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- are the afterpains worse?
- Taking DD into the birthing room
- Grrr.... C/S the easy way out!
- Induction at 36 weeks - twins
- i still remember the pain
- I am so ready!
- Contraception?
- Blood loss after birth
- hospital visitors
- Will these problems complicate my labour?
- Coccyx displacement in labour?
- What should I pack in my bag?
- Friend had c-section, sent home 2.5 days later - normal?
- HypnoBirthing: Classes / Books / CDs / DVDs
- i'm going to tear....
- Cervidil
- Castor Oil
- waters broken or not?
- Present for a friend
- Vitamin K
- De-breif of traumatic birth at Hospital today - what should I ask?
- A birth... Live on the net NOW!!!
- Waters broken
- is there anything i can do to bring on labour?
- Braxton Hicks or early labour - HELP???
- What is the average week, day of birth?
- Embarrassing moments in labour
- Bleeding 2 weeks after birth possibly TMI?
- Article - Hormones are your helpers - Sarah Buckley
- please help-Dilemma-how long did your DH stay at hospital after birth
- When you walked out of the hospital for the first time ...
- Need to come out of the land of denial....
- Is labour always supposed to follow the same pattern?
- Could there be some reason my babies want to be posterior?
- How far away is your hospital?
- Not recovering well ... should I consider c-section next time
- *TMI* DTD 7 weeks after giving birth..
- Neccessity of internal examinations in labour?
- labour pain comparison?
- How my Obstetrician actually helped...
- Need a spontaneous labour cheer squad
- Chance of Premmie Baby??
- Labour and birth photos?
- My friend has has a show
- Why women go into labour earlier than others??
- bloody show question/advice (tmi warning)
- avoiding internal tearing
- Does it hurt more to birth a larger baby?
- Anyone lose weight just prior to labour?
- Is it just an old wives tale?
- booked in for induction well before bubs is even due
- Need some positive calm birth stories please!!!
- First baby two weeks overdue - second baby?
- Has BellyBelly Changed Your Thoughts on Homebirth?
- was in labour but now im not :(
- Not as fit this time around - will it be a problem?
- Looking for a bit of advice
- HOw can I get his support on an active birth?
- A vent
- The Business of Being Born
- Elephant gives birth to a flat calf... watch what she does
- Tearing naturally vs episiotomy
- Cesarean VS VBAC: A Dramatic Difference *WARNING birth footage of 2CS and VBA2C*
- Abnormally attached placenta - Alan?
- Top 5 things you used for labour & birth
- Considering c-section - what's the likely impact on baby?
- Why am I being made to do this?
- Recommendations on calm birth books
- The skeptical ob.
- IVF and labour induction?
- Can I Have Private Midwife AND Private Obstetrician
- Can a baby be too big for your cervix?
- 2cms
- Elective cesarean sections are too risky, WHO study says
- Erm, since when is 34-36cm considered a large headsize for birthing?
- hosp bag, things you wish you took and didnt take
- What did you wear while in labour??
- Moving a low-lying placenta? What?
- Braxton Hicks Vs Pre Labour Contractions
- Cervix Dilation?
- Oh my god please tell me this is not true!!!!!
- Question about privates!! Yes mine!!
- Why choose an independent midwife for childbirth? See what these Obs & others think.
- Hypnobirthing/calm birthing
- What did you wish you knew about Labour and those first few days with baby?
- Thinking woman's guide to better birth
- Pre labour- braxton hicks
- smithy and coopers birth of baby charlie
- A labour & delivery nurse (USA) shares - self loathing, guilt and frustration
- Revealing the Real Risks: Obstetric Interventions and Maternal Mortality
- does back labour always = posterior?
- Need confidence for my natural birth!
- What's going on??
- Question for those who had an induction first then a natural labour
- This is just gorgeous - kids on midwives and childbirth!!
- Strech & Sweep??
- What did you do during pregnancy to avoid tearing?
- Needing to vent (sorry long)
- Birth Options Assoc
- Too small to birth naturally?
- 1cm Dilated.....what now!!!?????
- Tea to start labour + assist with 3rd stage. This works!
- Best iphone app for labour / contractions?
- Flaws In The History Of Childbirth - really interesting article
- Is your partner as well informed as you?
- Another BH question...
- Anyone Labour / Birth Without Partner - planned?
- Getting lots of prelabour pains and im anxious!!
- C-section question!
- Stress balls
- Period pain/ligament pain/baby engaging? How is it that I have no idea? LOL
- Come on baby!!! im so over it!
- Second Pregnancy Concerns
- Labour nerves!!
