARS ARE YOU OUT THERE? Anyone seen her around tonight?
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Rasberryleaf tea
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Lindo wing Raj Rai
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C-section recovery stories needed please.
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any experts on curry for helping bring on labour... and the rest!
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CS scar "oozing" 10 days after birth - I've cleaned it with cooled boiled water, should I do anything else?
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Unused birth pool in a box - what's the going rate for a resale?
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Baby, you're home
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I think I may have induced labour?
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Just a quick question...It only just occurred to me
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3rd degree tear, long recovery last time, about to discuss elective c-section for No. 2 with consultant at 38 weeks need advice!!!
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Diary of a planned homebirth
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did anyone have a doula and does it annoy the midwife?
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Homebirth 'mess' ??
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any midwifes? shameless link to anothr thread.
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So....
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Help! 38 weeks, I suddenly have to have a C-section - is it too late to think about going private?
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Giving birth/labour without a partner - advice needed
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If your first baby was in posterior position for labour, is the second one likely to be as well?
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How can you tell if your waters have broken, you've had a show, you are 2cm dilated etc....
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