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Induction
The decision to start labour artificially – to have an induction – is a joint one made by you and your midwife/doctor. If your midwife/doctor is suggesting an induction, and you’d prefer not to have one, you can decline it if you want to, and wait a bit longer for labour to start by itself.…
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Going overdue
At the end of your pregnancy you will not be relishing the thought of going overdue. There can be complications with going due too long and understanding the difference will help keep you relaxed and ready for labour when it does happen. Your due date Research suggests that the placenta can start to function a…
Your perineum
Your perineum is the area of tissue between your vagina and your back passage. When your baby’s being born, this tissue gets stretched and very thin – sometimes so thin that it tears. The more stretchy and elastic the tissue is, though, the less likely it may be to tear. The thought of tearing or…
Assisted labour
All labours are different, and they all proceed at their own rate but sometimes assisted labour is necessary. So it’s impossible to say exactly how long any one labour will, or should be. Some doctors believe that there’s a minimum ideal rate of progress and that if labour is going more slowly than that, things…
