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Am I in labour?
By ThinkBaby on 15/12/2009 01:44:23
The signs of the onset of labour
to be sent home a few hours later after being told they're not in real labour, but if you wait too long before making a call to the midwife and support, you could be in for a surprise in-transit birth or home delivery. To help you decide when to get people
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Can labour be too fast?
By ThinkBaby on 19/08/2010 03:24:50
Fast labour may be every pregnant woman's dream but can labour be too quick?
, they are not always apparent – shorter, taller, wider-hipped, thinner, being the daughter of someone who had speedy births… none of these are a guarantee that you definitely will or won't have a short labour. Just as so many women find that long periods of painful
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What is premature labour?
By ThinkBaby on 05/12/2009 08:21:31
What happens in a premature labour, what are the symptoms and what should you do if you think labour is starting early?
is usually given two drugs: The first works on the mother to delay, or even stop, the labour and the second, a steroid, works to speed up the development of the baby's lungs so that they are ready to breathe oxygen after the birth if labour continues
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Using aromatherapy in labour and birth
By Maria Muennich on 09/09/2007 01:46:30
How oils work, when to use them and which are recommended for labour and birth
will clear the hospital scent that so many people find unpleasant and unsettling.When can I use aromatherapy?There's no technical reason for you not to be able to use aromatherapy at any stage of birth and labour. However, hospital policies may vary widely
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Pre-labour signs
By Laura Lee Davies on 26/05/2010 04:56:06
Some women have signals that labour is coming for weeks before it happens, others a few hours. What are the signs that labour is nearly here?
's nearly ready for you to give birth to your baby.So, do you recognise any of these key pre-labour signs?
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The three stages of labour
By ThinkBaby on 20/08/2010 02:20:39
Labour is an amazing achievement. Prepare yourself for the three stages your body goes through as you give birth
completely and leaves the way through into the birth canal, the vagina, free for your baby. When this happens you are said to be fully dilated.This first part of this stage, known as early or latent labour, usually happens gradually over a number of weeks
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Pain relief in labour: an overview
By Maria Muennich on 05/11/2009 00:08:11
Expectant mums now have a wide range of choice when it comes to coping with labour, whether through medical relief, alternative therapies or both
While there are many different kinds of birthing experience it's fair to say that, however labour pans out, it is usually an incredibly intense, emotional and eventually euphoric experience, but one that's rarely completely pain-free. It makes sense
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Tips to help start labour naturally
By Kimberley Smith on 14/10/2010 14:37:22
Encourage labour to start with sex and curry? Being overdue doesn't sound so bad...
SexIt might be the last thing you feel like doing, but sex can help to get labour going in a couple of ways once your baby is at full term and you're ready for labour. Male sperm contains prostaglandin, the hormone that is naturally produced
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Getting through the early stages of labour
By ThinkBaby on 13/09/2010 08:58:16
Getting through your waters breaking, early contractions, labour signs and when to grab the hospital bag
Early labour - the signs and what to do The time from when you first feel your first contraction, or from when you realise your waters have broken, through to having progressed enough to need to go to hospital can seem like an age
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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
with the pains of labour and childbirth when the time comes.Blissful Birth offer a programme which can help with hypnobirthing techniques but which goes beyond this, using other therapies such as positive psychology to build up a full schedule of preparation
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