On my due date, I had my check up with the midwife, they’d offered me a sweep but I decided to turn it down as I was only just at 40 weeks and wanted to wait...

Birth Plan Use of birth ball / active movement at home to progress labour far enough to contractions lasting 45 to 60 seconds and occur three to four minutes...

My second labour, after a miscarriage in 2017, I was due 10 January 2019 and feeling very excited. I'd had a good pregnancy but during the end was getting ti...

I was 33 weeks pregnant and had just attended my first of two antenatal classes. I never dreamt that on the day that should have been my second class I would...

I had never been one for a birthing plan but I’m so glad my midwife encouraged me to have one! I had a consultant led pregnancy which already meant I was una...

On 7th June, I had a sweep at 1pm; after my first pregnancy I was doubtful it would work, added in the fact that it was a student midwife who conducted it. B...