Birthing Methods in general Reviews

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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

The headline of the Daily Mail when I first wrote this review was about the governments plan to charge women who elect to have their baby delivered by a caesarian section for social reasons rather than medical. This charge could potentially be up to £5000. Having experience both a section and a natural delivery, ...  Read the complete review

Having read various ops on birth but none that covered a c/section followed by a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) I thought I?d post my birth stories ? but be warned, since there are 4 in all, this is going to be quite long and quite detailed! Harley ==== I had a very long labour with Harley. My contractions started at just ...  Read the complete review

This is my very first opinion as a new member of dooyou, so please be patient. My youngest child was born almost three years ago, I had a fairly normal pregnancy but eventually went into labour at 38 weeks pregnant. I didnt realise I was in labour and it was discovered at a rountine antenatal check that I was already 5cm dilated. I was ...  Read the complete review

For months before the birth of my baby I sat for hours and watched all the labour & birth programmes on Sky TV. I watched loads of different births to try and get an idea of what labour would be like. Some looked fairly pain free (although the women had usually had an epidural), but in some births the women were screaming, moaning and thrashing ...  Read the complete review

I gave birth to my son, Owen, 19 months ago and I remember the whole experience as if it were yestuday. I suppose its hard to write a review on this subject because what you write or read is’nt nesscerally what happens. I believe that everyones view and experiences are different to everyone elses. I remember going through pregnancy with all ...  Read the complete review

I had a long and difficult birth and have since been told that that is the norm with "back to back babies" well, hello? What the flippin' eck is a back to back baby?! I hadn't been told anything about such a breed and certainly didn't expect it! So, as I'm sure many first time mums and dads won't have heard of this ...  Read the complete review

My opinion now on giving birth is that it is the most wonderful thing i have ever done! After baby number one one my opinion was very different as i was so naive at the time. i thought as most new mums do that pain relief was going to be some wonderful miracle worker! I kept my options open to everything just in case as we all do and are ...  Read the complete review

After 3 children I never want to experience childbirth again! The sheer scale of horror and pain can never be truly measured as it is a personal thing and can't be properly described even though my wife (Tina) tried; but I think after being at each of the three births I have a pretty good idea of what she means. Yes, this is an ...  Read the complete review

The reader may think it rather strange that a 64 years old and a bit apprentice geriatric is writing about birth but the purpose of this opinion is to announce to anyone who cares to read that on Saturday I had a momentous event. Well it wasn’t actually me but my grandson Gary’s partner Heather. As I said at 64 and a bit it is ...  Read the complete review

My baby was born in July this year. Not wanting to miss out, I tried just about everything with regards to childbirth and pain management. I thought sharing my experiences may be of some interest or use to you. I found reading other mothers birth stories very helpful. As this was my first baby, I wanted to make sure I was prepared. So ...  Read the complete review

Introduction ********** I have resisted the urge to write about my own birthing experiences for some time now. I?ve read quite a few of the accounts written by other members though, and have found them really interesting, firstly because I?m a midwife, and it?s good to get feed back in general about how women viewed their own ...  Read the complete review

Ah childbirth, that wondorous event a few moments of niggledy pain and a beautiful baby is placed into your arms and the world is wonderful. Huh, yeh, right! Firstly I have 2 kids, one when I was 17 and one 2 years ago at the age of 26. I have to say I was more nervous about the last one cos I knew it was going to hurt and hurt bad.!!! ...  Read the complete review

This subject is something that every woman wants to know about and I after reading a few opinions on childbirth I thought that I would share my views with you. I actually became pregnant at 15 years old and no it was not a mistake, I planned to get pregnant, but could not tell my parents that, they would have been even more angry then ...  Read the complete review

Having read many interesting stories in this section about different births, I thought that I might as well write mine here too and keep everyone entertained (or make their eyes water). So, where do I start? Baby No.1 was far too comfy inside and decided to keep me waiting and waiting & waiting …etc. Eventually I was booked ...  Read the complete review

This is my first op. Date: - 11/10/01 Thursday 8:30 am I remember when my sister was pregnant six years ago. It was her first in our family. We were all excited to hear that she was pregnant. Everybody started looking after her with an extra. Why? Well one of the astrologists had told my mum that my sister is going to have ...  Read the complete review