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- Did you have any procedures performed on you without your consent?
- Birthing (pos cs) with Henna body paint... Contraindications?
- Grrr You'd think Id know by now!!
- Abraham Hicks on pain in childbirth - great read!
- Is it too much to ask.... (vent,sorry)
- Guess the date for your chance to win...
- No!! More!! Sex!!!! (Vent)
- My friend is due TOMORROW!!!
- more advice/quiestion for friend
- Please help me i'm freaking out!!!
- Pre/early labour...?
- A few questions
- Contractions the second time round - the same?
- Preventing Tearing
- 24 hours to preview new birth film (designed for men) coming out soon.
- Not happy
- TENS Machine
- Resources for support people and birth plan??
- Is it a bit much to write post-birth guidelines for visitors?
- Need Brutally honest advice re Doula
- Being a VBAC labour coach?
- Did you "drop" before birth?
- If you used music during labour...
- Cmon lil Bub
- Were you scared beforehand and how did you remedy that?
- What did your contractions feel like?
- The Pink Kit
- pethidene
- Epidural side-effects - long term
- can i get a S & S done if im booked in for an induction?
- I Don't Want To Get Her Hopes Up
- The difference between 36 & 37 weeks? TMI also involved.
- [ADVICE] How can I avoid a posterior birth 2nd time around??
- SIL told she CAN'T birth bub naturally!
- The 'don't annoy the pg / labouring lady' thread
- tips to push through labour pain?
- Hypno birthing
- I wish EVERYONE knew about BB!
- Help please? Contractions - where does the stomach go hard?
- Help me kill time :) How long after your waters broke did CX start ?
- tightening for 3 days straight, whats my body doing????
- If your waters broke the first time before labour, did they the second time??
- What's the name of that website??
- Bloody show or result of stretch & sweep?
- Send those labour vibes over here please!
- Midwifery vs. Obstetrics in Shoulder Dystocia
- I need help!
- Clary Sage Oil
- What Time Did Your Labour Start???
- What did you wear in the shower at the hospital? In labour in general?
- Where to have baby, & how soon to get in?
- Low iron levels during labour
- Homebirth vs. hospital - home has better outcomes
- I need as much info as possible.
- Visualising your birth - does it help?
- Once a slow cooker - always a slow cooker?
- Blonde moment....cant find the birth plan template....help
- placenta 'slowing down'
- How impt was it that your partner could stay with you after birth?
- Blood type and speed of birth
- Lost the Plot Abit Today :(
- What does baby need for hsp stay...
- What scare tactics do I need to be aware of?
- epidural - subsequent implications
- Show??? Possible TMI
- Fear of dying in labour ...some thoughts
- Breech - what are the options these days?
- Balloon Induction?
- Birthing down
- Spinning Babies
- Bleeding During Labour
- Very low pubic bone?????
- Did your labour start the same each time??
- watching birth videos
- What is best for the baby?
- How many of us have had a natural birth?
- chances of cord prolapse?
- Active third stage over natural third stage.
- For those who had a less than 10hr labour first time around.....
- Could this be it?????
- Labour Aid Drink...calcium and magnesium during labour.
- So tell me about your prelabour...
- I know this shouldn't be a concern...
- Can I avoid tearing?
- weirdest pains ever!
- Is this pre-labour or something else?
- What's the general rule in hospitals re: breaking waters? Or does it vary?
- Morphine instead of Pethedine...tell me more ASAP, cos I am being induced tomorrow??
- Pink kit
- Trying to accept the prospect of a c-section
- Raspberry Leaf Tea
- Does this sound right?????
- Did your pain relief techniques work?
- What did you pack in your labour bag?
- Subsequent Pregnancy after 3rd Degree Tear...
- How long to wait before call to hospital??
- Epidural??
- Epidural Q
- Difference between Braxton Hicks & Pre Labour
- Need some advice, am I experiencing pre labour??
- Is this a bloody show or something else??
- The start of your labour...
- Just wondering?
- Attention Water Birth Mums ?? I Need Advice
- The Women's Melbourne & birth plans
- What's happening with baby during labour?
- Transition?
- Nerve Damage after Epi / Spinal Anyone !!!!!!
- A Proven Method for Lowering the Cesarean Rate
- Vag vs C-section
- Ahh crap - tested positive for Group Strep B.
- 10 Month Mammas! 42 Weeks and Counting... Tips for Post-Dates Mammas.
- Call for ban follows horrific epidural error
- 3 things you need to know
- Do I *have* to actually push, can’t I just concentrate on screaming?
