1. How many exams did you have during pregnancy & labour?
None during pregnancy & 2 during labour

2. How did you feel about them in pregnancy & labour?
I was glad I didn't have any during the pregnancy.
I had one on arrival to the hospital, and while I was interested to know how things were progressing, it hurt a lot! (I think she did an S&S at the same time.) The second was given my a different midwife during labour at the end to make sure I was fully dilated because I was desperate to push. I didn't feel a thing that time.

3. Did your carer explain the procedure to you and why they were doing it?
Nope. The first just told me she was going to, and she didn't tell me about the stretch and sweep. I was happy to know, but not happy about the S&S! The second told me that she wanted to make sure it was ok for me to push, and I was happy with that (particularly because it didn't hurt at all.)

4. Did you feel that your carer did too many or more than you would have liked? Did you feel they were justified?
Again, I was happy to have both of them, but was p*ssed about the S&S. I didn't ask for it, didn't want it, didn't like it and it wasn't necessary.