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- Debating which hospital....
- Stretch & Sweep - What to expect?
- RWH at Brisbane Birth Unit? Or Caboolture or Nambour?
- Why Breech Babies Are Breech In The First Place?
- Vitamin K after birth?
- What was your favourite, non-medical pain relief?
- Midwife Centres As Safe As Hospital: Study
- done it before...but...
- The new epidural??
- Turning a Posterior Bub
- Writing my birth plan need some help!
- music for labour
- Alan please help!
- Going back?
- Low Lying Placenta - Placenta Previa
- What constitutes a low (or high) risk pregnancy?
- Hi Everyone
- Second Labour - long distance to birth venue
- Jelly-like blob - retained product?
- being induced on wednesday
- 10pound baby? is it possible?
- Telling a woman not to push!!
- cord clamping
- Have you been induced and had vaginal delivery?
- Waters breaking... your stories!
- Vaginal Stretching
- Managing third stage?
- bleeding and periods after birth TMI WARNING
- TENS machine
- Tough question to answer!!
- Community Midwifery Program (homebirth)
- how did you feel after the birth
- Telling people you are in Labour
- What inductions methods worked for you?
- Walking epidural at John Hunter?
- Did you like -
- Posterior labour stories?
- Check this out....
- c/s due to high bp
- Soulbirth
- Inverted cervix... will it cause a difficult birth?
- low iron levels and delivery
- birth preferences
- Sterile water injections for back pain - anyone done it?
- Encouraging a friend to try a VBA2C - anyone with personal experience?
- Australian attitudes to pregnancy and birth under fire: article
- synthetic oxytocin (again sorry!)
- Big fat vent
- Group B Strep Testing
- Painful coccyx after birth. anyone else?
- labour aide
- Blue / Black Cohosh
- how did you feel?
- Birth Week in Kallista (Melbourne) Nov 7-11
- Sydney 17th November - Ricki Lake Doco Screening
- BellyBelly's Screening: The Business of Being Born - Post-Movie Discussion
- cervix 2cm open and 1cm long - advice please
- didn't want to tell people about birth details
- Labour Induction - acupuncture
- Link between treatment for abnormal cells and C/S???
- Overdue Babies!!
- Acupuncture - labour induction
- AHM covers part cost of a home birth?
- shouldn't things be happening??
- RBWH Birthing Centre
- Active Labour and Induction? (long-ish post)
- Feeling sick before ....
- prelabour signs
- Possible waters leaking?
- Will he or Won't he? (long post from a bored pre-labouring woman)
- mucus show
- Was ours a unique experience?
- did stretch and sweep work for you?
- question about breathing on Apgar score
- Head Circumference - VB
- Vaginal Exams in Pregnancy & Labour
- Compresses - warm or cold?
- Optimal Fetal Positioning?
- Q for those who have obtained medical records after previous birth
- What to drink during labour?
- A bit of a vent
- Can someone explain these to me please?
- Pfft! Small Pelvis
- Waterbirth at Birth Centres
- TENS machine?
- Silent Knife by Nancy Wainer Cohen: Your Reviews
- The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer: Reviews
- article - unnecessary caesarians (long)
- Evening Primrose Oil
- Raspberry leaf
- No Visitor rule at the hospital
- Need reassurance about my birth option plan...
- Twins - Looking For Good Reading
- Breech babies
- My birth Preferences... Your thoughts?
- Natural Birth with Genital Herpes
- big baby = hard labour?
- advice for labour thread
- have twin to twin transfusion syndrome.
- Turning a baby who's sunny side up?
- Haemorroids?
- Getting really tired just before your due date??
- Strengthening the perineum
- Did baby come before planned induction?
- Obstetricians and Induction
- How soon can you breastfeed after birth?
- Migrating to Melbourne and currently pregnant!
- How do I get this bub to engage?
- Giving birth with no support person?
- Chiropractic Intervention during labour
- How long for hospital stay?
- Epidurals/Spinal
- Positive experiences - hospital birth
- De-briefing - it's important isn't it? *long - sorry*
- DIY Deliveries: More Women Go It Alone (US)
- Article on Dutch model of care
- The environmental Impact of Different Modes of Care
- last weeks of pregnancy dragging on
- Labor and Birth
- When is the best time to call your Doula to be with you?
- guilty about epidural?
- Partner Nesting - could this mean I am going to go into labour soon?