- What was the midwife doing?
- Mucous Plug
- Vaginal delivery inappropriate content?
- Where were you when your waters broke?
- post birth bonding and apgars testing
- Just a random question - RE Skin to skin contact
- WWYD - Kids during labour
- When your waters break before labour has started
- Induction question.....(re pg after late loss)
- Mucus plug
- Anyone had a very quick labour followed by a longer labour?
- Question about knickers!
- What was your 5th labor/birth like?
- another plugger question, help! TMI WARNING
- Staying relaxed when you're post-dates is so hard sometimes...
- Leaving the hospital 4 hours after birth
- Finally getting some niggles of prelabor
- It would appear he does have internet!
- Itch on hands and feet after delivery
- I remember this bit now!
- Could this be it???
- another plug question
- Timing contractions
- SRC Recovery Shorts
- Labour and birth pain compared to other types of pain
- 4yo DS at the Birth
- Length of post partum bleeding....
- Gift from baby to siblings
- Should I call the midwife? Possible slowly leaking amniotic fluids....
- Survey about how you feel about your birth + if you used drugs- please help!!
- I feel so stupid
- C-sections vs being induced???
- Birth Choices
- How long after birth did you go home?
- Advice needed on birth information (calmbirth?)
- Return of period after birth
- Labour/Birth Details???
- Labour Vibes for a lovely friend
- Essential Oils for Labour?
- Episiotomy vs Caesarian
- Caesar mums- do you feel you missed out?
- Before labour begun was your baby...
- Mitcham Private OBs
- Tell me all about...Evening Primrose Oil.
- How long did you wait for your epidural?
- You know what scares me?
- Contrasting style of midwifery
- "Middle class mothers should be talked out of caesareans"
- I understand skin to skin contact after birth but.....cant get head around this one.
- Ina May Gaskin in Time Magazine: Are We Having Babies All Wrong? Awesome interview!
- Help me prevent fear in Labour......please (long)
- Are you more or less nervous the 2nd + time around?
- Big Age Gap 4+ years between children ... ??
- Delayed cord clamping question?
- Gas in labour: what was your experience?
- Does this sound like pre labour?
- Newborn Birth Injuries: The Untold Story (Clip featuring Ina May, Marsden Wagner)
- McRoberts manoeuvre??
- Anyone else birth without their significant other?
- Preferences for my labour tomorrow
- waters broke 2hours ago & still no contractions???
- Don't Suck It In - Bum & Tum Good For Child Birth?
- One Natural, One emergency CS...scared !@@#$% what should I do?
- Please send positive healing vibes to my friend
- How do I get to my focus?
- Special drink during labour
- Were you surprised when you went into labour? Or did you feel it was coming?
- Still in pain after VBA2C birth - is this normal?
- What time of day did you go into labour?
- What happened when you lost your plug...could this be mine?
- After a stretch and sweep how long till u went into labour?
- What role does the father of baby have in the decision of where & how to birth?
- Giving birth in different countries?
- Babies born face up- posterior
- sunny side up....posterior....how can u get them to turn
- Travelling in labour, have you done it?
- Low Amniotic Fluid Level: I Don't Think So by Gloria Lemay
- what do u think.....
- A labour question
- So scared of natural birth
- Don’t go private *just* because you have private health insurance
- How does a baby come out after a repaired episiotomy?
- Short cycles with heavy, prolonged periods after birth...
- Intervention with a midwife monitored home birth
- Labour heat packs
- WHAT helped you recover from labour ?
- Scccaarrreeddd!!!
- Epi-no
- Crystals and Positive Affirmations
- What to wear
- Previous traumatic labor..
- Birthing at Nepean public
- Big head = C-Section?
- If you went overdue with 1st baby - what happened with 2nd?
- Lets talk about...Baby Engaging...
- Footling Breech ?
- Preparing for baby with three little ones!
- If you had a very long pregnancy....
- Calmbirth
- Kareena Private
- Just before Labour started ... how did you feel?
- Finally! I'm getting some pre-labour happening!
- Birth Partner
- sooo....do u think this is contractions?
- Early labour pains
- Not making it to hospital in time.
- How Long Would You Be Prepared to be Pregnant For?
- Heard a funny comment today
- Perineal Massage
- Baby is still not engaged?
- Ok so this is labour....
- The anterior cervical Lip - How to ruin a perfectly good birth.
- Womama
- Feeling so grateful.
- Private Midwives negotiating Public Hospital Access on the Gold Coast
- Delayed Cord Clamping ......
