will definitely be thinking about the birthing pool. I was 6cm dilated when I got to the hospital - and haing contractions...and my fella made me WALK from the entrance/car park to the ward - LOL!!!  I really hope you have breezy labours and babies are all healthy

Thank you Sincerely Lynne & Baby James XXX Hi Lynnei cant believe the attitiude of the maternity ward about your contractions! surely they should be doing their best to prevent this birth happening at 26 weeks??? im sure they administer magnesuim

I have been told I have to have my baby by c-section (so much for the planned home birth!)This is obviously a massive blow to me, but I'd like to keep a positive mental attitude in the run-up to the operation.There is so much negativity surrounding

Hi EveryoneAfter reading a few threads I see there are quite a few of us who will be giving birth at St Peter's in Chertsey. Just wanted to see what people thought and those who give birth there can give us any tips. Like what do they provide etc

in and then it took me just 1 hour to give birth and be sent on up to the postnatal ward they said i couldnt have a bath they had no staff to do it and that was it, ive had 7 now so i wasnt too fussed but i feel for first time mums who havnt got a clue and are just

to know was whether “good” meant a 98% or 60% chance. After that initial hour things slowed down, the doctors went away and the nurses took over. Later that night we had another visit from two doctors, but this time from the neo-natal ward who would pick

" birth. I am very fortunate to have an extremely high pain threshold and manage to get through mainly with positive thinking and mind-over-matter-type thoughts. Laughter, believe it or not, helped a great deal. The gas + air made me feel a bit sick

to sit on your backside for a long time after (which i am a novice at lol) Hi kathy, Yes this is our 1ST!!!It does sound like torture doesnt it? To be honest i'm not one of thes earth mothers who wants the whole "natural birth experience" Its drugs

onto the labour ward and then you get a baby pack when you have given birth x have you also had your Emma's dairy back for pregnancy hun? how many week pregnant are you Dot? i heard from my sister in law they sometimes give you another mum to be back

Do you think there is too much pressure on mothers to breastfeed? Yes I do, but at the same time I was totally against it and was influenced into trying it by the lady I was in the side ward with and absolutely loved it. When initially started