- haemorrhaging HELP, happened to anyone???
- Bump "dropped" - what does this mean?
- Curiosity Question!
- Stretch and Sweep - is it right for me?
- First time birth-please help
- DH's to-do list for when I'm in labour
- Do you think being told how 'dilated' you are is beneficial?
- Stomach tighenings
- Health experts: Most repeat C-sections unnecessary
- induction
- Anyone just KNOW when they'd go into labour?
- Give it to me straight - caesarean at 33 weeks, what do I need to know?
- monitoring during labour
- How do you cope with pain, after having given birth?
- why does it hurt so much already?
- Labour vibes needed please!!
- Any tips for labouring with the flu/cold?
- 36 week appointment - what do I expect? (double post)
- Tearing along episiotomy scar
- GBS+ and poss induction if waters break
- Pre-labour
- How do hemmorhoids affect natural birth?
- Premature labour & monitoring/intervention
- Group B Strep - your options
- Long Pushing Stage For No. 1 - What Happened For Number 2?
- postierier births
- Natural breech birth?
- Bloody show?
- Possible in labour not really sure...
- Qn about waters breaking
- Suggestions for birth plan?
- Telemetry or Wireless Monitoring During Labour
- Epidurals and postpartum hemorrhage
- Back labour?
- How early did you get induced or deliver with Gestational Diabetes?
- Pre-labour, Early Labour? Any Labour?
- Strange and silly i'm sure...did you notice anything?
- Is it my plug? TMI Alert!
- I think i'm paranoid - i feel silly for asking. Please read.....
- "Normal" Blood Loss during Labour
- TENS Machine during labour
- Why does labour usually start at night?
- Bloody Shows - how long till something happens now??? - Help Freaking out..!!
- could this be it
- Question about Calmbirth
- Your Advice Needed!!
- Birth Plan For First Timer?
- What would you do? Possible change of hospital at 38 weeks pregnant.
- Push!
- Is there anything I can do to encourage bub to engage?
- Post partum hemmoraging??
- once your waters break, and you find its meconium stained,
- Doula!: The Ultimate Birth Companion
- 'Hello Baby' by Julie Overend
- Back contractions?
- What's it like...?
- Hospital At Home Care - Anyone Got Referral From Private To Public
- How did it take for you? Could this be the start of
- What position did you birth in?
- post pregnancy recovery shorts
- Help! ARM tomorrow morning and no idea about it!
- Sholder Dystocia Birth on YouTube - Almost 12lb bub, no stitches
- Pictures Wanted
- Would you Drive if......
- Birthing my DS2 after a 3rd degree tear!
- Am I overreacting?
- What are my chances of being overdue for the 3rd time?
- Evening Primrose Oil to ripen cervix?
- TMI - How to do it - EPO insertion.
- Were you induced a second time - how was it?
- Just a question about tearing
- 2nd baby after 4th degree tearing
- Feeling so very very disappointed....
- Calm Birth Classes
- Question about tearing and perenial massage. I Need Advice.
- Dispelling the Disempowering Birth Vocabulary
- Could this be the start?
- Acupuncturist Recommendations :Brisbane (Specialising in VBAC/Inducing Labour)
- how to prepare a 4yr old for labour?
- Natural birth... help!!!
- Faster birth third time around?
- Hypno Birth
- How can I be quieter in labour?
- PPH - When do the risks go up?
- Second or subsequent labour - when did yours start?
- After some feedback about unassisted home births
- So exciting!
- Pre-labour??
- Tearing/cutting.... FREAKING OUT!!!
- Advice - friend’s just has an emergency CS - how do I reach out?
- Caesarean sections - fascinating two part series from the Health Report on RN
- Emergency C Section for 1st Bubs, now pregnant with # 2
- Labour and sickness
- Does Emerg CS = High Risk birth next time around?
- pelvic instability & labour - your experiences please
- Interesting article about C-sections
- 2nd Labour - Earlier/Later, Faster/Longer ??
- What would this be?
- [TMI] HOW much plug?!?
- 4th degree tear & future births
- Booked into hossy today
- Your body after birth?
- Advice Needed... Doula or Private Midwife.. Hsp or Homebirth..
- What would you think?
- Is there any likely this will progress into something more..?
- trying to research my options..... would love some help
- Labial Tears?
- Are you a screamer or a moaner???
- Spontaneous first labour, induced second?
- For those who had SPD/severe pelvic pain during pregnancy
- 35 weeks and waters breaking
- Help me prove a point!
