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Childbirth

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

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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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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