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Amy Beighton
By Amy Beighton on 22/01/2008 in member
hi! i only have 7week left til my baby is due and im very nervous! i plan on having a natural birth and only using gas and air as pain relief, but it may not work out like that! haha! my mum and partner will be at the birth to support me through
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Air Buggy Mimi for 2008
By Sarah Lawson on 02/01/2008 in Products
A light three-wheeler with lots of style and some cool new developments for 2008.
If you long for the sleek motion of a three-wheeler but find most models too heavy to handle, check out the Air Buggy Mimi: the smallest, lightweight 3-wheel buggy on the market. At 10kg, it's a great three-wheeler that's suitable from birth
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Ways to keep cool giving birth
By Daniella Delaney on 14/06/2011 in Labour & birth
If you're having a baby in hot weather, try these tips for keeping chilled out
Ask about ventilationWhen you have a tour of the labour rooms or ante-natal classes (if you are having a hospital birth), ask about air conditioning, whether windows open (and in which case, are you safe from the outside world if you are on ground
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Home births becoming more popular
By Laura Lee Davies on 06/04/2006 in Labour & birth
Statistics show an increase in home births. Welsh Assembly aims for 10 per cent of births to be at home by 2007.
) to offer this flexibility.Forty years ago, home births were far more common, with gas and air being the main source of pain relief. Now home births are popular amongst women who want an active birth (that is, moving around, using physical movement
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Kourtney Kardashian wants a water birth
By Sophie Westnedge on 22/06/2012 in Celebrity
A source close to the reality star reportedly reveals her birth plans for baby no 2
birth,” the source said.Kourtney famously aired the birth of her first child on her family’s TV show Keeping up with the Kardashians, but she’s yet to confirm whether she’s planning to film the birth of her second baby for the show.“Of course Kris thinks
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1st August
By pembscouple on 08/08/2006 in forum
8.30 I went into labour on the 1st August, the labour lasted for 3 hours which I thought wasn't bad for my first baby.11.25 I gave birth to a baby boy, it was the most exciting time of our life.As for the gas and air I left that until the last
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Writing your birth plan
By Maria Muennich on 01/05/2005 in Labour & birth
When to write it and what to include
would you prefer to use eg: a birthing pool, massage techniques, gas and air- What kind of pain relief are you open to trying if need be? eg: Gas and air, a tens machine, an epidural- What kind of pain relief do you feel strongly against using? eg
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The home birthing option
By Maria Muennich on 17/06/2009 in Labour & birth
The government plans to make home birth an option to all mums in two years' time, but is it worth the fuss?
There's been a bit of a stink in the press this week over the government's birth choice plan for 2009. The idea, welcomed in principle by many health professionals, is to give every mum-to-be the option giving birth in a birthing centre, hospital
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Birthing options: the where and how
By ThinkBaby on 12/10/2009 in Labour & birth
When thinking about where you want to give birth it will help if you have a good idea of the kind of birthing experience you'd like
'll be able to get through birth with only gas and air, then a consultant unit will probably be the place for you. If you're keen on a fully natural birth but want to keep your options open then you might want to consider a midwife-led unit in a hospital
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Hypnotist stops pregnant woman’s labour pains
By Tessa Watkins on 08/04/2010 in Labour & birth
How bedside therapy helped a phobic mum-to-be to an easy birth
.A needle-phobic, with a fear of gas and air, Louise had been worried about how she would manage during the birth if she needed pain relief. Her husband, Gareth, suggested hypnotherapy and Paul agreed to help out. “All he did was get me to picture my wedding
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