Have just bought a labour/birth shirt from huddleandbliss.com and it is great.  I know it is silly to worry about exposing yourself, but I am!  Have been looking for something suitable for ages and this is the best I have found.  Has a scoop hem

like this or planning awater birth and getting cold shouldered?? my hosp does water births but you then have to chance the pools free when you need it!!!! look forward to "speaking" to you. xx AWWWWW hen, thats a bitch that midwife wasn't able to offer

Just a thread to tell you all about how my birth went, not for the faint hearted.i had this great plan of having most the labour at home with my mum (retired midwife) and partner and going into hospital and it all going perfect.until i went for a

JUST BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO DISCUSS WHAT TYPE OF DELIVERY I WOULD LIKE TO OPT FOR AS I WAS A C-SECTION LAST TIME, I STILL CHOSE A NATURAL BIRTH WITH ME HAVING A 10 MONTH OLD SON WHO WILL BE 17 MONTHS WHEN BABY 2 IS HERE, I THOUGHT IT WOULD

Hi everyone !! Hope you are all ok xxxxxxI'm coming upto my due date (4 ish weeks) and the past few days i'v been reading birth stories from around the Due - - - threads! and i am so facinated with reading them, most made me all teary lol!! I

HICan anybody recommend lavender oil baths after giving birth or anything that worked for you to help with the healing and trauma down there? Where did  you buy the products from?Many thanksAlison Hi,I am due in just over 2 weeks, use lavender oil

Hi, I am due in around 4 weeks and am buying a birthing pool so I can have baby at home.  Just wondered if anyone has done this and if they used any homeopathic pain relief and which ones?  I have read somewhere there is medicine which helps relax

centimetres at 34 weeks!, and I'm having a scan and seeing a consultant about this on 2nd October!I now want to write out my birth plan, as things can go either way...c-section or natural birth!what things should i make a list of to include as my MW only said

planned a natural birth without a epidural ended up with a forceps being used hubby was pushed to my head and my bp and pulse was to fast and our baby was in trouble so we landed up with no say it was that or lost our child and maybe me 2

Hello ladies,You've probably noticed me popping up here and there on the forum doing a bit of spring cleaning to your birth groups.We've decided to put them all into one file so new mums-to-be can come and find their birth group even more easily. I