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Childbirth

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

expecting 2nd baby, 5.5weeks away amd feeling tightening, HELP!
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Are C sections scary, painful afterwards and dangerous?
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Positive stories - anybody managed to have an active birth but still be continuously monitored.
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Sigh. How long can this go on? Does it mean anything?
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Well, Everyone Was Right about 3rd Childbirths, says EXPAT
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Second prgnancy after a 3rd Degre Tear!!
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When will my 2nd degree tear start to feel better? Need to hear some encouraging stories!
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acupuncture for induction?
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Advice pls.....Unsure on what to do...
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40+2 and a bit puffy should I worry?
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Breech - early babies - acupuncture etc etc! Confused and messy!
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How long must I be 2cms dilated and oozing goo before this child comes out???
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VBAC - Why?
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If you are expecting a large baby
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Pain in fanjo where urethra is. Any advice?
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Please help me with the pain relief for my 3rd labour
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Can anyone here give me some feedback about having a C section when overweight?
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In very slow early labour - encouragement needed!
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Malignant Hypothermia
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IM in sussex
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pushing out our babies, do we need someone to tell us how?
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so for a homebirth what is th hot water for??
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Just got my period 6 weeks after birth and am breastfeeding, Is this normal?
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Q for those who took EPO for labour and feel it worked for them....
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Driving and C-Sections
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Is there a need for a postnatal support package from independent midwives?
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What infections could baby and mother pick up during pregnancy/childbirth?
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One day past due, BP up and trace of protein in urine, what will consultant suggest?
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caullophylum to START labour?
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Fully engaged for 3.5 weeks!! How much longer? Any experiences?
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Please could you share your experiences of the pushing stage?
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If you failed to dilate the first time, what happened next time?
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2 Hours per cm?
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if you plan to bottle feed when you give birth, do you have to take all the stuff in with you?
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Home Birth--How late can you book one?
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I'm sure this must have been done before...but...Labour, how do I know?
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can you tear forwards if you go for gravity assisted birth?
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Anyone else watching Labour and Delivery on Discovery H & Health right now? Enough to put me off for life...
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SPD, groin pain - does it makes labour more painful?
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Questions for those of you who had a baby that got seriously stuck during the pushing stage. What happened next time?
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Any postnatal doula recommendations in west London
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awfully emotional
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swollen feet and ankles AFTER childbirth?
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tearing and stitches - best chance of not happening?
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42 weeks +2 days now- what now? when should I go for an induction?
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Birth plan for second labour
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how can MW help you not tear with a waterbirth?
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lactating before birth
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Graze from giving birth
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Support thread, - for people that never exp. 'transition' during natural vb.
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