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Birthing options
By ThinkBaby on 07/12/2008 01:31:01
Choosing where & how to give birth
When it comes to giving birth these days the expectant mum has lots of options, from whether you'd like to give birth at home, in the maternity unit of a hospital or in a special maternity unit, to what kind of birthing experience you would like
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Blissful Birth Natural Labour and Birth
By Laura Lee Davies on 18/11/2008 01:13:43
Blissful Birth can help teach you to relax and cope with the pain of labour and birth more naturally
' programme for £14.99, or the Basic Home Study Programme workbook for £24.99.There is a lot of work and analysis behind this form of natural birth preparation, so for more information, check out www.blissfulbirth.co.uk.
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Active birthing
By Maria Muennich on 20/08/2010 03:30:02
It's becoming increasingly popular, but what exactly is an active birth and how can you get one?
NHtel: 0870 444 8709NHS Active Birth Centre25 Bickerton Road London N19 5JT Tel: 0171 561 9006One of the most effective measures you can take to increase your chances of an active birth is to be both mentally and physically prepared for labour
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Advertorial: Blissful Birth
By ThinkBaby on 24/09/2008 11:11:08
Blissful Birth Advertorial
Blissful Birth is a birth relaxation and self-hypnosis programme that expectant mums can download and use at home. We caught up with the creator of Blissful Birth, Cognitive Hypnotherapist and mum of two Heidi Woodgate, to find out more
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Homes Births as Safe as Hospital
By Sarah Lawson on 20/04/2009 02:32:43
A new study suggests that home births are as safe for women with low-risk pregnancies, as hospital births are
for National Statistics.)The study looked at nearly 530,000 births and found that the death rates of mothers and babies were the same, whether the birth had taken place at home or at hospital. The study showed that women who were considered low-risk (whether
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Home birth - the pros and cons
By ThinkBaby on 12/07/2010 11:16:53
The number of home births in the UK is on the rise, and not without reason, but it's not for everyone
In the old days of course, all women would labour and give birth in their own homes but over the course of the last century, as medical science developed, it became the norm to have a hospital birth. In fact, not only did it become expected
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3 Christmas birth stories
By Catherine Bruton on 25/12/2007 01:21:25
3 mums tell us their Christmas day birth stories
and celebrate then with me too.That way she gets the best of both worlds! 1 Previous page: Emma's birth story 2 Previous page: Tracy's birth story 3This story first appeared in the January 2008 issue of our magazine, Pregnancy, Baby and You.
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3 Christmas birth stories
By Catherine Bruton on 21/12/2007 10:34:33
3 mums tell us their Christmas day birth stories!
it will be even more so! 1 Previous page: Emma's birth story 2 3 Next page: Sylvia's birth storyThis story first appeared in the January 2008 issue of our magazine, Pregnancy, Baby and You.
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How to give birth naturally
By Daniella Delaney on 27/09/2011 15:57:32
Discover which method of giving birth without drugs works for you
Giving birth naturally isn't just a matter of saying 'no' to the drugs. There are many different ways you can do it. Elizabeth Jones from Natural Childbirth says there's a method to suit everybody
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The home birthing option
By Maria Muennich on 17/06/2009 01:32:58
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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