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Birth centre experiences
Find out what sort of experiences the following babyworld members had of birth centres. “It epitomised all that I believe a lovely calm birth should be” “I gave birth to my third beautiful daughter – Georgia Eve – on 1 December 2005 at a midwife-led unit… and it was the most wonderful, positive experience ever!…
Posted in Birth choices, Community, Labour and Birth
Tagged birth centre, Childbirth, community midwife, labour and birth, Midwife, Water birth
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How to arrange a home birth
Once your GP knows you are pregnant he or she will then arrange a booking appointment. This usually takes place around 12 weeks but may vary around the country.You’re most likely to see your Community midwife at your booking in appointment and she is the person who would normally attend a home birth, so this is the perfect opportunity…
Waterbirth – member’s story
Mum of four, Carine was worried about the pain of labour before her first birth but also felt that giving birth without feeling anything seemed strange. So, birth in water seemed to offer the most effective natural pain relief. Her story illustrates how, with a little persistence and good luck, you can have the kind of birth…
Posted in Community, Labour and Birth, Water birth
Tagged Barbara Harper, Childbirth, community midwife, contractions, Epidural, Home birth, Midwife, Water birth
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Home birth : home sweet home
At 6.37am on Friday, 26th March 2004, I gave birth to my fourth child, Susannah Kate, in our sitting room. Susannah was helped into the world by my own community midwife, Penny, who had looked after me in my last two pregnancies. The early part of labour had been very stop/start, but once it got going properly it was…
Posted in Home birth, Labour and Birth
Tagged chickenpox, community midwife, digital camera, Lucy, Midwife, Penny, Peter, postnatal depression, Sam, Sophie, Susannah, Susannah Kate
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Runners up – Home Birth Awards 2006
Paula Hoskin Sarah Ockwell-Smith Suzanne Pemberton Sara Keel Vikki Slade A chance encounter with the same caring and reassuring midwife who delivered her first baby four years earlier led to a magical home birth experience for Suzanne Pemberton… My first baby, Sarah, was born in hospital in April 2001. The labour and birth were straightforward and quick, and…
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Tagged Barbara Morris, Childbirth, community midwife, Home birth, Julie Marsden, Leeds, Midwife, Sarah, Suzanne Pemberton, West Yorkshire
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Runners Up – Home birth Awards 2006
Paula Hoskin Sarah Ockwell-Smith Suzanne Pemberton Sara Keel Vikki Slade <<Back to Home Birth winners Paula Hoskin managed to have her second baby at home despite battling with her consultant and head of midwifery. Having been told that she was expecting a ‘huge baby’ her son only weighed a whopping 6lb 15 ounces! This story begins after the birth of…
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Tagged Childbirth, community midwife, consultant, Home birth, Midwife, Paula Hoskin, Yvonne Cryns
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