- feel like im being bullied into having a stretch and sweep-
- Never going to happen
- Birthing at MMH Brisbane with the Midwifery Group Practice
- A positvie induction story
- Hypnobirth in Perth?
- Not sure what im feeling is anything..
- I think my waters broke but im not too sure!
- 5th baby and 8 DAYS OVERDUE!
- What are your favourite birth affirmations
- WDYT of this, im a bit horrified...
- Exercise and it's impact on labour?
- Hypnobirth?
- anyone done the hypnobabies program?
- How can I get to the point where I know I can do it again?
- How did you get from birthing room to recovery?
- Acupuncture to induce labour
- Being Induced Fri/Sat..Questions..
- Baby moved back up - feeling disheartened now!!!
- What did you wear in the hospital
- 41wks and not being pressured.. YAY
- What to take to hospital
- retained placenta
- Birth photography recs in Melbourne's north please :)
- Are we being rude?
- Strep B?????
- Going over 42 weeks pg - your experiences?
- Restarting contractions? Any hints?
- Sickness and Labour
- Waters breaking wih lots of bright red blood
- Active Birth Classes in Brisbane where???
- Avoiding High Risk, Induction and c-sect for #2...
- Ju Ju birth skills - How did you remember it all?
- cord blood banking?
- Avoiding tears - is it possible?
- Walking epidural
- Getting Close
- Hand on head - how often does that happen?
- Babies movements going into labour
- Change in scent - a prelude to labour?? **Possible TMI**
- Pelvic "Twinges"
- Baby Crawl
- Dilation and Effacement
- Fast Labours - home, ambulance or hospital?
- Will my second birth be faster?
- What are the chances?
- Best books on Calmbirth/hypnobirthing?
- homeopathics in birth?
- Did you ever have the feeling someone HAD to be there?
- copy of birth notes
- because I don't want to put it on FB...
- re-sealed fluid leak
- Strange reasoning....
- It didn't worry him at all! heehee
- Calmbirthing classes or Hypnobirthing classes?
- nipple stimulation... WDYT??
- what did you do with your toddler when in labour??
- Hmmm... I think we may have a dilemma
- long labours, inductions, etc ... what is normal?
- Where's my baby?? You guess...
- Any ideas?
- How do you/will you labour?
- Multiples: Natural vs C/Sec
- How do you judge how long your labour was?
- how long after a S&S did you go into labour??
- Hypno Birthing...experiances?
- Cervix question
- contractions
- Are you more likely to have the baby late if it is big?
- how to get medical records / birth records??
- So... I wonder...
- Ouch! I'm not ready yet!!
- Back labour- what was yours like
- Oh man! Not again! What would you do?
- stabbing pain
- Anyone been induced with synto & managed contractions without drugs?
- ligament and hip problems reasoning forc-sec?
- False labour or things starting to happen?
- Maybe I shouldnt watch.....
- My lightbulb moment!
- Placenta pills
- How do you avoid a posterior baby?
- Laxatives??? Definately TMI
- need some claryfiying....
- Eating during labour?
- A few questions regarding lenghts of labour and subsequent births.
- Was your second labour easier?
- how to explain to dh how painful labour is
- Is there a difference...
- Has anyone used a TENS machine during labour?
- help?
- Advice needed- if your waters break will they definitely keep leaking?
- advice needed
- Any advice or if u Know???? Plsss
- How did you forumlate your birth plan?
- question for hypnobirthers
- How did you feel the day before you went into Labour?
- What do u think about... (maybe TMI)
- 3/5 engaged?? lol yeyyyy but huh??
- What Would You Do???
- stretch and sweep - will it work?
- Getting in the right frame of mind for my second labour
- What did u use to bring it on...
- My First Time Pregnancy & Birthing Experience - Via C-Section
- How To: Encourage Labour Naturally?
- How to get my baby out??? Part boo hoo part advice needed.
- OK, OK, I admit it! I was spineless!
- Babies born between 36 and 37 weeks?
- Kicked out of the birth centre!!
- 6 weeks postpartum checkup
- My body DID do everything right!
- Repeat C-Section. Better or Worse???
- Bloody Show
- Having a baby tonight or tomorrow
- Chosing a delivery after pregnancy from hell
- Advice needed re induction
- Doctors think my baby is too small????
- "Practising" for giving birth? (WAAAAY TMI!)
- Information about Unexpected Birth at Home
- Do you have a positive, drug free, natural birth story you'd like to share? Pleeeease
- what are the chances of tearing with 5th baby
- I'm thankful we have nearly got to full term but...
- Advice for a friend vb or c/s?
- Need some advice..
- Scared and feel like i wont be respected