Being on the road for conception with our second got me thinking about Michael's birth again, so I finally got round to writing up my birth story.It'd be really great to read everyone else's too if you all get time. One thing though, a question

When it comes to giving birth for the second time you have the advantage of experience to prepare you personally for the birth, but you also now need to adapt to new circumstances, this time you have your other child to think about. So how can you

the stress and pain of labour and birth and leave you feeling positive and empowered.Butterfly Sounds for RelaxationButterfly Sounds is a new series of CDs offering relaxation techniques that might help you through the challenges of pregnancy, birth and early

a surrogate mum. Babies born using either kind of eggs, implanted into a surrogate mum’s uterus, tended to have a higher birth weight and were less likely to be born early.“It’s not that egg quality is irrelevant – far from it,” explained the report

As the RCM announce plans to involve dads more in pregnancy, birth and the early months of parenthood, we got some great advice from Pampers Village midwife Dr Mary Steen-Greeves, to give partners a head start.During PregnancyAccompany your partner

wow, i have just watched a home birth diary on tv and absolutly feel in love with the idea of a physiological 3rd stage all natural and good for mum and baby.has anyone had any experiance witht this who can give me some advice on ensuring it all

form the base of an early test.Such a test would save the lives of thousands of women, particularly in the developing world, said Philip Baker, who led the study.“A high caliber predictive test would allow women who are identified as high-risk for pre

long soak in the bath to relax your body and ease aches and pains, water can help ease pain and discomfort in childbirth. Depending on how labour is progressing you may be able to use water for early-stage pain relief or right through to birth. Find out

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has given birth to her third son. The singer and her hubby Richard Jones, musician in band The Feeling, who are already parents to Sonny, 8, and Kit, 3, welcomed new baby named Ray Holiday. Richard took to Twitter to share

On ThinkBaby we have explored the value of Dad: Feeling Part of the Team and now the Fatherhood Institute has released its findings which highlight the importance for father and child, of the dad being much more involved with the birth and immediate