- Stats and info on Vaginal twin births please.
- What is it that breaks the waters???
- Best website from which to HIRE a TENS MACHINE?
- TENS machine - anyone used one? and buying off ebay.
- 2nd birth predictions (after IOL)
- Bleeding 4 months after birth - what is it??
- Birth and bonding
- [ADVICE] not wanting visitors??
- Gloria Lemay Clip: Explaining a Twin Placenta - Very Interesting!
- How, when and where were you born?
- Nobody to look after DD1 for birth of baby#2 - what would you do??
- Months away but 2 big issues really worrying me
- Babys Father threatening to take me to court over the birth...ADVICE?!?!
- Thick and fast or slow and steady?
- Birth photography?
- No visitors
- What else can I do?!
- No cervix check before Epi... normal?
- Wow
- Poo, bugger, bum.
- Confused on what to do VBAC vs C Section
- Labour shorter with each baby?
- Strep B at birth - comments by Dr Michel Odent
- For those who have had a natural birth
- psychological factors impacting on labour/birth
- Hypnobirthing & TENS machine.
- Whats going to happen??
- After Pains
- Kids at the Birth?
- Meconium, did you have it?
- Large blood clot *TMI*
- Birth Photography
- Would you choose an Induction?
- So I had an internal today...
- Woman gives birth infront of audience.
- Was your VBAC a successful vaginal birth?
- BLog- you cant birth breech twins vaginally
- Lochia & Downstairs Question
- Labour Bags
- HELP >>>> early labour or not ?
- Presents for/from siblings
- What's birth like in Australia?
- PreTerm Birth Naturally
- 'love at first sight' experiences
- Student Doula - WWYD?
- Early first child births?
- What is normal birth?
- Let's talk Hypnobirthing
- epi-no: very expensive can you sterilise them enough for others to use safely?
- From dropping to popping ?
- more planning: visits for a 21mo to see their new sibling
- Anyone had a "walking" Epidural for pain relief?
- How long did you stay after birth?
- Getting things going after SROM??
- Natural tear vs episiotomy
- Tens machine
- Potential Labour and Inc Newborn with Sick Toddler...
- Do animals know?
- WDYD during early labour and or prelabour?
- Delayed cord clamping - how long?
- Were your second and following births easier than the first??
- It is just not fair..
- Unstable lie and vaginal birth
- First period- not breastfeeding
- Bleeding...
- First stage labour - Whingefest alert!!! Feeling alone
- Give me some hope!
- Moon phases and your babies.
- how do i work on believing in me?
- do kids know?
- FB discussion amongst friends about One Born Every Min
- Hypnobirth vs Calmbirth - how to choose?
- Public maternity hospital's seriously bad policy
- Playlist for labour?
- it's that time again ...
- Birthing dream
- Speedy birth - quicker each time?
- Unborn sibling to give a present to the current child
- Delivery at 37 weeks?
- Visitors
- Terrified this time round...
- Midwifery group practice vs shared care?
- please share your C/S birth plan with me
- Fentons procedure and subsequent births
- THE FACE OF BIRTH- Empowering Women and Protecting Their Rights in Birth
- First time Dad!! Advice for Blokes for the birthing process?
- Looking for a secondhand home study kit by Hypnobabies please?
- Birth Photography Pic of the Year Contest
- Risks of caesarean section
- Birth Montages.....
- If your first arrived early, did subsequent bubs follow suit?
- why would big baby have low blood sugar levels if mum didnt have gestational diabetes
- What's worse? Tattoo or labour?
- Next time, I will... Next time, I will not..
- How much power do we have?
- What was your focus during labour?
- Pre labour
- Lying on back pushing
- what happens if you have a cough/cold/sore throat when in labour?
- music for labour?
- I feel sorry for my friend.
- Placenta Encapsulation - Would You? Have You?
- birthstools
- Vaginal delivery of twins with no analgesia?
- Private cord blood banking (Melbourne)
- Vocalising
- Terrific Fear of Birth! Possibly upsetting. It is for me.
- emergency c/s
- How do you know when its the real thing?
- Tell me about Hypnobabies/hypnobirthing
- 'Perfect' length of time for labour?
- VB after 4th degree tear?
- Getting comfortable in the car on the way to hospital when in labour
- Avoiding being Induced (advice wanted)
- Adelaide accu/chiro recommendations for turning babies
- Maternity pads
- Shoulder Dystocia?
- Consent form for birth
- Hospital Bag help, please