Get off your back!
You don’t have to take having a baby lying down. Other positions can help reduce pain and shorten labour.
Birth tips from a midwife
The midwife on your labour ward might spend more time with you in one shift than your obstetrician does in nine months.
Breech baby
You’re in your third trimester and a check-up reveals that your baby is breech. Most breech babies are born via Caesarean section but there are ways to encourage baby to turn and increase your chance of a natural delivery.
Natural birth: fears
If you’re more worried about how you’ll look and sound during labour than about pain, read this and put your mind at ease.
Baby in distress?
Understanding the phrase “the baby’s in distress”.
Will your vagina ever be the same again?
Like me, about 10 per cent of women who give birth vaginally each year experience an injury during labour and delivery that can potentially result in pelvic-floor disorders.
“If you ignore the problem, it could lead to incontinence.” That got my attention.
Pain relief options
Gone are the days when labour has to mean endless hours of agony. The pain-relief options available mean labour can be as painful or as pain-free as you choose.
Labour starters
Your baby's due, but nothing's happening. Here's how you can induce labour without endangering yourself or your baby.
Time to get moving!
If the movies are anything to go by, labour and birth takes place with the mother flat on her back, legs in the air.
Sustenance during labour
Findings on snacking during labour
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