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

HiIm thinking about having a water birth and was wondering whether it really does lessen the pain - the midwife explained that I may be able to have gas and air but not pethidine. It would be great to hear from anybody about their experiences

was having a completely natural birth with theo and really wanted a water birth. however theo was 4 weeks early and i ended up in hospital instead of the mw led unit i was booked for. i was still adamant that i wanted nothing but gas and air, and managed

(well almost) with molly and it was fab. i just had gas and air and floated in the water. i would def recomend it and will be putting my order in for it this time around. i have been toying with the idea of a water birth at home but think i may wait

" 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

hurry for me to have the epidural so I coped on just gas and air and I'm glad I did.  As Karen suggests a water birth can help relax you, I really wanted one but someone else was in the pool so I spent a long time in the bath at the begining

Hi, the weather has been great in this last week, however as a Dad to be I'm a bit concerned about the temperature in our nursery. My wife is due to give birth in 3-4 weeks and this weekend our nursery reached 80F dispite a blackout blind, window

before the birth so in that respect it allowed me to stay at home longer that I think I could have without it. I ended up being 9cm dilated when I eventually went in and my son was born a couple of hrs later with some gas and air to help at the hospital

out the window as there was already someone in the birth pool and when thins started happening she arrived to quickly for anything other than gas and air!  I was really set on what i wanted befor the birth but once it all kicked off i really didn

I would support this.I used a combination of hypnobirthing and a tens machine for my daughter - although I did resort to some gas and air for the last bit.I laboured so easily that I was on the ward right up to transition. It was only my insistance