Preparing for Birth

I couldn't decide under which topic title to write this (I was overdue, went with the NHS and had an emergency c-section, that's three possible topics already!) so I thought I'd write it here. Hopefully my experience will help those preparing to give birth, as I know I was keen to hear of any birth stories when I was expecting. Be prepared for a long read, I apologise in advance! So let's start at the very beginning (a very good place to start!) ~ Can you see a line? ~ So let's go back to June 2008. We had just moved house and were well into planning our December wedding when I started to feel unwell. I didn't think anything of ...  Read the complete review

Hi everyone!! I've just joined Dooyoo and I love it! I've read some beautiful birth stories which have really inspired me. I am 37 weeks pregnant at the mo with my first baby, and its been a pregnancy full of highs and lows. And now I am preparing myself for the big birth day - there have been moments when I've thought I just cant do it, and that my mother is right and I should have a C-section (mainly cuz she had difficult births) - and there have been times where I have felt I can do this, I am destined to give birth and be a mother, a woman - not just a little girl anymore. I know deep down that whatever birth I end up having will be the right one - the safest ...  Read the complete review

when i thought about trying for a baby i was worried about the birth - before we actually conceived so you can imagine how scared i was when i found out that i was pregnant! Well i quickly decided that there was nothing that i could do to change what ever was going to happen so i tried not to think about it too much - i think that this was the best way forward for me as by the time i was in labour i wasn't too scared! It sounds strange but i almost forgot about it - i think i was more focused on buying things for the baby - being pregnant ment that i had a whole new set of shops to go into !! The best preparation for birth and having a ...  Read the complete review

I am conscious as I write this that most people reading it, will have already given birth. For most of us, giving birth is THE most amazing thing we have ever done - amazing both in a bad and also a fantastically good way. That's why we go on about it all the time, and love to read of other people's experiences. For the few who are reading it before giving birth - I think it can be summarised in the following way. The enormity of child birth only hits you when you are right in the middle of it. But by then, you won't have time to think about it. You've just got to get on with it! And the majority of the well meaning advice you received ...  Read the complete review

My experience of childbirth was good so read on!!.... Firstly I got to the final realisation, a few months before giving birth, that come hell or high water the baby was coming out either by C-Section or normal delivery so I may as well not worry about it. This set me at ease. Basically even if I changed my mind about the whole business of having a baby I was still going to have to go through labour one way or another! What is childbirth like exactly? My research showed that it's different for all women. Some orgasm (lucky buggers!), others swear the pain is horrendous - and they couldn't possibly go through it again (but they do!), and others ...  Read the complete review