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Labour stories : cringe-worthy reading

Most of us do or say something cringe-worthy during labour. Babyworld members’ best clangers! Shame on you! “I wish I’d kept my mouth shut!” “I shouted: ‘I’m gonna poo!’ whilst pushing. I never did and wish I’d kept my mouth shut now!” Rachel “I gave birth to a 7lb poo!” “Mine is painfully fresh in my…

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I asked the midwife if I was going to die..

‘I asked the midwife if I was going to die…’ Having finally become pregnant with twins thanks to IVF treatment, Gabby Logan, ITV’s star soccer presenter tells us how she was looking forward to fulfilling her dream goal of motherhood. But the birth itself turned out to be a nerve-wracking marathon that, at one stage saw Gabby, now happily…

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Homebirths save lives and lower caesarean rates

17th June 2005 Expectant couples across the UK have been given yet more evidence in the latest of a series of studies which support the British Medical Association and Royal College of Midwives view that home births are as safe, if not more safe, than hospital births. The study published this week in the British Medical Journal, is the…

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