Birthing Methods in general

I was booked in to be induced, Friday 25th September, at 7.30am, due to foetal movements being quite limited and when on the trace they weren't happy with the monitoring. I then had to go to DAU first to be monitored, have scan to check placenta and blood flow through the cord etc. I was then told they also sent me to the DAU first as they were too busy on the CLS. Eventually I went home at lunchtime and had to come back at 7.30am on the Saturday. So we went off to see Alex as she was staying at mums while all this was going on. I woke up at 5.30am on Saturday 26th September and we went to the hospital ready to be induced at 7.30am. I am not going to bore ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to birth you have three options on how to get that baby out; C section, natural drug aided birth or natural birth. All will result in you holding your baby in your arms and all will probably be painful at some point or another. Thankfully I never had to have a C section and I do wonder why anyone would opt for one rather than go through the most natural thing in the world. On the other hand I do understand that it's not an option for some woman and this shouldn't be looked down on as it's a major operation. Both of my birthing experiences were totally different. The first time around was long, painful and full of drugs. For a start I was induced ...  Read the complete review

I am a man and a father of two children and thought I would write something from a man's point of view on this subject. This is from my experience of the birthing method used for both my children. Both my children were born in a birthing pool one was born in 2003 and other in 2005. It was our preferred choice to use the birthing pool at the local hospital. From a pre-visit to the hospital we found out that there was only one birthing pool available and that as soon as you were admitted into the labour ward you should make it clear that it was your wish to use the birthing pool room. This is exactly what we did and were very lucky that it was ...  Read the complete review

Im a great believer in the old addage that you can only tell it as you find it but I thought Id pen a few words in defence of the cesarean section because so many more women have this procedure these days and I feel there is so much negative press about this method of delivery. Now personally I dont believe in elective c section as it seems to me common sense that babies should wherever posible be born naturally but many women have to have a c section for medical reasons and that was the situation with me after i had been in labour for three days and they discovered following a scan that I was never going to be able to deliver my baby naturally. I have to say ...  Read the complete review

I will never understand why anyone would ever optionally have a c section, yes i understand that sometimes they are necessary but i have a friend who chose to have her son by c section as she wanted an exact date for his arival, how stupid is that and the hospital actually did this, she put her body through surgery she didnt need, walked around or should i say hobbled around hunched up and unable to stand streight for weeks due to the stitches and for the first 4 days could barely hold her son. I had two natural births although both very different, a hospital birth is good if you are a nervous person who stresses about everything and can cope with being stuck ...  Read the complete review