- Is Labour around the corner???
- Sorry for a New Thread - Deflated Feelings After Birth
- asking for birth notes from frankston hospital??
- Please tell me some good stories about 2nd births
- 39 weeks 5 days - Bubs hasn't engaged
- 39 Weeks +1 and Labour Seems To Be Nowhere In Sight...
- Getting through labour again
- Stupid question about pushing
- Begining to Freak out!!!
- S&S... Now?
- 30weeks And Braxton Hicks
- baby's position neither anterior or posterior - is this good or bad??
- What to do?
- What did you wear during labour?
- In pain.. advice needed!!
- SPD giving birth!?
- Having a 'feeling' of if you'll be early, ontime or overdue?
- Inducement booked & I'm terrified
- Was it my show? Help
- Positions for 'big baby'
- prelabour?
- Will baby engage?
- Birthing Ball?
- feelings of failure
- We're Engaged!
- Shortsightedness....and being in labour.
- What's she talking about?
- Different births - good or bad?
- How long was your birth story???
- Gas - really harmless?
- Left or right? Does it matter that much?
- Supporting the perineum stretching during labour
- is this a crazy idea... or do you think i could try it??
- Help- maybe Alan
- Braxton Hicks Contractions?
- Birth Montage Collection
- Concerns about labour
- Great birth blog/website I heard about....
- How much RLT can you drink????
- Pink Kit Question... Kate's Cat
- 1st stage of labour..
- Birth: DH doesn't want to attend
- where is the birth announcement thread
- support people
- Calling all Midwives!!! Please help!!
- Massage oil for labour
- C Section... Private or Public?
- Could a Spinal anaesthetic work better for me?
- Apgars
- 2 year old at birth
- GC hospy... do i HAVE to vbac?
- Death twice as likely by caesarean
- Placenta
- Trainee midwife
- Early Labour....
- Act NOW for homebirth in Australia
- Good book for partners on labour, birth and support skills?
- Internalising during labour....
- stupid question I am sure LOL
- Trouble emptying bladder during labour
- Do they just *know*
- Preparing toddler for new sibling
- Article: Breaking Water Does Not Speed Delivery
- delivery positions for an active birth
- "Why men should NEVER be at the birth of their child"
- Pushing for First Time Mothers
- Eating your PLACENTA????
- Full Moon and Labour
- Un-equal balance of power between the mother and careproviders affects birth hormones
- Breathing baby out
- Please help me- i hope its not prelabour
- Scarred for life: Caesareans heading to dangerous level
- c/s- the AFTER effects that you never knew
- Fantastic first birth - Horrible second???
- tummy dropping=labour impending?
- What happens in the days after a vaginal birth?
- meconium in waters - is it always dangerous?
- Support people and waiting outside the birth suite... is this normal?
- Getting impatient
- Birth Bouncer - new career for Lulu?!!
- Quick question about waters breaking
- At the mercy of who you get...
- Birth Preferences... advice, comments, have I missed something?
- Another show question
- The mechanics of a Caesar - this had me clutching my previously sectioned tummy!!!
- Sister in law admitted to day ward
- Maternity pads... your advice please!
- The most wonderful day of my life
- Has anyone done this yet?
- Evidence that older birthers need more intervention?
- Hypothetical - Do you think I would have gone into labour naturally?
- Thrush passing onto bub during labour
- what were u doing b4 u went into labour?
- Questions, questions! For 2nd time birth
- Sooo friggin cranky!!
- birth video,just awesome!!
- Does baby keep kicking during labour?
- early stages of labour ( pre labour)
- C/S, Episiotomy, Induction etc - What are your odds?
- After Birth Pains....
- Induction
- Helping baby turn around
- How did you tell your partner "I think I'm in labour"
- IV antibiotics during Labour question
- I planted my placenta today .....
- Hard pregnancy easy labour easy pregnnacy hard labour
- Stopping Fear-Tension-Pain in late pregnancy
- When is being breech a concern?
- The urge to push - before you're ready?
- water breaking after established labour has begun
- Labour and period pain, are they similar
- VBAC after 2 Emergency C's???
- Orgasmic Birth: Documentary Trailer on YouTube
- Contractions 10 minutes apart, when will they get closer??
- Alan, or someone...
- FINALLY something happening!!!!!
- Persuasive & encouraging words needed for my bestie ....
- Eating and drinking in labour.....
- How long did your lochia last?
- Food for "thought"
- Prevent Caesarean Surgery - YouTube
- Not sure but i think im in labour
- Was it easier or harder 2nd time around?
- Just for Fun
- 5th Labours, help!!!!!!
- show....
- Shoe Size And Baby Weight
- My Ideal Birth Scenario
- Cervix
- Cervix question.. someone!!
- What happens physically?
- persistent op at birth
- Placenta & coke
- How do you work through birth/labour fears??...
- People present at the birth and afterawrds
- Change of behaviour before labour?
- "How to Prevent the Preventable Caesarean" - Workshop with Henci Goer (VIC)
- BOLD - Birth On Labour Day...
- It's just bizarre (or maybe not)...
- Head is engaged and unmoveable... does that mean labour could be soon?
- If you were late once, will you be late again?
- DH's Aunt is a MW at same hospital as my OB
- children during labour/at birth
- Shoulder dystocia 1st time ~ what to do this time?
- Recommendations for Calm/Hypnobirth classes in Melbourne....
- Cervix Pain/Pressure
- Who is responsible for labour
- Is this prelabour or am I jsut sick??
- Qu for the c/s mummies!!
- How long do you/would you wait before calling mw?
- Anyone read Hypnobirthing -The Mongan Method....
- Birth After Caesarean Info Sessions (S.A.)
- Placenta testing.
- When can I run again?
- Is your pelvic floor in good shape?
- Head "engaged" question...
- Very overdue = short labour?
- a little confused
- Whats the average babies head size at birth?
- I think I am in labour
- TMI Q (sorry in advance!!)
- Does "cervix opened" mean the same as "dialated"?
- Dilation- why 10cms?
- What would you do? love some opnions
- Since we're talking about rumours - anyone know about the BMid...?
- I just lost my MUCOUS PLUG!!!!! (SP?)
- Success w/ turning breech bub @ 37wks?
- Is it possible?
- Length of labour from first contraction or first REAL contraction??
- St George private kogarah
- Waters breaking early
- Suddenly achy V 12 days postpartum
- US Docs Say To Women: Ignore Ricki's Birth
- Just out of interest...
- Making the labour room more home-like....
- Did your partner say/do anything annoying during labour?
- Want to see something amazing? Birthing a footling breech
- Natural & Waterbirth Course - Adelaide Sept 2008
- do anterior placentas=posterior babies?
- natural induction/encouragement?
- Would you give birth in a midwifery led unit?
- SPD (Pelvic Instability) and Birthing Choices - Your Stories Wanted
- Do you think there is a link or its just DNA?
- Blissful waterbirth!
- Are birth plans a waste of time?
- C-Section and Spinal
- Question regarding manual cervix dialation
- Dr. Phil just lost all credibility for me....
- A little bit of info and encouragement made a big difference!
- What's the strongest pain medication that can be taken at home once in labour?
- Experiences/opinions on TENS machine please
- Women's Hospital Dangerously Overloaded
- Epi-NO for Perineum training - Anyone used it?
- What happens if Little Girl comes fast... and at home!!!
- Using a spa for early pain relief
- Epidural stories please?
- After birth bleeding
- Really quick induced labour
- National Caesar(ean) Day Today - Call In
- Questions regarding retained placenta and subsequent births
- Women Deprived of Choice: Article
- Canada What the?! Homebirths illegal?
- A birth film for men....
- Is this normal?
- How long from 4-10cm?
- Vaginal delivery or elective cesarean?
- Fear: how to keep a lid on it???
- what aromatherapy did you use during labour?
- Birth centers
- Dull back ache.....
- Waterbirth - posterior baby born in the sac. You MUST watch this!
- Plug? Is it or isn't it!...TMI warning!
- Unassisted silent birth- video AMAZING!!!
- Chilled, relaxing, empowering, lovings songs for labour....
- why??!!
- I'm i just dreaming?
- Vaginal twin birth and no epidural - possible?
- New study antibiotics in preterm labour
- what imaginary did you find the most useful?
- 2 days of pre labour. can't sleep. help?
- Best way to do nipple stimulation....
- Was it just me? . .
- Isn't it funny.... (i.e. so wrong...)
- Come on women and men of Australia - we REALLY need you right now...
- Acupuncture etc to prevent preterm labour?
- REALLY dumb question about contractions....
- Did anyones regular contractions just stop?
- Weird question, but what if you want to stall labour?